Milton

Postcode: 2538

Milton is a town in Shoalhaven City on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It was founded in the middle of the 19th century. The coastal area of in the Milton-Ulladulla-Mollymook area was seen by Captain James Cook in 1770 when sailing north along the east coast of Australia and he noted the nearby Pigeon House Mountain.

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

Milton is known to have one of the world's largest fig trees.

Milton contains two non-government schools; Shoalhaven Anglican School and St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, and a state primary school; Milton Public School. A highly popular slogan within the Referees can be quoted to "Is that you Milton".

By 1866 Milton had Anglican, Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Churches and a Congregational Church was erected in 1872. Although private schools had existed as early as 1851 when the Wardens erected one for general usage half a mile north-west of the present town, a public school was not opened until 1878, after much local bickering and denominational disputation.

Today Milton is an attractive township (done out in the inevitable heritage colours) which entices the traveller with a range of gift shops, cafes, antiques and craft outlets.

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