1824 Explorers Hume and Hovell travel through the area while searching for a new grazing land south of the colony (Sydney)

1839 Scottish pastoral company 'Watson & Hunter' takes up large areas of grazing land with the head station being 'Wappan Run' near the Devil's River (Late Delatite), named after the Aboriginal word for the river (Wappang)

1848 Governor grants leases on Crown land to Jon Bon (Wappan Run-30,000 acres), Roger Kelsall and George Thomas (Borodomanan Run- 80,000 acres)

1851 Gold is discovered in Hell's Hole (Tallangallook) and Glen creeks.

1868 Thomas Nixon names the village, consisting of one public house, one blacksmith's shop and a few huts, ' Doon'

1871 Doon Post Office opens. Population: 26

1878 Erection of State school and quarters

1885-1899 Village continues to grow - churches and public buildings appear and sporting clubs are formed.

The name Changes from 'Doon' to Bonnie Doon

1901 Population: 133

1915 Goulburn and Delatite rivers are dammed to construct Sugarloaf Reservoir, the forerunner of Lake Eildon

1923 Disastrous bushfire sweeps the the area.

1941 Work begins on expansion of Sugarloaf Reservoir to present day capacity.

1953 New railway line and bridges are under construction, Township relocation to higher ground begins.

1954 Population 354

1955 Sugarloaf Reservoir is renaned 'Eildon Weir'

Bonnie Doon town removal to current location concludes

First train crosses the bridge.

1966 Population: 102

1979 Last train at Bonnie Doon

1982 Drought uncovers old township

1997 Cult movie "The Castle"is made

1998 Drought conditions are beginning to dry up Lake Eildon.

1999 School Closes

2001 Population 115

2004 The old school is opened as a Community Centre.

2006 Population: 755

2011 Drought breaks and weir fills almost to capacity within six months