[6] An alternative meaning of Mooroolbark being "the place where the wide waters meet" is recorded by Museum Victoria.

[8] The Parish of Mooroolbark was surveyed in 1855, with a township originally called Brushy Creek standing where North Croydon is today.

A rural hub developed around the train station, which opened in 1887 and offered rail access to Melbourne.

Curiously for a Melbourne suburb, none of the buses which serve Mooroolbark run on Sundays, with the sole exception of the 664 which is more than a kilometre north of the railway station.

This has cleared up most of the troubles on Hull Road (southwest to northeast), but the prospect of passing through the intersection for those who don't know it may be a little daunting.

It is located at the corner of Hull and Cambridge Roads ("Five Ways"), 700 metres from the Mooroolbark train station and town centre.

[12] The 'Blue Light Disco', specifically a local Victoria Police initiative,[12] is now a well-known attraction for teenagers Australia-wide.

From 1980 to 2001, Mooroolbark had the 'Red Earth Festival', usually on the third or fourth weekend of March every year beginning on Friday evening and running all day Saturday and Sunday.

The highlights of that festival included a parade on the Saturday, which began in the grounds of the former Mooroolbark Primary School (which closed at the end of 2004) and went down Brice Avenue towards the fairground.

Due to a number of problems including falling attendances and a significant increase in insurance premiums, the Red Earth Festival ran for the last time in March 2001.

His search took him via the Eltham and Yarra Glen areas to where Mooroolbark now is, and he found his cattle near the Olinda Creek.

News of this new grazing land travelled back to Melbourne, and graziers soon brought their stock up the Yarra Valley.

The early 20th Century landscape designer Edna Walling purchased 3 acres (12,000 m2) of land at Mooroolbark and built her first home from local and second hand materials.

Sam Mitchell, is an Australian Rules Football premiership captain and coach was born and raised in Mooroolbark.