Cape Jervis lighthouse |
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| Title : | Cape Jervis lighthouse |
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| Source : | Cape Jervis lighthouse, South Australia. | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1916 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Visitors stand outside the lighthouse at Cape Jervis, South Australia. Built in 1871 the Cape Jervis light, at the entrance to St Vincent Gulf, displayed a fixed white light. It was manned until 1927 when it was also converted to an automatic acetylene system with a revolving light, with a distance of 14 miles. Built at the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula, the light safeguards the Backstairs Passage, between Kangaroo Island and the mainland. It was replaced in 1972 by the present light which stands alongside the foundations of the original. The new tower is the twin of the lighthouse at Robe. |
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| Period : | 1914-1918 |
| Place : | Cape Jervis |
| Region : | Fleurieu Peninsula |
| Further reading : | Parsons, Ronald Lighthouses of South Australia Magill, S. Aust.: R. Parsons, c1985 Phillips, Valmai Romance of Australian lighthouses Adelaide: Rigby, 1977 Ibbotson, John, Lighthouses of Australia: images from the end of an era Surrey Hills, Vic.: Australian Lighthouse Traders, 2001 |
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| Exhibitions and events : | State Library of South Australia: Mortlock Wing exhibitions. Wooden Walls and Iron Sides August 2004- |
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