MILLMERRAN SHIRE HISTORY
1840
First white settlement commenced in Millmerran area at Tummaville.
c1851
First cotton crop grown in what is now Millmerran Shire at Yandilla Station.
1867
First Mail service commenced through Yandilla.
1877
All Saints Anglican Church built at Yandilla.
1881
Edward Walpole, occupier of lease portion 3460, 1280 acres on Back Creek and commences Millmerran's first commercial enterprise with a store to serve selectors. The town of Millmerran commences
1882
First School, Yandilla Provisional School, opens at Back Creek
1889
Back Creek changes name to Domville.
1894
Domville changes name to Millmerran.
1902
First car to visit Millmerran.
1910
First Bank, Queensland National, opens in Millmerran.
1913
Millmerran Shire proclaimed a Local Government Authority. First Shire Office, now the Historical Society and Museum, opens.
1914
Telephone Exchange opens in Millmerran.
1920
First plane lands in Millmerran by Lieutenant McComb.
1921
War Memorial unveiled in Anzac Memorial Park.
1922
Ted Pimm commences Carrying business with team of horses.
1923
Present Millmerran State School opens.
1924
First Agricultural, Pastoral, Horticultural and Industrial Show inaugurated.
1932
Bringalilly Land Ballot opens.
1936
Millmerran Dairy Co-op Association Butter Factory opens.
1947
First electric lighting to houses and streets in Millmerran.
1952
Present day Millmerran Hospital opened.
1960
Millmerran State High School opened.
1961
Underground water distribution system installed.
1966
Millmerran Swimming Pool opened
1968
Millmerran Butter factory closed.
1984
Millmerran Centenary Retirement Village Yallambee opens
1992
Gore Highway officially declared between Goondiwindi and Toowoomba via Millmerran.
1998
First of the historic murals created on the Shire's Water Supply & Pumping Station in Millmerran.
1999
Inaugural Australian Camp Oven Festival held on 2nd & 3rd October.
2003
Millmerran coal fired Power Station construction completed.