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Cape Byron Light, also called Cape Byron Lightstation, is an active heritage-listed lighthouse and now interpretative centre, interpretative space, maritime museum, administration office, retail building, accommodation, tourist attraction and visitor attraction located at Cape Byron on the Far North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It was ...
Cape Byron is the easternmost point of the mainland of Australia, located in New South Wales. [1] It is about 3 km (1.9 mi) east of the town of Byron Bay, New South Wales and projects into the Pacific Ocean at 28.6335° S, 153.6383° E.
The Lighthouse retains its integrity despite changes in the light power source from kerosene to electricity. The lighthouse electric power is backed-up by a Lister diesel generator. The original 1902 Chance Bros lens is intact and rotates with minimal friction on bath of mercury. Cape Byron lighthouse has a similar mercury float.
The first formal recommendation to construct the lighthouse was made by the Newcastle Marine Board, just prior to its abolition, [2] in 1897. [4] The lighthouse was designed in a style similar to the style of James Barnet, by his successor Charles Assinder Harding, who also designed Cape Byron Light and Point Perpendicular Light. [5]
Point Perpendicular Light (1899), Cape Byron Light (1901) and Norah Head Light (1903), designed by Charles Assinder Harding Bradleys Head Light (1905) and Robertson Point Light (1910) The "Disney Castles", Grotto Point Light , Parriwi Head Light , Vaucluse Bay Range Front Light and Vaucluse Bay Range Rear Light , built 1910–1911 by Maurice Festu
Byron Bay has a history of primary industrial production (dairy factory, [11] abattoirs, fishing, and whaling until 1963) and was a significant, but hazardous, sea port. The poet Brunton Stephens spoke of cattle grazing on the "mossy plains" of Cape Byron in a poem he penned in 1876.
Engraving of the Cordouan lighthouse, completed in 1611. During the European Middle Ages, many Roman lighthouses fell into disuse. Some did remain functional, such as the Farum Brigantium, now known as the Tower of Hercules, in A Coruña, Spain, and others in the Mediterranean Sea, such as the Lanterna at Genoa.
The plans for the lighthouse were signed on 18 March 1897. [1] The lighthouse was designed by James Barnet's successor, Charles Assinder Harding, who also later designed Cape Byron Light and Norah Head Light, in a style similar to Barnet's. Tenders were called on 15 April 1897, and by September 1897 construction has started.