It opened as a Stopping Place on Monday 10 September 1928,[1] as part of the Gembrook railway line.

It was originally an unnamed platform, with time tables noting a station at 38 miles (61 km).

The Victorian Railways officially named it Fielder from Tuesday 5 February 1929,[2] after a nearby resident.

It remained nothing more than a Mallee shed with small office and a name board for the rest of its operating life.

However, by that time, efforts were being made to extend the railway from Lakeside through to Gembrook, which would complete the entire length of the original line.