| 1875 |
6/6 James Venture Mulligan discovers tin in the Wild River at Moomin (modern research indicates it was near Kalunga. There is no tin at Moomin). |
| 1879 |
John Atherton confirms Mulligan's find, Encourages Jack and Newell to follow uo, but their first trip 'not encouraging' |
| 1880 |
20/4 William Jack, John Brown, Thomas Brandon and John Newell on the second trip are successful in finding payable tin. Later they apply for 60 acre mineral freehold of Great Northern Mine site |
| 1880 |
8/5 first mining operations commence - gathering ore scattered on the surface, breaking it to smaller size and bagging. |
| 1880 |
17/7 first tin sent to Cairns |
| 1880 |
July. Christie Palmerston cuts track through Atherton scrub for machinery sent by Moffat. Probably followed Mulligan's 1875 route. |
| 1880 |
11/9 First wagon from Port Douglas |
| 1880 |
18/9 Great Northern Mine christened |
| 1880 |
20/11 Packhorse mail service commenced between Cairns and Herberton |
| 1880 |
Royal Hotel opens |
| 1881 |
20/5 Court of Petty Sessions opens |
| 1881 |
John Moffat's Great Northern Mill arrives by team of eighty bullocks |
| 1881 |
School of Arts built. Opens on the Prince of Wales birthday with a grand ball. |
| 1881 |
Tinaroo Divisional Board formed |
| 1881 |
12/12 Herberton School opens |
| 1882 |
Great Northern battery opens |
| 1882 |
William Jack and John Newell establish first Jack and Newell store |
| 1882 |
Court House built |
| 1882 |
Telegraphic line erected to Cairns via Northcote |
| 1883 |
Hospital opens |
| 1888 |
John Newell appointed first Mayor of Herberton. Herberton area excised from Tinaroo Divisional Board area to become a separate municipality. |
| 1889 |
Holy Trinity Anglican Church built |
| 1896 |
Tin price slumps |
| 1901 |
Great Northern Tin Mining Co. formed and mine re-opens |
| 1904 |
Great Northern Battery expanded |
| 1910 |
Railway line to Cairns opens |
| 1910 |
12/12 Sisters of Mercy open St. Patricks Primary School |
| 1913 |
Herberton Post Office (now Herberton Heritage Cottage) built |
| 1914 |
Second story added to Royal Hotel |
| 1914/1915 |
27 men enlist in Australian Military Forces and eventually become ANZACS |
| 1916 |
First car in Herberton, a model T Ford ,bought by Gilbert Petter the Herberton Shire Clerk |
| 1916 |
First Anzac Day service in Herberton |
| 1918 |
Saint Marys Church of England Girls School opens |
| 1921 |
Mount Saint Bernard College opens |
| 1937 |
Shire Hall built |
| 1943/1945 |
6th Division A.I.F. Based in Wondecla area |
| 1950 |
Great Northern mine closed |
| 1952 |
5/3 Saint Marys Church of England Girls School destroyed by fire |
| 1953 |
Saint Marys Church of England Girls School re-opens |
| 1953 |
Great Northern Mine sold to Fred Stamp |
| 1965 |
Saint Marys Church of England Girls School closes |
| 1969 |
Court of Petty Sessions closes |
| 1969 |
Armstrong, Ledlie & Stillman store closes |
| 1973 |
8/9 Fire Station opens |
| 1977 |
31/12 Jack & Newell store closes |
| 1981 |
100th Anniversary Herberton State School |
| 1984 |
Hospital renovations opened |
| 1985 |
World tin price slump |
| 1989 |
1/1 Railway closed |
| 1989 |
Syme chemist shop closes |
| 1990 |
Magistrates Court closes |
| 1992 |
Great Northern Mill sold for scrap |
| 1992 |
Holy Trinity Anglican Church entered in Heritage Register |
| 1999 |
Roy Jacques opens Spy Camera Museum |
| 1999 |
Great Northern Mine site purchased by Herberton Shire Council |
| 2005 |
Herberton Mining Museum and Information Centre opens |
| 2006 |
125th Anniversary of Herberton State School |
| 2009 |
Herberton Historic Museum re-opens |
| 2009 |
120th Anniversary Holy Trinity Anglican Church |
| 2010 |
12/12 100th Anniversary of arrival in Herberton of Sisters of St Mercy to open St. Patricks Primary School |