Primbee - Timeline
| 1867 | Eugene Dominique Nicolle purchased acreages at Primbee |
| 1889-90 | Esperanza built by the Nicholle family |
| 1902 | The bay off Purry Burry Ave was named Primbee Bay |
| 1909 | The death of Eugene Nicolle |
| 1919 | Subdivided land at Primbee advertised for sale by Henry F Halloran & Co as 'The Lake Suburb' |
| 1924 | Stanley Nicolle sold Esperanza to J Vereker - a local butcher |
| 1925 | Berkeley Fish Co-operative opened |
| 1927 | Subdivision B, Lake City Estate Survey, Dec 1925 - approved by Council |
| 1932 | Commencement of construction of the first road through Primbee |
| 1934 | First road through Primbee completed |
| 1937 | Esperanza purchased by Vince O'Donnell |
| 1938 | Windang Bridge officially opened |
| 1938 | Primbee School opened. First Principal was James Gamble |
| 1953 | Development of Port Kembla Golf Club on the Primbee peninsula |
| 1968 | Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Company (ER & S) acquires Korrongulla Swamp at Primbee for future use as a slag disposal site |
| 1970 | Construction of the main Primbee By-pass |
| 1982 | Korrungulla Swamp Development : Environmental Impact Statement prepared for ER & S. Company proposes to develop the Korrungulla site for sand extraction and copper slag emplacement |
| 1985 | Land and Environment Court gives Port Kembla Copper consent for emplacement of copper slag in a sand extraction pit adjacent to Korrungulla wetland (over-ruling decision by Wollongong City Council) |
| 2000 | Primbee Residents Committee protests on the Primbee By-pass against the dumping of copper slag at Port Kembla Copper's emplacement site at Korrungulla |
Last Modified: 28/11/2008
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