 At the , Tallygaroopna had a population of 579.The large Tallygaroopna station was established in the 1840s by Edward Khull and two years later was sold to Sherbourne Sheppard, who later lent his name to the nearby city of Shepparton.The station was broken up for closer settlement in the 1870s, the Post Office opening on 7 December 1875.