TG Millner Field has been an important fixture in the history of the Ryde community since it was first developed by Vimiera Recreation Grounds and Col. Tom Millner in the 1950’s when Marsfield was predominantly a rural area.
Since 2000, first as a tenant and subsequently as the owner, it has cost North Ryde RSL and its members an exorbitant amount of money each year to operate the fields and Sports Club at TG Millner, with few games and an average of 40 people visiting the licensed Club each day.
Over the past 5 years, the playing fields at TG Millner were used only 20 times by local community sporting clubs or schools each year, excluding the use by the Eastwood Rugby Club.
View PDF for The History of TG Millner FieldIn the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land the Wallumedegal clan and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Aboriginal people lived for thousands of years in what we call the City of Ryde. When the first Europeans settled at Sydney Cove in 1788 the traditional owners of this area were the Wallumedegal. That name was told to Captain Arthur Phillip, first governor of the convict colony of New South Wales, by Woollarawarre Bennelong who came from the clan called the Wangal on the south side of the river.
To learn more about the Wallumedegal people, visit the City of Ryde website.
We will continue to keep the community informed about the next steps in the process and the future of TG Millner Field as we move towards the public exhibition process following the December 2025 Gateway Determination by the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.