Owing to the coarse silvery-white grass, the area now known as Croydon was first called "White Flats".

These were later rebuilt in timber and the area prospered in sheep, beef and dairy farming, and sawmills.

From the mid-1880s Croydon started to develop and Mr James Hewish built his home and several other business ventures, including a general store, news agency, butchers shop and hotel, and planted various orchard trees.

Nelson's Hill Post Office opened nearby in 1902 and was renamed Burnt Bridge in 1979.

It was a noted landmark and meeting place for locals from neighbouring suburbs until the site was redeveloped in the 1980s.

The Main Street of Croydon is a thriving hub and currently has over 187 traders,[citation needed] including eateries, clothing, music, toys, hairdressers and many others.

[citation needed] During the late 1990s and early 2000s onwards, Croydon's housing density and type changed and increased with the advent of 'dual occupancy'.

[citation needed] The Croydon area is served by a weekly newspaper, the Maroondah Leader.

Croydon has many churches in the area, including Catholic, Baptist, Uniting, Presbyterian, Seventh-Day Adventist and Pentecostal.

An outdoor pool venue, open each November – March, it also holds VICSWIM classes during school holidays.

Performers have included: Daryl Braithwaite, Kate Ceberano, Vanessa Amorosi, Paul Kelly, Johnny Diesel, Hunters and Collectors, The Living End, 28 Days, Bodyjar, Frenzal Rhomb, Spiderbait, Kisschasy and even a few international acts, including Sonia Dada.

The team cover a wide range of activities and information services for young people to access, including INFO-HQ each Wednesday afternoon and Drop-In on Friday afternoons (Drop-In is open except during school holidays).

In the 1990s, EV's Youth Centre hosted shows by acts like Fear Factory,[6] Regurgitator,[7] Something for Kate[8] and Fugazi.

[9] Croydon City Arrows Soccer Club was established in 1957 and plays its home games at Dorset Recreational Reserve.

Notable players include former Australian internationals Danny Allsopp, Paul Wade and Peter Ollerton.

the club has facilitated the installation of water saving technologies, for which it received an award, as well as securing a Council grant for up-to-date night lighting.

The Croydon Golf Club, once located on the picturesque Dorset Road site, was sold to a housing development consortium in late 2006.

After much legal argument and petition, the land was zoned residential in accordance with Government legislation.

The bus and rail interchange has a number of buses servicing the surrounding suburbs, which can be found on either side of the Croydon railway station: ^ = territory divided with another LGA