Stuart Mill
VIC 3477 • Victoria
About Stuart Mill
Stuart Mill is a small former gold-mining locality in north-western Victoria, situated on the Sunraysia Highway approximately 22 kilometres south of St Arnaud within the Northern Grampians Shire Council area. Covering around 145 square kilometres of undulating pastoral and bushland country, the locality recorded a 2021 Census population of 78 residents. The town is named after British philosopher John Stuart Mill, and was gazetted in 1865 during a gold rush era that briefly saw a population of several thousand in the late 1860s before the alluvial gold was exhausted.
Today Stuart Mill retains a handful of heritage features from its gold-rush past, including the Lloyds Whip Gold Mining Site — a heritage-listed timber tripod structure and mine shaft dating from the 1930s — as well as a community recreation reserve with a hall and tennis courts that remain a focal point for local social life. The locality is adjacent to the St Arnaud Range National Park, offering bushwalking and nature-based recreation among native box-ironbark forest. St Arnaud, approximately 22 kilometres north, serves as the main service town with supermarkets, a hospital, and schools, while Avoca is around 25 kilometres to the south.
Stuart Mill falls under postcode 3477 and is governed by the local council Council (LGA). For state elections, residents vote in the Ripon (Western Victoria) electorate.
Location
Transport & Commute
Bus Services
- V/Line bus (from St Arnaud, ~22km away) — Maryborough / Ballarat / Melbourne Approx. 3 hr to Melbourne (including train from Maryborough)
Commute to Melbourne CBD
🛣️ Access via the Sunraysia Highway. Car is the practical transport option; limited V/Line bus from St Arnaud.
Stuart Mill is a small dispersed rural locality with no local shops or services; all errands require a drive to St Arnaud or beyond.
Supermarkets Nearby
No major supermarkets listed for this suburb.
Schools
No schools listed for this postcode.