Lockington is a town in northern Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Campaspe local government area, 198 kilometres north of the state capital, Melbourne.

[2] Prior to early settlement, these groups were the primary custodians of the land, maintaining it whilst also practising their culture upon it.

[4] However with the gold rush subsiding in the 1860s, unemployment within the area rose drastically leading to multiple requests by locals to the state government to allow for farming.

As the area continued to grow, new schools were established but were moved around depending on the number of children in the specific districts.

In a few years after the construction of the irrigation system, the Elmore to Cohuna railway was completed in 1915 to help facilitate economic growth in Pine Grove.

[4] The locals of the area eventually suggested the town be named after William Lockington, a prominent Jesuit priest in the early 20th century.