The area was named by the explorer Hugh Germain, a private in the Royal Marines.

[3] It is a historical village in the centre of Tasmania between Hobart and Launceston off the Midland Highway.

[4] Like its better-known neighbour, Oatlands, the main road of Jericho contains many fine examples of early colonial sandstone architecture, and constructions including examples of convict cut culverts, bridges and walls, many of which date from the 1830s.

The main Anglican church, St James (built in 1888) contains the grave of Trooper John Hutton Bisdee, who was the first Tasmanian to be awarded the Victoria Cross.

The land adjacent to the station was originally known as "Fourteen Tree Plain" and was the site of the second horse race in the colony of Van Diemens Land, held in April 1826, the first being at "Orielton Park" owned by Edward Lord on 5 October 1816 according to The Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter of that date.