Millaa Millaa

History

The name Millaa Millaa is probably a corruption of a Yindinji language term millai millai, probably referring to a fruit-bearing plant Elaeagnus latifolia. It celebrated its centenary in 2018. The Post Office opened by 1919 (a receiving office had been open from 1914). Woolley's Road State School opened on 19 May 1919. In 1923, it was renamed Ellinjaa Road State School. It closed in 1949. It was on the northern corner of Ellinjaa Road and Ellinjar Falls-Theresa Creek Road (approx ). Innisfail Road State School (via Millaa Millaa) opened in 1924 and closed circa 1926. On Sunday 26 September 1937 St Rita's Catholic Church was officially opened and blessed by Bishop John Heavey. At the end of 1945, the Middlebrook Road State School in neighbouring Middlebrook closed and its school building was relocated to Millaa Millaa State School and a bus service was provided to transport the students from Middlebrook to Millaa Millaa to attend school each day. Millaa Millaa Library opened in 2002.

Geography

Millaa Millaa is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, approximately west of Innisfail, north of Ravenshoe, and south of Malanda. The Millaa Millaa–Malanda Road exits to the northwest, Palmerston Highway to the southeast, and East Evelyn Road to the west.

Most-observed species

• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  3,377
• Gray-headed Robin

  Heteromyias cinereifrons (E.P.Ramsay, 1876) · Aves
  3,026
• Victoria's Riflebird

  Ptiloris victoriae Gould, 1850 · Aves
  2,789
• Gray Fantail

  Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, 1840 · Aves
  2,752
• Australian Brushturkey

  Alectura lathami J.E.Gray, 1831 · Aves
  2,641
• Golden Whistler

  Pachycephala pectoralis (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  2,593
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

  Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  2,522
• Pied Currawong

  Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  2,513

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2011-03-15
  30 km NE of Innisfail Estate, Australia