A timber mill operated by Byfield Brothers commenced operations in the 1880s, and Byfield's Mill was established as a railway stopping place for the Eastern Railway in 1893, being renamed to Wooroloo in 1897.

[2] A school opened on 22 August 1903 with 22 children and one teacher, and a community hall was built with help from residents of nearby Chidlow in 1904;[3] the townsite of Wooroloo was declared in 1913.

The facility was subsequently converted into a prison after Corrective Services took over the site in 1972.

He decided upon Andalusian horses after seeing them at an equestrian show in London, and subsequently travelled to Jerez de la Frontera, Spain and in September 1971 bought the stallion "Bodeguero" and five purebred mares.

Wooroloo contains a community hall, liquor and general store, post office and primary school (1903), and was also home to El Caballo Resort, with a convention centre and 18-hole golf course, as well as horse dressage displays.