Troubridge Island Lighthouse

Troubridge Island Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse in the Australian state of South Australia located on Troubridge Island in Gulf St Vincent about 74 kilometres (46 miles) southwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast by east of Edithburgh on Yorke Peninsula.

Troubridge Island Lighthouse
Troubridge Island Lighthouse
Troubridge Island Lighthouse
South Australia
LocationTroubridge Island
South Australia
Australia
Coordinates35°07′01.2″S 137°49′39.6″E
Year first constructed1856[1]
Automated1981
Deactivated2001[1]
Constructioncast iron tower[1]
Tower shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern[1]
Markings / patternred tower with white horizontal band, white lantern and rail[1]
Tower height24 metres (79 ft)[1]
Focal height25 metres (82 ft)
Light sourcesolar power
Intensitywhite: 1800 cd
red: 360 cd[2]
Rangewhite: 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)
red: 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)[2]
CharacteristicFl WR 10s. (white with red sector)[2]
Admiralty numberK2022[1]
ARLHS numberAUS-164[1]
Managing agentState Government
Heritagestate heritage place since 23 September 1982[3]

History

It was commissioned in 1856 as a means to reduce losses caused by the stranding of ships on the Troubridge Shoals. It was converted to automatic operation in 1981 and decommissioned in 2001. Its role as a navigation aid was taken over progressively from 1980 by a new lighthouse located on Troubridge Hill to the west of the Troubridge Shoals.[1][2][4]

In 1978, the lighthouse was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[5]

The former Troubridge Island lighthouse and its adjacent Troubridge Island Lighthouse Keepers' Cottages which are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register are now part of the tourist attractions offered within the Troubridge Island Conservation Park.[6][3][7][8][9][10]

See also

References
  1. "Lighthouses of Australia: South Australia". Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  2. "The Troubridge Island Lighthouse". Malcolm S Macdonald trading as Lighthouse Computer Training & Development. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  3. "Troubridge Island Lighthouse, Troubridge Island Conservation Park". Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  4. Coroneos, Cosmos; McKinnon, Robert (1997). Shipwrecks of the Investigator Strait and the Lower Yorke Peninsula. Adelaide: Department of Environment and Natural Resources. p. 18. ISBN 0-9588496-3-3.
  5. "Troubridge Island Lighthouse, Troubridge Island via Edithburgh, SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 102723)". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment. 31 March 1978. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. Management Plan – Althorpe Islands, Goose Island and Troubridge Island Conservation Parks (PDF). Adelaide: Department of Environment & Heritage (DEH). 2009. pp. 1–3, 7–8, 27, 35 & 36. ISBN 978-1-921466-76-2.
  7. "Troubridge Island Lighthouse Keepers' Cottages, Troubridge Island Conservation Park". Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  8. "Troubridge Lighthouse". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  9. "Shipping Intelligence". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 11 May 1850. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. Robinson, A. C.; Canty, P.; Mooney, T.; Rudduck, P. (1996). "South Australia's offshore islands" (PDF). Australian Heritage Commission. pp. 290 & 292. ISBN 978-0-644-35011-2. Retrieved 13 December 2013.


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