LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
Records from MB2-20 and AE476
ALOMES, Richard (February 1889 - May 1891)
ASPINALL, William Clarke (23/12/1908 - 23/10/1909)
AURSKY, Herman (March 1885 - June 1885)
BOON, Henry (7/12/1899 -28/10/1903, 9/3/1904 - 7/2/1913)
BRANIE, Joseph (October 1879 - September 1880)
BRIEN, James (July 1885 - September 1886)
BROWN, Charles (1/12/1903 - 9/3/1904)
BUCKPITT, Edward Wheaton (8 April 1879 - September 1879)
CAMPBELL, William Alfred (16/5/1892 - 18/8/1892)
CARLSON, Carl (4/11/1910 - 1/2/1911)
CLARK, Charles (July 1889 - September 1889)
FRANKLIN, John (1881 - October 1883)
FREEMAN, G. (18/10/1902 - 23/11/1904)
HEMSLEY, Charles (25/1/1896 - 19/11/1897)
HOOPER, Robert John (26/2/1913 - 12/7/1913)
HOWARD, J.E. (August 1887 - June 1891)
JOHNSON, Joseph (24 April 1890 - 4 May 1891)
JOHNSTON, John (July 1888 - January 1889)
JOHNSTON, Roderick (7/8/1913 - ?)
KENDRICK, Henry William (May 1891 - March 1892)
KING, A.F. (12/8/1895 - 29/10/1895)
KNIGHT, E. (15/6/1895 - 11/8/1895, 19/7/1905 - 20/11/1908)
MCCULLUM, J. (18/12/1909 - 7/12/1914)
MEECH, James (15/2/1912 - 8/3/1912)
MOORE, Peter (November 1883 - June 1885)
MUIR, William Jenkins (5 September 1889 - 4 April 1890)
NAS, Herman (1/11/1886 - 9/2/1888, 11/12/1897 - 10/5/1899)
O'LEARY (June 1891 - March 1892)
PARKINSON, James Cumine (August 1883 - July 1887)
POOL, John (Jan 1879 - March 1879)
RHODES, H.A. (12/10/1910 - 1/2/1911)
ROBERTS, Edward George (7/2/1913 - ?)
ROSS, Samuel H. (October 1880 - January 1881)
SELLERS, J. (19/3/1914 - ?)
SKOG, Peter John (November 1883 - February 1885)
STURDY, William (5/11/1896 - 8/7/1905)
WADE, G.F. (20/12/1904 - 28/10/1910, 8/3/1911 - 14/6/1911)
WARD, William (Jan 1879 - Oct 1883)
WEARE, Alfred (May 1888 - June 1888)
WHITE, George Horatio (September 1898 - 11/9/1901)
WHITEHOUSE, Charles (July 1885 - July 1889)
Records from MB2-20 and AE476
ALOMES, Richard (February 1889 - May 1891)
ASPINALL, William Clarke (23/12/1908 - 23/10/1909)
AURSKY, Herman (March 1885 - June 1885)
BOON, Henry (7/12/1899 -28/10/1903, 9/3/1904 - 7/2/1913)
BRANIE, Joseph (October 1879 - September 1880)
BRIEN, James (July 1885 - September 1886)
BROWN, Charles (1/12/1903 - 9/3/1904)
BUCKPITT, Edward Wheaton (8 April 1879 - September 1879)
CAMPBELL, William Alfred (16/5/1892 - 18/8/1892)
CARLSON, Carl (4/11/1910 - 1/2/1911)
CLARK, Charles (July 1889 - September 1889)
FRANKLIN, John (1881 - October 1883)
FREEMAN, G. (18/10/1902 - 23/11/1904)
HEMSLEY, Charles (25/1/1896 - 19/11/1897)
HOOPER, Robert John (26/2/1913 - 12/7/1913)
HOWARD, J.E. (August 1887 - June 1891)
JOHNSON, Joseph (24 April 1890 - 4 May 1891)
JOHNSTON, John (July 1888 - January 1889)
JOHNSTON, Roderick (7/8/1913 - ?)
KENDRICK, Henry William (May 1891 - March 1892)
KING, A.F. (12/8/1895 - 29/10/1895)
KNIGHT, E. (15/6/1895 - 11/8/1895, 19/7/1905 - 20/11/1908)
MCCULLUM, J. (18/12/1909 - 7/12/1914)
MEECH, James (15/2/1912 - 8/3/1912)
MOORE, Peter (November 1883 - June 1885)
MUIR, William Jenkins (5 September 1889 - 4 April 1890)
NAS, Herman (1/11/1886 - 9/2/1888, 11/12/1897 - 10/5/1899)
O'LEARY (June 1891 - March 1892)
PARKINSON, James Cumine (August 1883 - July 1887)
POOL, John (Jan 1879 - March 1879)
RHODES, H.A. (12/10/1910 - 1/2/1911)
ROBERTS, Edward George (7/2/1913 - ?)
ROSS, Samuel H. (October 1880 - January 1881)
SELLERS, J. (19/3/1914 - ?)
SKOG, Peter John (November 1883 - February 1885)
STURDY, William (5/11/1896 - 8/7/1905)
WADE, G.F. (20/12/1904 - 28/10/1910, 8/3/1911 - 14/6/1911)
WARD, William (Jan 1879 - Oct 1883)
WEARE, Alfred (May 1888 - June 1888)
WHITE, George Horatio (September 1898 - 11/9/1901)
WHITEHOUSE, Charles (July 1885 - July 1889)
The Iron Pot Lighthouse (also known as the Derwent Lighthouse) is a lighthouse located on Iron Pot Island in Storm Bay, at the mouth of the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Constructed in 1832 with convict labor, Iron Pot Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in Tasmania and oldest original tower in Australia. It was the first lighthouse in Australia to utilise locally manufactured optics and became the first Australian lighthouse to use solar power in 1977. The 11-metre (36 ft) tall tower has a range of 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi). [Wikipedia 6 September 2024]
During his circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land in 1798, Matthew Flinders observed that the rocks in Storm Bay produced magnetic pulses that disorientated compasses. In the years following the founding of Hobart, early merchants and locals advocated for the construction of a light after a number of significant shipwrecks and groundings, including those of the Bombay (1830), SS Lintrose (1832), and the Princess Royal (1832), which had 300 free women settlers on board. Governor Arthur urged the Hobart Port Control in 1830 that a lighthouse be built in response to the 1827 sinking of the colonial commercial ship Hope. Constructed on a firm rock foundation, the square-based, obelisk sandstone lighthouse was erected in 1832. Quarried from the island with convict labor, the lighthouse walls consist of sandstone blocks 1.5 meters (4 ft 11 in) thick. Raised and lowered by hand, the original lighting apparatus was operated by a lighthouse keeper who lived in a tent with two convict aides. Although ship owners complained that the light source was insufficient, it was not upgraded until 1851. [Wikipedia 6 September 2024]
During his circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land in 1798, Matthew Flinders observed that the rocks in Storm Bay produced magnetic pulses that disorientated compasses. In the years following the founding of Hobart, early merchants and locals advocated for the construction of a light after a number of significant shipwrecks and groundings, including those of the Bombay (1830), SS Lintrose (1832), and the Princess Royal (1832), which had 300 free women settlers on board. Governor Arthur urged the Hobart Port Control in 1830 that a lighthouse be built in response to the 1827 sinking of the colonial commercial ship Hope. Constructed on a firm rock foundation, the square-based, obelisk sandstone lighthouse was erected in 1832. Quarried from the island with convict labor, the lighthouse walls consist of sandstone blocks 1.5 meters (4 ft 11 in) thick. Raised and lowered by hand, the original lighting apparatus was operated by a lighthouse keeper who lived in a tent with two convict aides. Although ship owners complained that the light source was insufficient, it was not upgraded until 1851. [Wikipedia 6 September 2024]
The construction of a two-story house for lighthouse keeper James Parkinson and his family in 1884 significantly improved the island's living conditions. The home featured lead light windows, a cast-iron laced veranda with the bottom floor functioning as a classroom for Parkinson's seven children. Essie (or Elsie) Margaret Roberts, a child born to the head keeper's wife in 1895, was the first and only person to be born on the island. The house was demolished in 1921 when the lighthouse became automated, and the Marine Board failed to find a tenant. [Wikipedia 6 September 2024]
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