Millfield, New South Wales

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Millfield
Cessnock,  New South Wales
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Millfield
Coordinates 32°52′54″S151°16′04″E / 32.88167°S 151.26778°E / -32.88167; 151.26778 Coordinates: 32°52′54″S151°16′04″E / 32.88167°S 151.26778°E / -32.88167; 151.26778
Population1,006 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2325
Location12 km (7 mi) SW of Cessnock
LGA(s) City of Cessnock
State electorate(s) Cessnock
Federal Division(s) Hunter

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]

Heritage listings

Millfield has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

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  2. ↑ "Millfield". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 June 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "A dry week in the Hunter". traveller.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Millfield". School history database search. Department of Education. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "2015 Annual Report" (PDF). Millfield Public School. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Crawfordville School (Former)". State Heritage Inventory. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Millfield". Post Office Reference. Premier Postal. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Plan of St. Luke's Church, situated in Millfield, NSW, Australia". University of Newcastle. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Church sells offs to fund compensation". Maitland Mercury. 27 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Churches could be sold to meet redress". Cessnock Advertiser. 27 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Parishioners farewell St. Thomas's Ellalong". Cessnock Advertiser. 30 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Millfield Cemetery". Cessnock City Council. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "First residents move into Rosehill". Cessnock Advertiser. 28 February 2018.
  14. ↑ "Planners to meet with Millfield residents". Cessnock Advertiser. 8 March 2017.
  15. ↑ "Residents call for further scrutiny of Millfield housing project". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "A CESSNOCK City Council decision". The Newcastle Herald. 20 June 2013.
  17. ↑ "Rising Sun Inn (former)". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Office of Environment and Heritage. H00529. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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