[1] The town was originally settled as a part of the rail-line link between Foster and Leongatha during the late 1800s.

The railway line tracks have now been removed and the land is now part of the Great Southern Rail Trail.

The original station platform remains and the Management Committee of the Rail Trail intends to have picnic facilities available.

The general store became well known in the 1950s as the shop the "Lady of the Swamp" (Tullaree – Margaret Clement who disappeared without trace) frequented.

The school celebrated the centenary with new paving, garden beds, a mural on the art shed, decorated tiles by children and a new playground (paid for with funds raised by the parents' committee).