[+] Former Cement Works Renewal Masterplan Takes Shape

It was the town that built Sydney.

The chimney stacks over Portland’s historic cement works are no longer active. But the precinct is finding a new life building something else—a destination.

At the tail end of the 19th century in the NSW Blue Mountains a £100,000 investment led to the creation of Portland’s quarry and cement works. And in 1906 Portland was gazetted as a town. The fortunes of both were forever intertwined.