[2][3] The locality includes the Whroo Historical Area state reserve.

[8] The first European explorer to enter the Goulburn Valley was Thomas Mitchell.

The first Europeans to visit the area were the drovers Joseph Hawdon and Charles Bonney.

Two sailors – John Thomas Lewis and James Meek Nickinson discovered a gold nugget in the grass at Whroo in 1854, leading to the development of the town of Whroo.

[9] Thought to be derived from an Aboriginal word meaning lips,[10] the first school opened in 1857 and by 1900 had a Mechanics' Institute and library with 950 volumes opened in 1859 and closed in 1955, Presbyterian and United Methodist churches, three hotels, a cordial[10] factory and three ore crushing mills.