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Limestone Hills (Bremer River) Station - Work Station

Placename
Limestone Hills (Bremer River) Station - Work Station
Layer
Convict Sites - Aust and Norfolk Isl.
Type
Other

Details

Description

Part of the Moreton Bay settlement. An overseer and 5 convicts were stationed at the kilns (Cunningham to Darling 1827). Tom Petrie's reminiscences note that the station consisted of 'Mr Thorn's house and the yards for the cattle and sheep, also the limekiln and the stockade for the prisoners'. Up to 400 bags of lime per week, transported by boat to Brisbane.

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ID
tc4982

Extended Data

Start Year
1827
End year
1839