Place snapshot: Mill Park

Mill Park place snapshot

This place snapshot provides a summary of future development in the Mill Park area for current and future residents, business owners, investors and community groups.

You can download the full Mill Park place snapshot or explore areas of interest on this webpage by clicking the above links.

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About Mill Park

The suburb of Mill Park is split into two precinct areas: Mill Park and Blossom Park.

Local history

Mill Park takes its name from the property of George and Francis Coulstock who built and operated a flour mill on the Plenty River in the 1840s. They sold to the Hon. Henry Miller, MLC, who bred racehorses and conducted a range of dairy and grazing activities at his property named The Findon Hounds and the Findon Harriers Hunt Club’ until 1930.

Residential development began in Mill Park in the 1970s.

Population

Families and households

Planning and development

Mill Park covers an area of approximately nine 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.

Advocacy priorities

  • E6 construction from Metropolitan Ring Road to Bridge Inn Road
  • Extending the tram line (route 86) from Bundoora to South Morang

 Read more about our current advocacy priorities

Places of interest

Map of Mill Park with places of interest marked

  1. Off leash dog park (Delacombe Reserve)
  2. Sycamore Recreation Reserve
  3. Mill Park Leisure
  4. Mill Park Library
  5. Mill Park Community House and Adult Training Support Service
  6. Mill Park Recreation Reserve
  7. Proposed Civic Drive Extension from Bush Boulevard to Morang Drive, South Morang
  8. Kelynack Recreation Reserve Master Plan