Werribee/Wyndham Timeline

By MITCH_MITCH

  • First European Explorers

    First European Explorers
    The first European explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell came to Werribee

  • Wathaurong people

    Wathaurong people
    The land was inhabited by the Wathaurong people

  • Settlers in Werribee

    Settlers in Werribee
    The first European people settled in the area

  • Chirnsides

    Chirnsides
    Thomas Chirnside started taking up land in Werribee, they ended up with 93000 acres and in the 1850s they built a bluestone homestead

  • Geelong to Werribee Railway Line

    Geelong to Werribee Railway Line
    Geelong to Melbourne railway line opened in Werribee which made it easier for goods to be shipped in and out of the town

  • Post Office

    Post Office
    First post office opened in Werribee

  • The Western Treatment Plant

    The Western Treatment Plant
    • The Western Treatment Plant (then known as Werribee Farm) began operating

  • Werribee/Wyndham

    Werribee/Wyndham
    Werribee was called Wyndham after a Scottish soldier Sir Henry Wyndham and was renamed in 1909 Werribee after the river

  • Werribee Open Range Zoo

    Werribee Open Range Zoo
    Werribee Zoo Open Range Zoo opened for the first time

  • Werribee Mercy Hospital

    Werribee Mercy Hospital
    Werribee Mercy Hospital was opened