Limekilns,_New_South_Wales

Limekilns, New South Wales

Limekilns, New South Wales

Suburb of Bathurst Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia

Limekilns is a rural locality in the Central West region of New South Wales. The closest major town is Bathurst, and the local government area is the Bathurst Regional Council. Limekilns had a population of 111 people at the time of the 2016 Australian census.[1]

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Ben Chifley, the Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949, lived with his grandfather in Limekilns between the ages of five and thirteen. Another notable resident was Daniel Clyne, a Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.[2]

A book about the area, written by Col Ferguson and titled The History of Limekilns, was published in 2017.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    2016 Census QuickStats: Limekilns. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    Crisp, L.F. (1961), Ben Chifley: A Political Biography, Angus & Robertson Publishers, pp. 3–5.
  3. [3]
    Rural Notebook | Hit-and-miss storms and Limekilns history collected, Oberon Review, 2 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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