William lawson made the first mention of the Goulburn River in his journal entry dated 30th of november, 1822 when he stated:

                               "We crossed a steep chasm of sandstone and came to a river running south east through a fine country, we named this river the Goulburn."

         Lawson noted that the river ran eastward to the sea.For the first eleven days of december, 1882 Lawson explored the upper valleys of the Goulburn with which he was deeply impressed. His journal records that he explored the Bylong and Merriwa disticts of the Goulburn watershed. He does not go into any further detail and it can only be assumed that Wollar, like many small villages, was not discovered by official exploration of the area but by the gradual penetration of pastoralists, their stockmen or assigned servents. Many settlers passed through the valleys with their stock in the early days but none remained long. There were eventually however a hardy group of intrpid pioneers who had the forsight to settle in the area permanently. The first map showing plans for the village of Wollar was dated 6th December, 1876. However, Wollar was not declared a village until 20th March 1885.

        The Wollar area is also credited with a rich Aboriginal heritage, it was inhabited  by the Wiradjuri tribe, one of the largest and well known groupings in Australia. Some of the local residents remember their grandparents telling of the aborigines and how they could hear their voices and laughter echoeing across the creek at night. Unfortunately, this group of aborigines were decimated by the 1902 influenza epidemic. There is still much evidence of these people in our area, stone axes, trees from which coolamons have been cut and worn down rocks used as sharpening stones for weapons.There are also various 'sacred sites' where red and yellow ochre cave paintings can be found depicting hands, feet and various animal shapes. The Wiraduri tribe used the Goulburn river as a route from the coast to the inland and and there are at least fifteen sacred sites in the area of the national park. The area was declared a National park on the 1st May, 1982.