German settlers played a part in the foundational pastoral days of the Temora district since as early as the 1850s.
A German by the name of Henry Margules, who was the pioneering mining registrar and a land and mining agent, is said to have selected the site of the town. A fellow German laid out the boundaries of the town - Surveyor Schleicher. A prominent pioneer during the gold rush days was August Ludwig Deutscher who came to the area from south west Victoria and became Temora's unofficial mayor.

It was during the gold rush that German prominence rose, at the time that the township began.

Today, German names and the ancestors of the first German pioneers maintain a presence in every aspect of Temora's life.