[3] The Hundred of Mongolata was proclaimed by Governor Anthony Musgrave on 30 December 1875, derived from an Aboriginal name.

[4] A government town named "Tracy" near the Poonunda Homestead was surveyed in June 1881, but was not successful and was incorporated into the broader Mongolata locality.

The modern locality is smaller than the cadastral hundred on the northern, western and eastern sides.

[2] It was settled as a farming area, with the first residents planting potatoes and then later barley; however, they often struggled for lack of rain.

Alluvial mining along the range front of the Mongolata goldfield remained largely unsuccessful.