Penguin Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
37°29′52.8″S 140°0′49.4″E / 37.498000°S 140.013722°E / -37.498000; 140.013722Penguin Island Lighthouse was a lighthouse located on Penguin Island at the north end of Rivoli Bay in South Australia.[1]
It was first lit on 1 October 1878. In 1960, the lighthouse was decommissioned to allow the transfer of the light's apparatus to a new lighthouse on Cape Martin to the immediate north.[1][3][4] In 1904, John Hendry, head keeper of the lighthouse, was lost at sea and presumed drowned.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The old Penguin Island Lighthouse". Lighthouses of Australia Inc. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: South Australia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ "Penguin Island Lighthouse". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ Parsons, Ronald (1985), Lighthouses of South Australia, R. Parsons, p. 11, ISBN 978-0-909418-35-9
- ^ "Penguin Island drowning case". The Register. 28 October 1904. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
External links
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority
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Lighthouses of South Australia
- Althorpe Island
- Cape Banks
- Cape Borda
- Cape Donington
- Cape du Couedic
- Cape Jaffa
- Cape Jaffa tower
- Cape Jaffa platform
- Cape Jervis
- Cape Martin
- Cape Spencer
- Cape St Albans
- Cape Willoughby
- Corny Point
- Marino Rocks
- Penguin Island
- Point Lowly
- Point Malcolm
- Port Adelaide
- Cape Northumberland
- Old Macdonnell
- Robe
- South Neptune
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- Troubridge Island
- Wedge Island
- West Cape
- Wonga Shoal
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