In 1824, William Hovell and Hamilton Hume were the first Europeans to set foot in what is now the City of Whittlesea when they were going from Sydney to Port Philip Bay.

On 14 December 1824, they wrote in their journals: The description showed that the land was good for farming, and it was settled by John Batman's pastoral group in the 1830s.

In 1852, William Ford Cleeland bought 256 hectares and subdivided and sold the land, doubling his money.

The most common ancestries in South Morang (According to the 2016 census[7]) were Australian born 17.0%, English 16.3%, Italian 12.8%, Indian 6.2% and Macedonian 5.4%.

South Morang is also home to many sites of historical and cultural significance and figures, such as Farm Vigano[8] and Le Page Homestead[9] at Plenty Gorge Park[10] The Lakes South Morang P-9 School opened in 2007.

[11] Brownlow medallist Kevin Murray played football for South Morang after his retirement from the AFL.

[12] It is also home to the Northern District Softball Association, with multiple clubs playing at its site in Mill Park.