[1] Located on the urban fringe, from the Princes Highway to the growing suburbs of Tarneit and Truganina, Hoppers Crossing stretches northwards.

After the first disruption of British colonisation, the remaining members of the Woiwurrung joined other Kulin language groups at Coranderrk in 1864.

Her duty was to close and re-open a set of large wooden level crossing gates whenever a train passed through.

She and her husband, Stephen Hopper (1832–1908), a railway ganger for 33 years, lived nearby with their eleven children.

He was a fan of the Richmond Football Club, so many of the streets in this estate are named after players, including Jack Dyer, Frank Hughes and Kevin Bartlett.

Until the early 1960s, the locality was mainly open farmland and the only notable feature of Hoppers Crossing was Frank Kopacka's general store.

However, basic infrastructure such as telephones, sewerage and even kerb-side post boxes was only built more than five years later after lobbying from the Hoppers Crossing Ratepayers Association.

[6] There several parks including playgrounds and recreational areas generally 2-4 blocks of land in residential streets.

Skeleton Creek, which runs along the suburb's eastern edge, has healthy populations of native reptiles,[10] including: Primary schools Secondary colleges Primary Schools In 2006 the principal of Derrimut Heath Primary School (Now Baden Powell College), Julie Mason, was chosen as the "Wyndham Citizen of the Year" for her key role in the development of the Wyndham Community Education Plan 2004-2007 and serving as chair of the Quality Community Plan Education Committee.

In the 19th century, railway workers on the line knew the place as Hopper's Hill, referring to the steep gradient from Skeleton Creek where goods locomotive drivers often had to split their train into two sections to make the grade.

[3] When opened in 1970, the station was on the western side of the Old Geelong Road level crossing on the Port Fairy line, served by only a few diesel-hauled trains each day.

[12] In the mid-2000s a tramway was proposed for the Hoppers Crossing – Werribee area to replace bus services, but the idea was not seen as feasible by the Wyndham City Council and Victorian State Government.

Founded in 1971, the 'Reds' have won 5 senior championships (1999, 2001, 2012, 2014 and 2015) and will compete in the Football Federation Victoria State League 2 Nth/West division in 2017.

One of the most popular clubs in the region, Hoppers Crossing SC currently field 20 teams across junior, senior and masters age groups.