Millthorpe
Another historic town which dates back prior to the 1840's and still today, retains all of it's charm of yesteryears is 'Millthorpe', known as Spring Grove until 1884. Mail and parcels were continually getting lost because there were so many similarly named places on the rail line so it was changed.
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The Methodist Church was build just a few years later.
John Lister of the Ophir gold find is buried in the cemetery at Millthorpe and at a height of 955m Millthorpe is the highest point on the transcontinental line west of the Blue Mountains.
The surrounding farmlands were large potato growing areas but now mainly produce sheep & cattle.
There are many 19th century buildings in Millthorpe. Charles Booth, who was in charge of convicts built Grove Farm in 1835 and Thomas Mitchell stayed there as a guest when on some of his expeditions. The old 'headmaster's house' dates back to 1876 and was the school and house combined.
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