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Lighthouse collection

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Brief description

The collection of material related to South Australia's lighthouses includes a prefabricated iron plate lighthouse, lanterns and equipment as well as approximately 250 photographs. The collection documents navigational aids in South Australia from the mid nineteenth century until the late twentieth century, with a particular focus on the history of the Port Adelaide (later South Neptune Island) lighthouse.

Significance

The collection helps record the history of navigational aids in South Australia. It is significant in terms of economic history--documenting lighthouses, channel markers and beacons that provided the infrastructure essential to shipping, commerce and passenger travel. These aids warned mariners away from hazards and marked shipping channels and harbours. The collection is socially significant in documenting the lives of the small communities of keepers and their families who crewed the lights on isolated islands and reefs. The focus of the collection is the Port Adelaide lighthouse which was originally located on a wooden platform at the entrance to the Port River. The prefabricated tower and lantern were imported from Chance Brothers in the United Kingdom, the company that supplied prefabricated lighthouses throughout Australia and the British Empire in the nineteenth century. The lighthouse was first lit on 1 January 1869. The lighthouse was dismantled and transported to South Neptune Island and lit with a second order lens on 1 November 1901. The light was replaced by an automated light in 1985. The original lighthouse was moved to Port Adelaide to become part of the South Australian Maritime Museum's collection in 1985.

Data time period: 1867 to 1984

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text: Spencer Gulf

text: Semaphore

text: South Neptune Island

text: South Australia

text: Port Adelaide, South Australia

text: Wonga Shoal

Subjects
Chance Brothers | Lighthouses | Navigation | Navigation equipment | Personal effects | Photography | South Australian Maritime Museum | beacon | beacons | lens | lighthouse | lighthouse keepers | maritime history | marker | signals & signalling | waterway lights (warning) |

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