Suburb Profile - Mill Park
There are two different theories of where the name Mill Park originated. Some believe it was given the name after a ‘Flour Mill’ located on the Plenty River in the 1840s, part of an enormous property covering the region owned by George and Francis Coulstock. Others believe it was named after Henry ‘Money’ Miller (1809-1888) who later bought the large estate from the Coulstock’s and went on to breed racehorses, run a dairy and other grazing activities sufficient to occupy 65 persons housed in a village on the property. A number of streets in the suburb are named after prolific racehorses owned by Miller including ‘Redleap’ who won the National Hurdle in 1898 (namesake of Redleap Reserve and Redleap Avenue) and the iconic ‘The Stables’ on Childs road was one of his holdings.
Adding further argument to the suburb being named after him was that when residential development began in Mill Park in the 1970s the first home completed in 1976 was on Mill Park Drive, following Miller’s original circular training track. Access to the estate was from Plenty Road, but a bridge over the Darebin Creek in Childs Road linked Mill Park with Lalor and Thomastown to the west in 1988. Gazetted as a suburb in 1978, Mill Park is now the largest centre in the City of Whittlesea.
The suburb of Mill Park is split into 2 precinct areas: Mill Park and Blossom Park.
Mill Park covers an area of approximately 9 square kilometres. It is primarily a residential area, with some commercial land areas. Rapid residential development took place from the 1980s into the early 1990s.
Key features:
- Westfield Plenty Valley - https://www.westfield.com.au/plentyvalley
- Mill Park Library - https://www.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/events-recreation/libraries-and-neighbourhood-houses/
- Redleap Reserve - https://directory.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/parks/mill-park-parks/redleap-recreation-reserve.aspx
- Mill Park Leisure Centre - http://www.millparkleisure.ymca.org.au/Pages/Home.aspx
- The Stables Shopping Presinct
- Off leash dog park (Delacombe Reserve) – https://www.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/events-recreation/parks-and-playgrounds/dog-off-leash-parks/
- Sycamore Recreation Reserve - https://directory.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/parks/mill-park-parks/sycamore-recreation-reserve.aspx
- Mill Park Community House and Adult Training Support Service
- Mill Park Recreation Reserve – https://directory.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/parks/mill-park-parks/mill-park-recreation-reserve.aspx
- Proposed Civic Drive Extension from Bush Boulevard to Morang Drive, South Morang
Schools, Kindergartens and Child Care:
- Plenty Parklands Primary School – http://www.plentyparklands-ps.vic.edu.au/
- Findon Primary School – http://www.findonps.vic.edu.au/
- Mill Park Heights Primary School – http://www.millparkhtsps.vic.edu.au/
- St Francis of Assisi Primary School – http://www.sfmillpark.catholic.edu.au/
- Mill Park Secondary College – http://www.millparksc.vic.edu.au/
- The Pavilion School – http://pavilionschool.vic.edu.au/
- Centenary Drive Kindergarten – https://www.centenarydrivekinder.kindergarten.vic.gov.au/
- Blossom Park Kindergarten – http://blossomparkkindergarten.vic.edu.au/
- The Heights Kindergarten – http://theheightskindergarten.vic.edu.au/
- Mill Park Heights Child Care Centre & Kindergarten – more info
- Happy Faces Child Care Centre – http://ifp.mychild.gov.au/ChildCareService/Provider.aspx/4809
- Kool Kidz Mill Park – https://www.koolkidzchildcare.com.au/millpark/
- Roycroft Kindergarten – https://trycs.org.au/kindergartenlist/roycroft-kindergarten/
- Good Start Mill Park University Drive – more info
- Good Start Mill Park Centenary Drive – more info
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