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Macquarie Lighthouse plans section, June 1883

Macquarie Lighthouse plans section, June 1883

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Barnet, James

State Library of New South Wales

Lighthouses

South Head

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Southern headland marking the entrance to Port Jackson which, since colonial times, has been an important location for civil and military maritime activities, and is now part of Sydney Harbour National Park.

Vaucluse

Eastern suburb located on South Head. The land was the traditional country of the Birrabirragal people, settled in the 1820s and named after Vaucluse in the south of France. It is one of Sydney's most expensive suburbs.

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Macquarie lighthouse

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Greenway-designed lighthouse built of local stone on South Head and opened in 1818.