Millie is a small locality in Moree Plains Shire, in northern New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] It lies about 45 km southwest of Moree and 600 km northwest of Sydney. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 28.[4] According to William Ridley, "Millie" was a Kamilaroi name of meaning "white pipe clay" or "silicate of magnesia" (talc). Another 1901 source suggested it came from an Australian Aboriginal word "Mil" meaning "eye".[2]
| Millie New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Millie Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°48′54″S 149°34′04″E / 29.81508617943°S 149.56781188427°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 14 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2397 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 182 m (597 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Moree Plains Shire | ||||||||||||||
| Region | North West Slopes | ||||||||||||||
| County | Jamison | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Gehan | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Northern Tablelands | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Parkes | ||||||||||||||
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There was once a settlement there, also known as Millie, but all that remains of it now is an elaborate marble monument to Trooper James Duff who died at the Battle of Elands River in 1900. Millie once had a hotel known as Walford's Hotel. On 24 April 1865, the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt and two accomplices had taken over the bar, when their revels were interrupted by the arrival of a group of police. A gun battle followed, in which two policemen and one of the bushrangers, John Thompson, were wounded. Thompson was captured, but the other two bushrangers escaped, heading in different directions.[5]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Millie (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Millie". Geographical Names Board. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Millie". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Millie". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Powell, Gregory (2016). Bushranger tracks: across New South Wales and Victoria. London; Sydney, NSW: New Holland. pp. 118, 120. ISBN 978-1-74257-778-4.
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