Good morning Listers, I found a website that explains the naming of Limeburner's Bay and Creek and it appears that they are not named after the family after all, but for the reason I suspected, after the convict Limeburners:- "...As a penal colony, the military rule was harsh, especially at Limeburners' Bay, on the inner side of Stockton peninsula. There, convicts were sent to burn oyster shells for making lime..." Also, "...Limeburners Creek where a small community is all that remains of what was once a regular coach stopover for those travelling between Stroud and Raymond Terrace..." and "...The term Limeburners Creek derived from the early days of European settlement when oyster shell from the creek were burned in prodigious numbers to produce lime for mortar. Free settlers moved into the area in the 1830s when the penal settlement at Port Macquarie was wound down. The area adjacent to the creek was declared the Orara Gold Field in 1881, though the returns seem to have been insubstantial. After their initial decimations, oysters returned and the creek is now the region's principal source of the shellfish..." I suppose it was a good yarn passed on down through the Limeburner's families, that these places had been named after their ancestors. Though maybe Limeburners Road, Wattle Flat, may have been named after the family, especially if that is where the original home once stood. Now to find out where the family lived. Thank you to all those who responded to my enquiry, much appreciated. Cheers Janice