MAKE A MEME View Large Image ...Qld 2 157601 Lighthouse at Comboyuro Point, Moreton Island, 1906.jpg supplied with photograph This is the higher tower with a new and powerful condensing apparatus which was built in 1874 During its lifetime the lighthouse was shifted twice ...
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Keywords: StateLibQld 2 157601 Lighthouse at Comboyuro Point, Moreton Island, 1906.jpg supplied with photograph This is the higher tower with a new and powerful condensing apparatus which was built in 1874 During its lifetime the lighthouse was shifted twice because of erosion the last time being 1905 The cottage also had to be shifted This is how it appeared for the next fifty years In 1954 the light was converted to gas automatic unattended and the services of the lightkeeper were dispensed with After considerable erosion the lighthouse was discontinued in October 1960 The channel is now marked by the North-East No 2 buoy 1906 handle 10462/deriv/4453 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Black and white photographs 1906 in Queensland Comboyuro Point Light
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