Green Cape, New South Wales
Green Cape is a locality situated on the eponymous headland or cape on the far south coast of New South Wales. It is located at 37° 15' S 150° 03' E, within Ben Boyd National Park, south of Eden, New South Wales. The headland forms the northern boundary of Disaster Bay.
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The first vessel recorded shipwrecked at Green Cape was the City of Sydney which struck the cape in fog on 6 October 1862 with more than 100 passengers on board. All passengers and crew boarded lifeboats and made it safely ashore.[1][2]
The Green Cape Lighthouse, the southernmost lighthouse in New South Wales, completed in 1883, was mostly constructed by Albert Aspinall, who constructed a 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) wooden tramway from the nearest landfall at Bittangabee Bay for the purpose.
On 31 May 1886 The SS Ly-Ee-Moon en route to Sydney from Melbourne, struck a reef close to the cape at night. 71 souls were lost with the lighthouse keepers only being able to save 15 people under the conditions.[3]
Heritage listings
Green Cape has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Green Cape Road: Green Cape Maritime Precinct[4]
References
- "City of Sydney". Maritime Heritage. NSW Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- "Wreck of the City of Sydney". The Argus. 10 November 1862. p. 5. Retrieved 8 November 2020 – via Trove.
- "The Green Cape Lighthouse". Lighthouses of New South Wales. Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
- "Green Cape Maritime Precinct". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01897. Retrieved 18 May 2018.