| 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 |
| 1840 |
Anne Drysdale & Caroline Newcomb set up partnership at
Boronggoop |
| 1850s |
First subdivision |
| 1867 |
Edwin Lowe builds builing down works producing 270 casks of
tallow from 15,000 sheep |
| 1871 |
James Wilson establishes St. Albans Stud & Racing Stables |
| 1871 |
Geelong Meat Preserving Company established |
| 1872 |
St. Albans Steam Bone Mills established |
| 1874 |
Geelong Meat Preserving Company wound up |
| 1876 |
Wilson trained Briseis won the Melbourne Cup, the Derby &
the Oaks |
| 1898 |
St. Albans Estate & Stud is a prize in Tattersall's Sweep |
| 1921 |
The name Whittington first used for the area |
