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Neptune Island Lighthouse [B 2013] • Photograph

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Summary

South Neptune Island Lighthouse. A visitor is standing at the base of the lighthouse whilst a man, possibly the Lighthouse Keeper, looks down from its balcony. A horse and cart and its driver are waiting nearby. First erected at the entrance to the Port Adelaide River, it was lit on the 1st of January 1869. It was moved to South Neptune Island, at the entrance of Spencer Gulf, on the 1st of November 1901, where it stood until 1985. In poor condition, it was decommissioned and subsequently acquired by the South Australian Maritime Museum. It is now restored and standing on the dockside at Port Adelaide, having been opened to the public on the 13th of March 1986, in a ceremony attended by Queen Elizabeth II. This Lighthouse was replaced with a round brick tower, and, having being automated in the mid 1990s, is still in operation [ 2007].

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Physical description

Repro. of a sketch; 24.0 cm x 18.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1910

Collection

Part of Neptune Island Collection

Subject

Lighthouses -- South Australia -- South Neptune Island
Neptune Islands (S.A.)

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Digitisation information

Date

23/03/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,337 x 3,085 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

21.65 MB

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