Bullarook was home to the William Tell Quartz Mining Co., a gold mining company which was active until 1865.[3]
The town had a cricket club which operated during the 1920s.[4] The town had a State school, which operated from the 1860s to at least until the end of the First World War.[5][6][7] Bullarook was also serviced by the Sawyers' Arms and the Fellmongers' Arms Hotels.[8] The town has an Avenue of Honour, which was planted in August 1920.[9]
Notable residents
Denis Murphy - Hanged at Ballarat for a murder at Bullarook on 16 April 1867[10]