Milton is a town in the City of Shoalhaven on the South Coast

South Coast, New South Wales

The South Coast refers to the narrow coastal belt from Sydney in the north to the border with Victoria in the south in the south-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia. It is bordered to the west by the coastal escarpment of the Southern Tablelands, which is largely covered by a...

 of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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, not far from Ulladulla. It was founded in the middle of the 19th century. The coastal area of in the Milton-Ulladulla

Ulladulla, New South Wales

Ulladulla is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia in the City of Shoalhaven local government area. It is on the Princes Highway, about half way between the larger towns of Batemans Bay to the south and Nowra to the north and approximately 179 km south of Sydney...

-Mollymook

Mollymook, New South Wales

Mollymook is located on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia and is part of the Milton–Ulladulla area, which is approximately 3 hours drive south of Sydney. At the 2006 census, Mollymook had a population of 1,054 people. It forms part of a seven kilometre stretch of unbroken urban...

 area was seen by Captain James Cook in 1770 when sailing north along the east coast of Australia

Australia

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 and he noted the nearby Pigeon House Mountain

Pigeon House Mountain

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.

The Reverend Thomas Kendall

Thomas Kendall

Thomas Kendall was a New Zealand lapsed missionary, recorder of the Māori language, schoolmaster, arms dealer, and Pākehā Māori.-Early life: Lincolnshire and London, 1778-1813:...

 was the first European settler to the area when he started cutting cedar at Narrawallee Creek near Milton. Milton, as a town, is classified with the Australian National Trust

National Trust of Australia

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. This is because of the number of homes and buildings in the town that were built from 1870 onwards.

Milton has a NSW Government Primary School; Milton Public School and two private schools; Shoalhaven Anglican School and St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School.

External links

• Milton on the Ulladulla Wiki
• ulladulla.info: Information about the area and the history of the Milton/Ulladulla/Mollymook area.