Blinking Billy Lighthouse, also known as One Tree Point Light, this lighthouse was maintained as an aid to navigation by the Marine Board of Hobart from 1900 until 1955. On February 4, 1975, the Marine Board of Hobart transferred ownership of the lighthouse to the Hobart City Council for subsequent leasing to the Maritime Museum of Tasmania.
Blinking Billy Point, named affectionately after Master Warden of the Marine Board of Hobart, William Watchorn, who was known as Blinking Billy for a characteristic and persistent twitch in his eye. Blinking Billy Point once housed two spotlights on its embankment. LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS Source: AE-476 Albert Henry GARTH 28 November 1900 - 31 December 1910 |