A link with Millicent’s past will be remembered tomorrow.

The township was named after Millicent Glen (nee Short) the daughter of the first Bishop of Adelaide.

She was born in England 184 years ago on September 29, 1837 and her descendants reside in the South East region to this day.

Mrs Glen had laid the foundation stone of St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church in Millicent in 1879.

When she died in 1930, “The Advertiser” carried an obituary which offered an insight into her life and how she came to be honoured by the town.

“The death occurred in Mount Gambier on Sunday of Mrs Millicent Glen,” the obituary read.

“Mrs Glen was ninety-four years of age, was the eldest child of the Right Rev. Dr Augustus Short, first Bishop of Adelaide, and was born at the vicarage, Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire, England on September 29, 1837.

“With her parents she arrived at Adelaide in December 1847.

“Mrs Glen had vivid recollections of the appearance of Adelaide at that time.

“She remembered seeing stumps of trees in Rundle Street, and had seen bullock wagons bogged there.

“Miss Millicent Short (SA Governor Sir James Fergusson named the town of Millicent after her) married Mr George Glen, of Mayurra Station, at (Holy) Trinity Church, when Bishop’s Court, North Adelaide, was just being completed.

“Mr and Mrs Glen came back to Robe in the vessel Ant, and drove to Mayurra, a distance of sixty miles (100km)

“With the exception of her two maids, Mrs Glen was the only white woman in that part of the country.

“She took great interest in the tribes of blacks who lived near the station.

“Mayura Station at that time was an immense run, extending from Tantanoola to Rendelsham and occupying the whole of the land upon which the township of Millicent is now built.”