A Patchwork of History
Limestone was quarried and processed at Waratah Bay from 1876 until 1926. During that time a small township existed; built into the sloped of the picturesque little cove.
Adjacent, clinging to the cliffs, were lime-burning kilns, where the stone was converted to lime used in the building industry. The township has long gone, except for the community hall which now stands about one kilometre north of where it was originally built.
Ruins of the kilns and a small cemetery remain as ghostly reminders of a former era when the sea was the lifeline for a small isolated community of miners and their families. Take this book with you and experience Walkerville in a way you may never have imagined.
(Blurb courtesy of publisher marketing)