sentences:  At the 2016 census, Moyston and the surrounding area had a population of 348.Moyston is the self-proclaimed "Birthplace of Australian Football", based on its connection to the sport's founder, Tom Wills, who grew up in the area in the 1840s, and, according to some, played Marn Grook with the Indigenous people of the area.The first European to see the Moyston area was the explorer Major Thomas Mitchell in 1836.