Some events in the history of Mannerim :-
| 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 |
| 1868 | North of Marcus Hill, Mannerim took its name from a property of the same name containing 307½ acres. It was owned by William Arabin Smith |
| 1879 | Invitation to tender by John Kinder Archer for tanners and bark strippers for stripping two paddocks of wattle |
| 1882 | J.K. Archer's estate sold to James Wilson of St. Albans |
| 1891 | Charles McKinlay Head Teacher of Paywit South S.S. No. 309. Allison Scott, Dora Scorer and Jane Travis, female relieving teachers |
| 1911 | Name changed from Paywit South School No. 3096 to Mannerim School |
| 1925 | Methodist Church in Banks Road and a public hall near the railway station |
