The Chipping Norton Lake area was inhabited by the Tharawal and Darug people before European settlement.

The land where the lake is now situated, on the right bank of the Georges River, was granted to Thomas Rowley and George Johnston,[2] with much of the land upstream given to Thomas Moore, an early settler and carpenter for the colony, who established farmland around the river.

In the 1950s, sand mining on the point bar caused irreversible environmental destruction, and the area remained lifeless thereafter.

There are four islands within the lake that serve as wildlife refuges for native birds and visitor access is prohibited.

[6] Chipping Norton Lake has a regional park located on Homestead Avenue, providing cycleways, barbecue facilities, picnic areas, playground equipment, boat ramps, sporting fields and the Georges River Environment Education Centre.