The Strathbogie Ranges are located in
Taungurung country. Although the documented white history of the area generally asserts that the mountain range was not often frequented by Indigenous people, stone artifacts are widely distributed across the Strathbogie Tableland, all of which was once forested. The discovery of these artifacts is evidence of regular, though perhaps seasonal, utilization of the region by Indigenous people. Squatters running sheep and hundreds of cattle took up large tracts of land in the Ranges from about 1842. The stations included Bailey Hill, Strathbogie, Springs A and Wombat Hill, predominantly in the hill country, while parts of Saintfield and Borodomanin were also in the ranges. John Gall of Wombat Hill was one of the few early settlers to remain in the district. John Kissock of Strathbogie Station arrived in the 1847, while William Forlonge later owned Strathbogie totalling , and many of the other pastoral stations, between the early 1850s and 1867. In 1891 a butter factory was built at Strathbogie South (as Strathbogie was then known and a second factory was built in 1892 at Strathbogie North. A Post Office opened in Strathbogie on 10 July 1878. There are several districts located within the Strathbogie Ranges including
Strathbogie and
Ruffy, but no towns and few major roads; Strathbogie township has a general store and Ruffy township has 'The Pantry'. ==Bushfires==