The first aboriginal tribes encountered by the Ballan settlers were the Kutung, the Wathourung, the Wurunjeri, the bJaara/b and the Ngurelban. These people were fairly numerous and there were inevitable clashes between them and the white ... Greendale was proclaimed a township in 1861 and supported a post office and at least two hotels, one of which, the Medway, survives today as the Greendale bHotel/b. The Greendale School was opened in 1869, and in 1870 had 61 children ...
