Limekilns is a rural locality in the
Central West region of
New South Wales
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. 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.
[2016 Census QuickStats: Limekilns]
Retrieved 2 January 2018.
Ben Chifley
Joseph Benedict Chifley (; 22 September 1885 – 13 June 1951) was an Australian politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1945, follow ...
, 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
The Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly, New South Wales's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is Jonathan O'Dea, who was elected on 7 May 2019. Traditionally a ...
.
A book about the area, written by Col Ferguson and titled ''The History of Limekilns'', was published in 2017.
Rural Notebook , Hit-and-miss storms and Limekilns history collected
''Oberon Review'', 2 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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Central West (New South Wales)
Localities in New South Wales
Bathurst, New South Wales