Type: | town |
Millie | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -29.8151°N 149.5678°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in New South Wales |
Lga: | Moree Plains Shire |
County: | Jamison |
Parish: | Gehan |
Region: | North West Slopes |
Postcode: | 2397 |
Pop: | 28 |
Stategov: | Northern Tablelands |
Fedgov: | Parkes |
Dist1: | 45 |
Dir1: | SW |
Location1: | Moree |
Dist2: | 600 |
Dir2: | NW |
Location2: | Sydney |
Near-N: | Mallowa |
Near-E: | Gurley |
Near-Se: | Bellata |
Near-S: | Jews Lagoon |
Near-W: | Mallowa |
Near-Nw: | Mallowa |
Millie is a small locality in Moree Plains Shire, in northern New South Wales, Australia.[1] [2] It lies about 45 km southwest of Moree and 600 km northwest of Sydney. At the, it had a population of 28. According to William Ridley, "Millie" was a Kamilaroi name of meaning "white pipe clay" or "silicate of magnesia" (talc). Another 1901 source suggested it came from an Australian Aboriginal word "Mil" meaning "eye".[1]