in the Mill Park area during the 1850s. The street "Mill Park Drive" is a large oval ring, which was once a horse racing track. Many of the streets pay homage to past race horses, such as Phar Lap, Carbine, Eaglet, Whernside, Studley and Redleap. During the 1980s Mill Park underwent rapid residential development, with State and church primary schools (Mill Park Primary School, Saint Francis Primary School). Mill Park Post Office opened on 1 August 1983. There are several neighbourhood reserves, and three large ones in the west of Mill Park. A freeway reservation runs north–south, parallel to Mill Park's western boundary along Darebin Creek. The east of Mill Park extends to pollution-control wetlands which border the Plenty River. The area is serviced by two main shared paths; the Hendersons Road Drain Trail and the Darebin Creek Trail. The extreme north boundary is the Mernda railway line. Education The continued rapid residential expansion spawned a state secondary college (Mill Park Secondary College) and recreational facilities and the RMIT Bundoora East Campus is inside Mill Park's border. The Mill Park Secondary College opened in 1992, starting out with year 7 students only, with year 7 enrolments doubling in 1993. By 1994 there were 1000 students attending the college, and it was clear that the Campus would not physically support many more students. A Senior Campus was built on Civic Drive in Epping, and was operational in time for the original year 7 students of 1992 to attend year 11 in 1996. The Senior Campus originally taught year 11 and 12 students only (VCE); however, since Term 3, 2005, Year 10 students attend the Senior Campus. Mill Park boasts both private and state Primary Schools in the form of St Francis Primary School, Mill Park Heights, Plenty Parklands, Findon and Mill Park Primary Schools. Demographics The most common ancestries in Mill Park were Australian 16.0%, English 14.4%, Italian 12.5%, Macedonian 5.8% and Indian 5.4%. Modern Mill Park Modern Mill Park consists of both the traditional Mill Park land and the expanding neighborhood of Mill Park Lakes, located to the Northeast. Shopping in Mill Park consists of The Stables Shopping Centre, located on Childs Road, Plenty Valley Shopping Centre, located on McDonald's Road and Mill Park Plaza, located on the corner of Plenty Road and Development Boulevard close to the suburb of South Morang, is a shopping strip containing retail and consumer