Millfield, New South Wales

Millfield
Cessnock, New South Wales
Millfield is located in New South Wales
Millfield
Millfield
Coordinates32°52′54″S 151°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]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Millfield (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 May 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Millfield". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 June 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  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. Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  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.