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Millthorpe is a picturesque, compact and historic village set amidst gently rolling hills. Classified by the
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a bowling club and motel. Two of the main streets, Victoria (which runs east-west) and Park (north-south), follow the contours of the local topography with a more regularised grid system extending outwards from them. Millthorpe is located 252 kilometres (157 mi) north-west of
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European settlement of the area began when a government stock station was established in 1823. The town is based upon a land grant originally known as Grove Farm which was made out to convict overseer
Charles Booth in 1834. Noted explorer
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Millthorpe has warm, stormy summers and cold, wet winters with semi-regular snowfalls. Its great seasonal range approaches that of climates much farther south, due to its far western location compared to other areas on the
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means that it was spared redevelopment and so many of its buildings have survived with very little alteration.
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to work as a domestic servant for a medical practitioner. She married Stace in 1942.
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