Prior to the British colonisation of Tasmania, the land had been occupied for possibly as long as 35,000 years[4] by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener people, a sub-group of the Nuennone, or "South-East tribe".

[6] On 28 January 1810, a young sailor named Joseph Batchelor died onboard the vessel Venus incoming from India.

[11][12] A reenactment of Batchelor's body being brought to Taroona Beach was carried out to mark the 200th anniversary of the sailor's burial on Thursday 28th January 2010.

[14] In 1952, the Kingborough Council requested financial aid from the Australian Government to build a swimming bath at Taroona beach as a means to protect children from sharks, although this never eventuated.

[22] Southern right whales have only intermittently made appearances in the Derwent estuary since, during months in winter and spring when their migration takes place.

[28] Other marine life sighted from Taroona Beach include the Australian swellshark (Cephaloscyllium laticeps), bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) and Burrunan dolphins (Tursiops aduncus australis), southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii)[29] and the rare spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus), whose only habitat is in the Derwent estuary and surrounds.

globulus), black gum (Eucalyptus aggregata), sheoak (Casuarinaceae), Tasmanian Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), hopbush, banksia, coast wattle, and saltbush.