Some events in the history of Whittington (formerly St. Albans) :-
| 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 boiling 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 |