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In 2003, the company merged with Australian Cemetery Holdings to create [[Cement Australia]]. |
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The company's wharf site at Seventeen Mile Rocks was taken over by [[Brisbane City Council]] in 1990. The council developed the site into the [[Rocks Riverside Park]] which opened in December 2003. The park incorporates elements of its industrial heritage. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 04:05, 19 December 2016
Queensland Cement and Lime Company (QCL) was a company that manufactured cement and lime for use in construction in Queensland, Australia.[1] It supplied many major projects in Queensland. It was also known as Queensland Cement Limited.
History
The company was established in 1914, operating a cement factory at Darra in Brisbane. From 1916, it obtained limestone from Gore on the Darling Downs. In the early 1930s, it built a wharf on the Brisbane River at Seventeen Mile Rocks . The company had a dredge at Mud Island in Moreton Bay from where they obtained coral, which was then transported up the river to the wharf from where it was conveyed via the company's private road to the Darra factory. By 1936, the company ceased using limestone from Gore in favour of the coral from Moreton Bay. In 1969, the road transport was replaced by a 3.5km overhead conveyor. In 1988 the company was renamed Queensland Cemetery Limited following some company mergers. In 1995, the company was unable to renew its dredging licences for Moreton Bay, leading to the closure of the Darra factory in 1998 after its stockpile was competely exhausted.[1]
In 2003, the company merged with Australian Cemetery Holdings to create Cement Australia.
Legacy
The company's wharf site at Seventeen Mile Rocks was taken over by Brisbane City Council in 1990. The council developed the site into the Rocks Riverside Park which opened in December 2003. The park incorporates elements of its industrial heritage.
References
- ^ a b "Queensland Cement and Lime Company/Qld Cement Limited" (PDF). Centenary Suburbs Historical Society Inc. June 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2016.