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Sydney Lighthouse c1826

Sydney Lighthouse c1826

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[a1389001 / PX*D 321, Pt. 2, no. 2]

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State Library of New South Wales

South Head Signal Station

For the colony's first 50 years the signal station was a basic lookout hut, a flagpole and a signal staff for semaphore flag signals. A new signal house was built in 1841, and added to over the years, until the station went out of official use in 1992. Now run by volunteers, the station provides visual signals for recreational sailors.

Lighthouses

South Head Signal Station

Signal station established for shipping since 1797, and now used for small and recreational boating. Since 1790 the position had been a simple lookout post and flagpole.

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Dunbar Head

Headland at outer South Head, named for the ship wrecked there in 1857.

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Outer South Head

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Ocean-facing side of Sydney Harbour's southern headland.

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 named after Vaucluse House. 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.