Bulwer Island Light

Bulwer Island Light

Bulwer Island Lighthouse, at the Queensland Maritime Museum
Queensland
Location Brisbane
Queensland
Australia
Coordinates 27°28′53.65″S 153°01′35.8″E / 27.4815694°S 153.026611°E / -27.4815694; 153.026611Coordinates: 27°28′53.65″S 153°01′35.8″E / 27.4815694°S 153.026611°E / -27.4815694; 153.026611
Year first constructed 1909
Year first lit 1912
Deactivated 1983
Construction timber frame clad covered by corrugated iron
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, red lantern dome
Height 52 feet (16 m)
ARLHS number AUS-015
Managing agent Queensland Maritime Museum

Bulwer Island Light, also known as Bulwer Island Range Rear Light, is an inactive lighthouse that used to be located on Bulwer Island, in the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In 1983 it was moved to the Queensland Maritime Museum in Brisbane.

History

The station was established in 1909. The current light was lit in 1912, as the rear light of a pair of leading lights at the mouth of Brisbane River.[1] Made of hardwood frame clad with corrugated iron, it was the eight and last of its kind to be constructed, the first seven being Little Sea Hill Light, Grassy Hill Light, Goods Island Light, Bay Rock Light, Old Caloundra Head Light, North Point Hummock Light (demolished) and Gatcombe Head Light (demolished).[2] In 1983 the lighthouse was replaced by a skeletal tower, and relocated to the Queensland Maritime Museum. The original location is now occupied by an oil refinery.[3]

The tower went through restoration in 2005, replacing timber and rotted windowsills. The ground level cover was also painted, and access was improved.[4]

Visiting

The Queensland Maritime Museum is located on the southern bank of the Brisbane River just south of the South Bank Parklands precinct of Brisbane, and close to the Goodwill Bridge. The museum is open daily[5] and the ground level of the lighthouse is open to visitors.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bulwer Island Light - Lighthouse Explorer Database - Lighthouses at Lighthouse Depot". lighthousedepot.com. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Caloundra Lighthouses (entry 602746)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Queensland's East Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  4. ↑ Jack Duvoisin and Col Gladstone, Queensland Maritime Museum (July–August 2005). "Bulwer Island Lighthouse restoration work". Lighthouses of Australia Inc Bulletin. 8 (4)., note that Rowlett says 2004, but may relate to the day of the grant or to another restoration.
  5. ↑ "QMMAWeb". maritimemuseum.com.au. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
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