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Table 3 – Places listed alphabetically

Place	State		Place	State
Adele Island	WA		Double Island Point	QLD
Althorpe Island	SA		Eclipse Island	QLD
Bessieres Island	WA		Eddystone Point	TAS
Booby Island	WA		Flagstaff Point	NSW
Breaksea Island	WA		Foul Bay	WA
Bustard Head	QLD		Gabo Island	VIC
Cape Baily	NSW		Gantheaume Point	WA
Cape Banks	SA		Goods Island	QLD
Cape Borda	SA		Goose Island	TAS
Cape Byron	NSW		Legendre Island	WA
Cape Cleveland	QLD		Low Head	TAS
Cape Don	NT		Low Isles	QLD
Cape du Couedic	SA		Macquarie	NSW
Cape Hotham	NT		Marino Rocks	SA
Cape Inscription	WA		Mersey Bluff	TAS
Cape Leeuwin	WA		Montague Island	NSW
Cape Leveque	WA		Nobbys Head	NSW
Cape Moreton	QLD		North Reef	QLD
Cape Naturaliste	WA		Point Moore	WA
Cape Nelson	VIC		Point Quobba	WA
Cape Northumberland	SA		Rottnest Island	WA
Cape Schanck	VIC		Sandy Cape	QLD
Cape Sorell	TAS		Smoky Cape	NSW
Cape St Alban	SA		South Solitary	NSW
Cape Wickham	TAS		Split Point	VIC
Charles Point	NT		Sugarloaf Point	NSW
Clarence Head	NSW		Swan Island	TAS
Cliffy Island	VIC		Table Cape	TAS
Corny Point	SA		Tasman Island	TAS
Dangerous Reef	SA		Troubridge Hill	SA
Dent Island	QLD		Wilsons Promontory	VIC

Table 4 – Places listed by age

Place	State	Year first lit		Place	State	Year first lit
Swan Island	TAS	1845		Table Cape	TAS	1888
Goose Island	TAS	1846		Eddystone Point	TAS	1889
Cape Moreton	QLD	1857		Mersey Bluff	TAS	1889
Cape Borda	SA	1858		Low Head	TAS	1890
Nobbys Head	NSW	1858		Booby Island	QLD	1890
Cape Schanck	VIC	1859		Smoky Cape	NSW	1891
Wilsons Promontory	VIC	1859		Split Point	VIC	1891
Cape Wickham	TAS	1861		Charles Point	NT	1893
Gabo Island	VIC	1862		Rottnest Island	WA	1896
Bustard Head	QLD	1868		Cape Leeuwin	WA	1896
Sandy Cape	QLD	1870		Cape Sorell	TAS	1899
Sugarloaf Point	NSW	1875		Cape Byron	NSW	1901
Low Isles	QLD	1878		Breaksea Island	WA	1902
North Reef	QLD	1878		Cape Naturaliste	WA	1904
Point Moore	WA	1878		Tasman Island	TAS	1906
Althorpe Island	SA	1879		Cape St Albans	SA	1908
Cape Cleveland	QLD	1879		Cape du Couedic	SA	1909
Dent Island	QLD	1879		Cape Inscription	WA	1910
South Solitary	NSW	1880		Cape Leveque	WA	1911
Montague Island	NSW	1881		Cape Don	NT	1917
Cape Northumberland	SA	1882		Eclipse Island	WA	1926
Corny Point	SA	1882		Cape Hotham	NT	1928
Cape Banks	SA	1883		Flagstaff Point	NSW	1936
Macquarie	NSW	1883		Point Quobba	WA	1950
Cape Nelson	VIC	1884		Cape Baily	NSW	1950
Cliffy Island	VIC	1884		Clarence Head	NSW	1955
Double Island Point	QLD	1884		Marino Rocks	SA	1962
Goods Island	QLD	1886		Troubrudge Hill	SA	1980

Table 5 – Lighthouses open to the public

Site	State	Location	Notes
Bustard Head	QLD	Eurimbula
Cape Borda	SA	Kangaroo Island
Cape Byron	NSW	Byron Bay
Cape Leeuwin	WA	Augusta
Cape Naturaliste	WA	Margaret River
Cape Nelson	VIC	Portland
Cape Schanck	VIC	Mornington Peninsula
Gabo Island	VIC	Gabo Island
Macquarie	NSW	Sydney	Open 6 weekends/year
Montague Island	NSW	Narooma
Rottnest Island	WA	Rottnest Island
Smoky Cape	NSW	South West Rocks
Split Point	VIC	Aireys Inlet
Table Cape	TAS	Wynyard

Table 6 – Location of movable cultural artefacts

AMSA Reference	Borrower
EOL200	Cairns Maritime Museum
EOL201	AMSA – Darwin Office
EOL203	Pine Islet Historical Society – Mackay
EOL204	Bustard Head Lighthouse Association
EOL206	Australian Maritime Systems Group – Fremantle
EOL209	AMSA – Canberra Office
EOL212	AMSA – Brisbane Office
EOL213	East Coast Marina – Brisbane
EOL215	Double Island Point
EOL300	New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service – Cape Byron Lighthouse Museum
EOL301	New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service – Barrenjoey Lighthouse Museum
EOL302	AMSA – Cairns Office
EOL303	Eurobodalla Shire Council – Narooma
EOL305	Clarence Valley Council – Yamba
EOL306	AMSA – Newcastle Office
EOL308	AMSA – Macquarie Light
EOL309	AMSA – Sydney Office
EOL310	AMSA – Smoky Cape Lighthouse
EOL311	AMSA – Cape Byron Lighthouse
EOL312	AMSA – South Solitary Island Lighthouse
EOL313	AMSA – Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse
EOL314	Clyde River and Batemans Bay Historical Society
EOL503	Parks Victoria – Wilsons Promontory
EOL505	Parks Victoria – Cape Schanck
EOL512	EcoLogic – Split Point Lighthouse
EOL513	AMSA – Melbourne Office
EOL600	Ausbuilt Maritime Museum – Port Adelaide
EOL603	Port Macdonnell Maritime Museum
EOL608	AMSA – Adelaide Office
EOL610	SA Department of the Environment and Water – Cape Borda
EOL611	SA Department of the Environment and Water – Cape Willoughby
EOL612	AMSA – Cape Borda Lighthouse
EOL613	AMSA – Cape du Couedic Lighthouse
EOL700	Tasmanian Maritime Museum – Hobart
EOL702	AMSA – Low Head Lighthouse
EOL704	AMSA – Devonport Office
EOL705	Wildcare Inc., Friends of Tasman Island – Tasman Island
EOL802	Port Hedland Historical Society
EOL803	AMSA – Fremantle
EOL804	Margaret River Busselton Tourism Association – Cape Naturaliste
EOL805	Northcliffe Pioneer Museum
EOL806	AMSA – Cape Naturaliste
EOL808	Guilderton Visitor Centre
EOL901	Minister’s Office, New Parliament House – Canberra

Figure 99. Cape Schanck Lighthouse Photo source AMSA 2015

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