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This page is focused on the lighthouse keepers and their families.
My interest in Tasmanian lighthouses is related to an ancestor of sorts who was a keeper at several locations. He was Richard Alomes and he married my great grandaunt, Ellen Hanley. They had four children before Ellens death, where Richard then married her sister, Julia Ann. Richard and Julia with their three daughters lived on Maatsuyker Island for a time. Lighthouses have a special place in Tasmanian history. With ships being the primary means of travelling long distances, combined with a treacherous coast the need to reduce the occurrence of shipwrecks was important. This web page was previously fully populated with information. Please be patient as it is restored in more detail. Lighthouse keeper records are taken from MB2-20 in the Tasmanian Archives. Records from AE476 will be added later. |
LIGHTHOUSES (21)
[Blinking Billy Lighthouse] At the entrance to the Derwent River, Hobart
[Butts Rock Light] At the entrance to the Huon River
[Cape Sorell] Tasmania's west coast
[Cape Wickham] On the northern end of King Island in Bass Strait
[Circular Head/Stanley Light] At Smithton
[Currie Harbour] At Currie on King Island
[Eddystone Point] On the Tasmanian east coast north of St Helens
[Goose Island] Located off the southwest corner of Flinders Island in Bass Strait
[Kent Group] The lighthouse here is on Deal Island, north of Flinders Island in Bass Strait
[Iron Pot/Derwent Light] The Iron Pot on the Derwent River near Hobart was later known as the Derwent Light
[Leading Lights] At the Tamar River entrance for navigation also known as She Oak Point.
[Low Head] At the entrance to the Tamar River for shipping into Launceston
[Maatsuyker Lighthouse] Located off the southern coast of Tasmania
[Macquarie Leading Lights]
[Mersey Bluff] At the entrance to the Mersey Diver at Devonport
[Rocky Cape]
[South Bruny] Southern end of Bruny Island
[Swan Island] In Bass Strait off the north-east corner of Tasmania
[Table Cape/Emu Bay] On the head near Wynyard, Tasmania
[Tasman Island]
[Ulverstone Leading Lights]
[Blinking Billy Lighthouse] At the entrance to the Derwent River, Hobart
[Butts Rock Light] At the entrance to the Huon River
[Cape Sorell] Tasmania's west coast
[Cape Wickham] On the northern end of King Island in Bass Strait
[Circular Head/Stanley Light] At Smithton
[Currie Harbour] At Currie on King Island
[Eddystone Point] On the Tasmanian east coast north of St Helens
[Goose Island] Located off the southwest corner of Flinders Island in Bass Strait
[Kent Group] The lighthouse here is on Deal Island, north of Flinders Island in Bass Strait
[Iron Pot/Derwent Light] The Iron Pot on the Derwent River near Hobart was later known as the Derwent Light
[Leading Lights] At the Tamar River entrance for navigation also known as She Oak Point.
[Low Head] At the entrance to the Tamar River for shipping into Launceston
[Maatsuyker Lighthouse] Located off the southern coast of Tasmania
[Macquarie Leading Lights]
[Mersey Bluff] At the entrance to the Mersey Diver at Devonport
[Rocky Cape]
[South Bruny] Southern end of Bruny Island
[Swan Island] In Bass Strait off the north-east corner of Tasmania
[Table Cape/Emu Bay] On the head near Wynyard, Tasmania
[Tasman Island]
[Ulverstone Leading Lights]
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS (177)
ABBOTT, George
[ALLBEURY, John Henry]
ALLEN, Richard Francis
[ALOMES, Richard]
AMUNDSEN, Karl Martin
ASPINALL, William Clarke
AURSKY, Herman
AXUP, Hector Charles Horatio
BAUDINET, Charles Chaulk
BEGENT, William Arthur
BELL, H.J.
BENNETT, Charles
BIDGOOD, William
BOLTON, George
BOON, Henry
BOWDEN, James
BRADY, E.
BRANIE, Joseph
BRIEN, James
BROOKS, W.E.
BROOKS. W.H.
BROWN, Charles
[BROWN, Charles Christie]
BROWN, John
BROWN, William James
BUCKPITT, Edward Wheaton
BUGDEN, R.E.
CAMPBELL, William Alfred
CAPSTICK, George
CARLSON, Carl
CARR, Martin
CHAPMAN, William
CLYMA, Thomas
COOKE, George
CREESE, Joseph (Captain)
CUMMINGS, George
DAVIS, A.
DAVIS, E.T.
DREW, Caswall
EDWARDS, D.G.
FRANKLIN, John
FREEMAN, G.
FURNESS, William Henry Strickland
GARNER, E.
[GARRAWAY, Robert William]
GARTH, Albert Henry
GIBSON, W.A.
GOLDRING, Thomas
GOLDSMITH, Raymond
GORRIE, Alexander
GRANT, D.
GRUNDY, Samuel
HAGUE, John Thomas
HALES, W.M.
HAMERTON, R.B. (Possibly Roger Bocking)
HANSEN, William
HAWKINS, William John
HEINRICKSON, Franz
HEMSLEY, Charles
HERBERT, George
HILL, R.H.
HOLMES, John Frederick
HOOPER, Robert John
HORNE, Charles Henry
HOWARD, James
HOWARD, J.E.
HUTCHINGS, Philip Henry
HUXLEY, George
ISAAC, H.
JACKSON, A.E.
JACKSON, Robert
JACOBS, Henry Gaskin
JACQUES, John
JACQUES, William
JACQUES, William James
JOHNSON, Henry
JOHNSON, Joseph
JOHNSTON, George
JOHNSTON, John
JOHNSTON, Leslie Babington
JOHNSTON, R.J.
JOHNSTON, Roderick
KEATING, Robert
KEMP, Hugh Kenric
KENDRICK, Henry William
KERR, James
KING, A.F.
KIRKWOOD, Walter McFarlane
KNIGHT, E.
LAMBERT, John Stanley
LESLIE, John
LIVINGSTONE, D.
MAINGAY, Frederick Golher
MARTIN, Samuel Sr
MARTIN, Samuel Jr
MCCULLUM, J.
MCGUINNESS, W.
MCGUIRE, J.
MCGUIRE, T.
MCNALLY, Peter
MCQUEEN, Duncan
MCWILLIAMS, Thomas Caldwell
MEECH, James
MILLER, Douglas
MILLHOUSE, Sydney Herbert
MONSEN, Frank
MOORE, Peter
MORGAN, Richard
MORGAN, Robert Wade
MUIR, William Jenkins
NAS, Cyril Ernest
NAS, Herman
NAS, Herman John
NAS, P,
NILLSON, Edward
NOAKE, John Richards (formerly WILKINS)
NOAKE, William Wallace
OAKES, George Henry
O'LEARY, John
PARKER, S.
PARKINSON, James Cumine
[PARKINSON, William John]
PEACE, R.
PEARCE, George
PETERSON, Peter John
PHILLIPS, Charles Henry
PLACE, Benjamin Augusta
POOL, John
PYBUS, Gresley Leopold
RHODES, H.A.
RICHARDSON, George
ROBERTS, Edward George
ROBERTS, Robert
ROBINSON, Alfred Bingley
ROCKWELL, Alfred
ROCKWELL, Alfred Charles
ROCKWELL, Horace James
ROSS, Samuel
RUSSELL, E.W.
SCOTT, David
SEAGER, Henry
SELLERS, Alexander George
SELLERS, Frederick Arthur
SELLERS, F.R.
SELLERS, J.
SILVER, John
SIMPSON, George
SKOG, Peter John
SMETHURST, Frederick
SMITH, John
SMITH, William
SORENSON, A.
SPONG, Algernon Lawrence Babington
SPONG, Edward Nash
SPONG, Harold Lawrence Nash
STANDVEN, Alfred
STEVENS, Alfred Henry
STEWART, George
STURDY, William
TAYLOR, James
THOMAS, W.
TILLEY, William
TITLEY, Arthur James
TITLEY, William Joseph
TREWHELLA, J.
UPTON, George
WADE, J.F.
WARD, William
WATSON, W.G.
WHITE, George Horatio
WHITEHOUSE, Charles
WHITEHOUSE, John
WICKS, James
WILLETT, James
WILLIAMS, A.
WILLIAMS, W.J.
ABBOTT, George
[ALLBEURY, John Henry]
ALLEN, Richard Francis
[ALOMES, Richard]
AMUNDSEN, Karl Martin
ASPINALL, William Clarke
AURSKY, Herman
AXUP, Hector Charles Horatio
BAUDINET, Charles Chaulk
BEGENT, William Arthur
BELL, H.J.
BENNETT, Charles
BIDGOOD, William
BOLTON, George
BOON, Henry
BOWDEN, James
BRADY, E.
BRANIE, Joseph
BRIEN, James
BROOKS, W.E.
BROOKS. W.H.
BROWN, Charles
[BROWN, Charles Christie]
BROWN, John
BROWN, William James
BUCKPITT, Edward Wheaton
BUGDEN, R.E.
CAMPBELL, William Alfred
CAPSTICK, George
CARLSON, Carl
CARR, Martin
CHAPMAN, William
CLYMA, Thomas
COOKE, George
CREESE, Joseph (Captain)
CUMMINGS, George
DAVIS, A.
DAVIS, E.T.
DREW, Caswall
EDWARDS, D.G.
FRANKLIN, John
FREEMAN, G.
FURNESS, William Henry Strickland
GARNER, E.
[GARRAWAY, Robert William]
GARTH, Albert Henry
GIBSON, W.A.
GOLDRING, Thomas
GOLDSMITH, Raymond
GORRIE, Alexander
GRANT, D.
GRUNDY, Samuel
HAGUE, John Thomas
HALES, W.M.
HAMERTON, R.B. (Possibly Roger Bocking)
HANSEN, William
HAWKINS, William John
HEINRICKSON, Franz
HEMSLEY, Charles
HERBERT, George
HILL, R.H.
HOLMES, John Frederick
HOOPER, Robert John
HORNE, Charles Henry
HOWARD, James
HOWARD, J.E.
HUTCHINGS, Philip Henry
HUXLEY, George
ISAAC, H.
JACKSON, A.E.
JACKSON, Robert
JACOBS, Henry Gaskin
JACQUES, John
JACQUES, William
JACQUES, William James
JOHNSON, Henry
JOHNSON, Joseph
JOHNSTON, George
JOHNSTON, John
JOHNSTON, Leslie Babington
JOHNSTON, R.J.
JOHNSTON, Roderick
KEATING, Robert
KEMP, Hugh Kenric
KENDRICK, Henry William
KERR, James
KING, A.F.
KIRKWOOD, Walter McFarlane
KNIGHT, E.
LAMBERT, John Stanley
LESLIE, John
LIVINGSTONE, D.
MAINGAY, Frederick Golher
MARTIN, Samuel Sr
MARTIN, Samuel Jr
MCCULLUM, J.
MCGUINNESS, W.
MCGUIRE, J.
MCGUIRE, T.
MCNALLY, Peter
MCQUEEN, Duncan
MCWILLIAMS, Thomas Caldwell
MEECH, James
MILLER, Douglas
MILLHOUSE, Sydney Herbert
MONSEN, Frank
MOORE, Peter
MORGAN, Richard
MORGAN, Robert Wade
MUIR, William Jenkins
NAS, Cyril Ernest
NAS, Herman
NAS, Herman John
NAS, P,
NILLSON, Edward
NOAKE, John Richards (formerly WILKINS)
NOAKE, William Wallace
OAKES, George Henry
O'LEARY, John
PARKER, S.
PARKINSON, James Cumine
[PARKINSON, William John]
PEACE, R.
PEARCE, George
PETERSON, Peter John
PHILLIPS, Charles Henry
PLACE, Benjamin Augusta
POOL, John
PYBUS, Gresley Leopold
RHODES, H.A.
RICHARDSON, George
ROBERTS, Edward George
ROBERTS, Robert
ROBINSON, Alfred Bingley
ROCKWELL, Alfred
ROCKWELL, Alfred Charles
ROCKWELL, Horace James
ROSS, Samuel
RUSSELL, E.W.
SCOTT, David
SEAGER, Henry
SELLERS, Alexander George
SELLERS, Frederick Arthur
SELLERS, F.R.
SELLERS, J.
SILVER, John
SIMPSON, George
SKOG, Peter John
SMETHURST, Frederick
SMITH, John
SMITH, William
SORENSON, A.
SPONG, Algernon Lawrence Babington
SPONG, Edward Nash
SPONG, Harold Lawrence Nash
STANDVEN, Alfred
STEVENS, Alfred Henry
STEWART, George
STURDY, William
TAYLOR, James
THOMAS, W.
TILLEY, William
TITLEY, Arthur James
TITLEY, William Joseph
TREWHELLA, J.
UPTON, George
WADE, J.F.
WARD, William
WATSON, W.G.
WHITE, George Horatio
WHITEHOUSE, Charles
WHITEHOUSE, John
WICKS, James
WILLETT, James
WILLIAMS, A.
WILLIAMS, W.J.