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Millie, New South Wales

Coordinates: 29°48′54″S 149°34′04″E / 29.81508617943°S 149.56781188427°E / -29.81508617943; 149.56781188427
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Millie
New South Wales
Millie is located in New South Wales
Millie
Millie
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates29°48′54″S 149°34′04″E / 29.81508617943°S 149.56781188427°E / -29.81508617943; 149.56781188427
Population14 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)2397
Elevation182 m (597 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Moree Plains Shire
RegionNorth West Slopes
CountyJamison
ParishGehan
State electorate(s)Northern Tablelands
Federal division(s)Parkes
Localities around Millie:
Mallowa Mallowa Moree
Mallowa Millie Gurley
Jews Lagoon Bellata

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]

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

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Millie (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Millie". Geographical Names Board. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Millie". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Millie". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 June 2020. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ 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.