Milton (New South Wales)

Milton
Ficus obliqua near the Princes Highway in Milton
State :  Australia State : New South Wales Founded : 1860
Coordinates : 35 ° 19 ′  S , 150 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 35 ° 19 ′  S , 150 ° 26 ′  E
Residents : 1,663 (2016)
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 2538 LGA : City of Shoalhaven
Milton

Milton is an Australian city in New South Wales , Australia with around 1,600 inhabitants (as of 2016). It is located in the administrative area (LGA) City of Shoalhaven 4 km north of Ulladulla directly on the Princes Highway .

The coastal area at Milton-Ulladulla was first discovered by James Cook while sailing north in 1770 and describing nearby Pigeon House Mountain . About 50 years later, Thomas Kendall, the first European settler to come to this region in 1828, began to fell trees on Narrawallee Creek, very close to Milton. The city of Milton was founded in 1860.

Web links

Commons : Milton, New South Wales  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Milton (NSW) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
2. ↑ Australia Easy Read - Road and 4WD Atlas . Hema Maps, Brisbane 2007, ISBN 978-1-86500-395-5 , pp.  65 .
3. ^ Cathy Dunn: Milton Ulladulla History Website. Retrieved December 28, 2010 .