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LIME KILN COMPLEX
LocationHEARNE PARADE and LIMEBURNERS ROAD EAST GEELONG, Greater Geelong City Google Maps and Google StreetviewVictorian Heritage Register (VHR) NumberH1288 Heritage Overlay NumberHO191 Level of SignificanceRegistered |
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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION As Executive Director for the purpose of the Heritage Act, I give notice under Section 46 that the Victorian Heritage Register is amended by including ... more |
Statement of Significance
The Lime Kiln Complex at Limeburners Point in Geelong consists of the visible ruined remains of five brick lime kilns built into the side of the escarpment, and the footings of former powder magazine. Although Limeburners Point was associated, from the earliest days of settlement, with the production of lime for mortar, the remaining kilns date from the 1860s and 1870s and the powder magazine from 1854. Lime burning ceased on the site in the 1880s. The Lime Kiln ... more
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