Northwood is a  small farming community 10klm northwest of Seymour. It is endowed with rich agricultural flats alongside Victoria’s largest river the beautiful Goulburn, a very desirable place to own land.

In the past a State School existed at Northwood for some time before it was affected by the attending numbers which saw it threatened with closure and eventually closure and removal. There was also wayside public house usually referred to as “Woods” pub, however  it too  closed years ago.

 On Joseph Hawdon’s advice John Clarke was the first overlander to arrive in early in 1838. He opened an inn at the Old Crossing Place, and soon after established a cattle station on the banks Goulburn River and called the property Northwood Park. Clarke combined the occupation of cattle grazing and selling liquor. Clarke was the first overlander to settle on the river. His wife and children followed him there later with other overlanders. Northwood had a number of owners up until 1902 When Mr Hunter bought the property, and he made several changes so he could combine the running of cattle also enabling him to establish a Clydesdale Stud and trotting horses. One of his horses Windbag, 1925 Melbourne Cup winner, rests on the property and a headstone now marks the former Cup winners resting place. The property was sold to Barrie and Midge Griffiths in 2006 and then sold to HH Sheikh Mohammed. He has improved the Northwood property and has continued to raise Champion Horses. Northwood Park is regarded as one of the world’s finest thoroughbred properties.

The original farms that predated the selection era lay between the river and Northwood Road, the closest to Seymour being that T. Pinniger. with his existing land and the additional property, he selected later, was Hygea. By 1920 it was in the possession of J. O’Sullivan. Other farms of the 1850’s were selected by B. Brooks, H.C.Boyd, W. Shearer, and  E. Smale in 1857. Other selections in 1860’s were further North and nearest the river settlers, and were D. McCormack and T.Keogh both of them having been toll gate keepers at the Seymour bridge, J Shea, W Morris, W. Burke, J. Ryan, J. Hogan W.A Macintyre, D.Ferris, and J. Ross. Those further away from the river and rather later in the century, were Shattock, Nelson, Dunston, Connor, and T. Miller.  Further west and later still T.Tehan held land.  The McLarty family also held land over a long period of time in the district and is used for primary production