Some events in the history of Moolap :-
| Pre-European Settlement | Area inhabited by Bengalat balug (Clan) of the Wathaurong Tribe |
| 1802 | First European explorers. January : Lieutenant John Murray April : Captain Matthew Flinders |
| 1803 - 1835 | William Buckley the first European living in the area |
| 1854 | Whitehorse Hotel operating on the corner of Queenscliff Road and Whitehorse Road |
| 1855 | Moolap Inn operating on the corner of Moolap Station Road and Bellarine Highway |
| 1855 | Parsonage built on a site near the present State School |
| 1858 | United Methodists Free Church chapel built |
| 1877 | Moolap State School No. 1143 opened |
| 1882 | 16 occupiers using Moolap address |
| 1888 | Cheetham Saltworks established |
