Australian contemporary poet Robbie Coburn hails from Woodstock.

Former Western Australian premier Philip Collier was born and raised in Woodstock.

[3] Deputations were made to the Victorian government during the 1890s to bring a railway line through the area.

It was decided that the Sydney-Melbourne rail corridor would run to the west, parallel with the Hume Highway, and so the closest railway station is at Donnybrook, approximately 8 km (5 mi) away.

[4] Jones, Michael Nature's Plenty: a history of the City of Whittlesea, Sydney, N.S.W.