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The Goose Island Lighthouse is operated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and has been unstaffed since 1931. It was originally constructed in 1846 with the use of convict labour. On 31 March 1857 the station was raided by pirates. From 1985 to 1990 a wind generator was used as a power source for the light, today the electricity is generated by solar panels. The tower was built as a 30-metre (98 ft)-tall rubblestone construction employing a Fresnel lens, which today is on display in Hobart at the Maritime Museum of Tasmania. The focal plane of the light source is located 36 m above sea level, the light's characteristic is a double flash every ten seconds.
Goose Island contains historic relics from the time when the lighthouse was staffed, such as the remains of a wooden tramway used to supply the lighthouse, as well as the graves of light keepers, or members of their families, who died by drowning. |
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
Source: MB2-20, AE476
[ALLBEURY, John Henry] (May 1885 - March 1892)
[ALOMES, Richard] (November 1886 - January 1889)
BOON, Henry (9 November 1903 - 25 December 1903
BROWN, Charles (1866 - 1869, 22 July 1881 - August 1882)
BROWN, Charles Christie (1 October 1901 - 19 July 1902)
CARLSON, Carl (4 February 1912 - ?)
CARR, Martin (July 1879 - June 1881)
CLYMA (January 1879 - June 1879)
DAVIS, A. (8 February 1900 - 1 August 1904)
DAVIS, E.T. (10 February 1908 - 3 November 1909)
FRANKLIN, John (October 1885 - April 1890)
GOLDSMITH, Raymond (March 1882 - July 1882)
GORRIE, Alexander (June 1882 - March 1892)
HAGUE, John Thomas (27 May 1915 - ?)
HEMSLEY, Charles (July 1879 - October 1883)
HOOPER, Robert John (2 November 1909 - 6 August 1911)
JACKSON, Robert (July 1867 - 1 January 1878)
JACQUES, John (September 1875 - 31 October 1881)
JACQUES, William (4 March 1881 - 4 September 1885)
JOHNSTON, John (February 1889 - March 1890)
JOHNSTON, Leslie Babington (15 December 1911 - 19 February 1914)
KEMP, Hugh Kenric (31 July 1904 - 14 December 1907)
KING, A.F. (3 November 1895 - 8 February 1905, 18 May 1909 - 19 February 1914)
KIRKWOOD, Walter McFarlane (21 September 1898 - 5 October 1901)
LAMBERT, John Stanley (6 August 1905 - 7 May 1909)
LESLIE, John (October 1882 - May 1885)
LIVINGSTONE, D. (19 February 1914 - 5 February 1915)
MCGUIRE, T. (19 February 1914 - 24 May 1915)
MCWILLIAMS, Thomas Caldwell (November 1883 - April 1886)
MEECH, James (14 September 1911 - 7 February 1912)
MUIR, William Jenkins (April 1890 - 8 August 1893)
NAS, Herman John (8 July 1915 - ?)
NILLSON, Edward (August 1882 - September 1882)
ROBERTS, Edward George (4 June 1899 - 8 August 1905)
ROBINSON, Alfred Bingley (19 July 1902 - 9 November 1903)
ROCKWELL, Alfred (13 March 1877 - October 1882)
STEWART, George (November 1883 - December 1883)
TILLEY, William (May 1886 - September 1886)
UPTON, George (January 1879 - June 1879)
WHITE, George Horatio (11 March 1904 - 3 November 1911)
Source: MB2-20, AE476
[ALLBEURY, John Henry] (May 1885 - March 1892)
[ALOMES, Richard] (November 1886 - January 1889)
BOON, Henry (9 November 1903 - 25 December 1903
BROWN, Charles (1866 - 1869, 22 July 1881 - August 1882)
BROWN, Charles Christie (1 October 1901 - 19 July 1902)
CARLSON, Carl (4 February 1912 - ?)
CARR, Martin (July 1879 - June 1881)
CLYMA (January 1879 - June 1879)
DAVIS, A. (8 February 1900 - 1 August 1904)
DAVIS, E.T. (10 February 1908 - 3 November 1909)
FRANKLIN, John (October 1885 - April 1890)
GOLDSMITH, Raymond (March 1882 - July 1882)
GORRIE, Alexander (June 1882 - March 1892)
HAGUE, John Thomas (27 May 1915 - ?)
HEMSLEY, Charles (July 1879 - October 1883)
HOOPER, Robert John (2 November 1909 - 6 August 1911)
JACKSON, Robert (July 1867 - 1 January 1878)
JACQUES, John (September 1875 - 31 October 1881)
JACQUES, William (4 March 1881 - 4 September 1885)
JOHNSTON, John (February 1889 - March 1890)
JOHNSTON, Leslie Babington (15 December 1911 - 19 February 1914)
KEMP, Hugh Kenric (31 July 1904 - 14 December 1907)
KING, A.F. (3 November 1895 - 8 February 1905, 18 May 1909 - 19 February 1914)
KIRKWOOD, Walter McFarlane (21 September 1898 - 5 October 1901)
LAMBERT, John Stanley (6 August 1905 - 7 May 1909)
LESLIE, John (October 1882 - May 1885)
LIVINGSTONE, D. (19 February 1914 - 5 February 1915)
MCGUIRE, T. (19 February 1914 - 24 May 1915)
MCWILLIAMS, Thomas Caldwell (November 1883 - April 1886)
MEECH, James (14 September 1911 - 7 February 1912)
MUIR, William Jenkins (April 1890 - 8 August 1893)
NAS, Herman John (8 July 1915 - ?)
NILLSON, Edward (August 1882 - September 1882)
ROBERTS, Edward George (4 June 1899 - 8 August 1905)
ROBINSON, Alfred Bingley (19 July 1902 - 9 November 1903)
ROCKWELL, Alfred (13 March 1877 - October 1882)
STEWART, George (November 1883 - December 1883)
TILLEY, William (May 1886 - September 1886)
UPTON, George (January 1879 - June 1879)
WHITE, George Horatio (11 March 1904 - 3 November 1911)