Beeac was originally created as a reserve for campers, and the name is thought to mean either "salt lake" or "grubs" in the local
Aboriginal language. From 1860, the area was opened for selection and a townsite was surveyed in 1864. The original post office building was destroyed by fire in 1926, but was eventually replaced by the current building. By the end of the decade, the Beeac area had become a prominent
wheat growing district,
wine grapes were cultivated and a
salt works was operating on the lake. Throughout the 1860s and 1870s, churches, schools, shops and
hotels were established. A newspaper,
The Beeac Advocate and Weering and Warrion Advertiser, operated from 1901 to 1902 and the local hospital was founded in 1928. ==The town today==