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Millgrove, a rural township west of Warburton, is 63 km. east of Melbourne. Although the township has had several long-standing timber mills, which could have inspired its name, it is more likely to have come from an early selector, John Kennedy, who named his property Millgrove after this home town in Tipperary, Ireland. Kennedy's property, north of the Yarra River which flows through Millgrove, was on undulating river land, in contrast to the hilly forest south of the town.

Millgrove is one of four localities along the Warburton Road, comprising Wesburn, Warburton West, Millgrove and Warburton. A school was opened in 1875 to serve these settlements, probably at Millgrove. When the Lilydale to Warburton railway line was opened in 1901 the settlements' populations increased, as both farm produce and sawn timber was more readily transported to metropolitan markets. A school was opened in 1914 in the Millgrove Public Hall.

Millgrove's mills received saw logs from the Mt. Donna Buang slopes north of Warburton.

Millgrove remained a timber-milling and agricultural town, with occasional tourism and fishing, until the 1960/70s. Despite the closure of the railway in 1965, motor car transport placed Millgrove within acceptable commuting distances of larger towns. Its population grew six-fold during 1961-91.

Millgrove has a public reserve, a small shopping area, saw mill, Baptist church and a primary school which shares campuses with Warburton East. The former railway line is a walking and cycling track.

Millgrove's median house price in 1987 was $56,000 and in 1996 it was $61,500. During 1989-91 median prices were around $80,000.

The census populations of Millgrove have been 217 (1911), 273 (1961), 925 (1981) and 1,715 (1991).

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