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LIME KILN COMPLEX
HEARNE PARADE AND LIMEBURNERS ROAD EAST GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY

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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 Complex at Limeburners Point is of archaeological and historical significance to the State of Victoria.

The Lime Kiln Complex is of archaeological significance for the existence of the ruined remains of a rare industrial building type, and for the site's potential to yield the artefact evidence of an important industry that was recorded on the site as early as 1838.

The Lime Kiln Complex is historically important for its associations with an industry which, due to the acute shortage of building materials, was a crucial component of the early settlement of the Port Phillip District. Along with similar kilns on the Point Nepean Peninsula, these kilns formed the major supply of lime to the Victorian building trade until the Lilydale deposits began to dominate the industry in the 1880s.

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    • Permit Exemptions

      LIME KILN COMPLEX - Permit Exemptions

      General Exemptions:

      General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.

      Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.

      Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.

      Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions.

      Find out more about heritage permit exemptions here.

      Specific Exemptions:

      EXEMPTIONS FROM PERMITS

      * Replanting outside of three metres from the kiln line.

      * Soil work on golf-club greens, tees and holes located at a distance greater
      than three metres from the kilns which does not involve sub-surface work.

      * All above ground works at the car-park and boat launching area.

      * All landscaping works and drainage construction which does not impact on the
      structural remains of the kilns.

  • Tours involving this place See all tours

    Geelong Tour

    13/09/16

    Eastern Park & Geelong Botanic Gardens - Former Federal Woollen Mills - Former Customs House - Matthew Flinders School No.8022 - Geelong Railway Station - Lime Kiln Complex - Former Telegraph Station - Wintergarden - Eastern Cemetery Gatehouse - Kinnears Ropeworks - The Geelong Club - Sunnyside Wool Scour - Bay View Hotel

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Tours involving this place See all tours

Geelong Tour

13/09/16

Eastern Park & Geelong Botanic Gardens - Former Federal Woollen Mills - Former Customs House - Matthew Flinders School No.8022 - Geelong Railway Station - Lime Kiln Complex - Former Telegraph Station - Wintergarden - Eastern Cemetery Gatehouse - Kinnears Ropeworks - The Geelong Club - Sunnyside Wool Scour - Bay View Hotel

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