Limekilns, New South Wales
Suburb of Bathurst Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
33°16′35″S 149°44′16″E / 33.2764399°S 149.7376513°E / -33.2764399; 149.7376513Limekilns 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]
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]