Milparainka A boomtown...brought back to life. The first proclaimed Albert Goldfields Township. Milparinka is sited on the edge of Evelyn Creek.
Charles Sturt had camped nearby at Preservation creek for six months in 1845 and it was he who named a nearby gum creek, Evelyn Creek. Later, Mount Browne Goldfields miners camped on the banks. They chose this spot as a waterhole in the creek gave them much-needed water.
At first this was a shanty town of several hundred souls huddled in huts and tents. Before long, though, civilisation Caught with the gold boom. By the mid-1880s the town boasted a police office, newspaper, chemist, blacksmith, photographer, two butchers, four hotels, a school, a hospital and a general store. But by the mid-1920s the golden years were only a memory.
In the 21st century Milparinka has brought its boomtown years alive again with a heritage centre in the courthouse, a native plants park and a heritage walking trail.
