| Pre-European Settlement |
Area inhabited by Bengalat balug (Clan) of the Wathaurong
Tribe |
| 1802 |
First European
explorers.
January : Lieutenant John Murray
April : Captain Matthew Flinders |
| 1803 - 1835 |
William Buckley the first European
living in the area |
| 1835 + |
Area investigated and surveyed by Wedge and Gellibrand |
| 1836 + |
Area occupied by squatters |
| 1840 |
Fairfax FENWICK's property "Deep Gully" on the
north east shores of Lake Connewarre - later known as Wallington |
| 1853 |
Fenwick's subdivision fronting Queenscliff Road |
| 1855 |
Wallington Hotel - Alfred Pike licencee |
| 1861 |
Wallington Hotel - John Baxter proprietor |
| 1863 |
Fenwick's gully flooded - £50 from Hon. J.M. Grant to cover
flood damage |
| 1864 |
Wallington Hotel - Peter Pascoe licencee |
| 1866 |
Peter Pascoe started school with his daughter (a teacher) in
a rented wooden building |
| 1868 |
Wallington Hotel - Samuel Coleman licencee |
| 1871 |
 | S.P. Keam selling thatching grass for buildings |
| Post Office opened at Coleman's store |
| Publican's licence for Shamrock Hotel, Wallington - Samuel Coleman |
|
| 1872 |
Thomas B. Gibb - "Rugby Park", Wallington |
| 1874 |
Wallington Hotel enlarged, redecorated & refurnished |
| 1875 |
R.Q. McWilliams - Electoral Registrar |
| 1880 |
Alliance Cricket Club formed |
| 1882 |
Cobb & Co advertised - Geelong to Wallington |
| 1883 |
| R & A Thomson purchased the Wallington Hotel |
| Death of Fairfax Fenwick |
|
| 1886 |
David Rhind bought part of "Chevy" Estate |
| 1896 |
Wallington Hotel - George Ashmore licencee |
| 1899 |
Newington School moved to Wallington |
| 1900 |
Wallington School opened in Newington School building moved
to present site |
| 1957 |
New school built |
