Millfield | |
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  Millfield | |
| Coordinates: 32°52′54″S151°16′04″E / 32.88167°S 151.26778°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| City | Cessnock |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 1,006 (2016 census) [1] |
| Postcode | 2325 |
Millfield is a town in the City of Cessnock municipality of New South Wales. [2] It had a population of 1,006 as of the 2016 census. [1]
Millfield contains a general store and the historic Rising Sun Inn, which now operates as a museum. [3]
Millfield Public School opened in 1868. [4] The school had an enrolment of 62 students in 2015. [5] A second school in Millfield, Crawfordville Public School, operated from 1929 to 1970. [6]
Millfield Post Office opened in 1854. [7]
St Luke's Anglican Church was built in 1880. [8] It was flagged for potential closure and sale in June 2018 as part of a diocese plan to raise funds for redress of survivors of child sexual abuse, with services to be consolidated with St John's Church in Cessnock. [9] [10] The church had absorbed the congregation of St. Thomas's at Ellalong when that church closed in 2014. [11]
Millfield Cemetery, located in Hayes Road, is managed by the Cessnock City Council. [12]
A new 100-lot residential development, the Rosehill Estate, was released for sale in May 2017. The development was controversial: the original plan for 700 houses did not go ahead, and 500 residents signed a petition against the revised plan on the grounds of overdevelopment of the historic village; however, the rezoning was approved in 2014, with a subsequent council rescission motion lost by one vote. A further 222-block development is proposed off Mount View Road. This has also been the source of controversy, as residents have protested that it could almost double the population of the village. [13] [14] [15] [16]
