The latter two areas were developed by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria in the 1950s as residential housing for workers at the nearby Yallourn coal mining, power generation and briquette making works.

Newborough now has a higher than average proportion of retirees and aged residents, and it has been suggested that it owes its generally quiet character to this fact.

A Newborough North Post Office opened on 1 July 1965 but was closed a little more than a year later.

[4] Newborough is serviced by the Princes Freeway and is within a few kilometres of the Yallourn Power Station and the township of Yallourn North Newborough is the closest town to Lake Narracan, a storage reservoir for the nearby power stations, but also a popular recreational area.

The clubs are Monash SC who play at Monash Reserve in Torres Street and Newborough-Yallourn United SC (crowned as champions of Victoria in 1951 whilst still based at Yallourn) who play at WH Burrage Reserve in John Field Drive.