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![The Fingal Head Lighthouse [Photograph: Cyril Curtain]](Fingal%20Head%20cc%201.jpg) The Fingal Head Lighthouse Photograph: Cyril Curtain |
The Fingal Head Lighthouse Even though the Fingal Head light tower is not high and it is built on a low headland the is effective as it is built on one of the most easterly points of Australia with plenty of deep water offshore. |
| LOCATION: | Latitude 28°12.2' S, Longitude 153°34.3' E (map) |
| OPERATOR: | Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
| EXHIBITED: | 1872 |
| CONSTRUCTION: | Masonry |
| CHARACTER: | One flash every five seconds |
| LIGHT SOURCE: | 12v 75 watt quartz halogen lamp, FA 251 Beacon |
| POWER SOURCE: | Mains Electricity, Battery Standby |
| INTENSITY: | White 37,000 cd; Red 9,000 cd |
| ELEVATION: | 24 Metres |
| RANGE: | White 17 Nautical Miles; Red 14 Nautical Miles |
| HEIGHT: | 7 Metres |
| AUTOMATED: | 1920 |
| DEMANNED: | 1920 |
| DEACTIVATED: | No |
| CUSTODIAN: | Dept. of Conservation & Land Management |
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The Fingal Head Lighthouse was erected in 1872 of stone, and painted white, the tower had a fixed white light of 1,000 candelas. Even though the light tower is not high and it is built on a low headland the light is effective as it is built on one of the most easterly points of Australia with plenty of deep water offshore. The original kerosene wick burner was converted to automatic acetylene operation in 1920 with an output of 1,500 candelas and altered to group flashing. The one keeper was withdrawn at this time. There is no record of the opening of this light considered so insignificant that apparently the first keeper did not think the matter of sufficient importance to take a record of the official opening.
We need your help in compiling a list of keepers for this lighthouse. If you have any information then send it to Web Keeper. Please include this lighthouse's name, the keepers full name and what years they were keepers. Also include the same information for any other lights they were on. |
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| NEAREST TOWN: | Tweed Heads |
| DISTANCE: | <<>> (Tweed Heads) |
| : | <<>> (Sydney) |
| : | <<>> (Brisbane) |
| ACCESS: | Public Reserve |
| TOURS: | No |
| ACCOMMODATION: | No |
The Fingal Head Lighthouse is located on the southern head of the Tweed River, which divides New South Wales and Queensland.
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![The Fingal Head apparatus [Photograph: Ian Clifford]](Fingal%20Head%20Lantern%20ic%208.jpg) The Fingal Head apparatus Photograph: Ian Clifford |
![The Fingal Head Lighthouse [Photograph: Ian Clifford]](Fingal%20Head%20ic%203.jpg) The Fingal Head Lighthouse Photograph: Ian Clifford |
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![The Fingal Head Lighthouse [Photograph: Ian Clifford]](Fingal%20Head%20ic%202.jpg)
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![The interior of the Fingal Head Lighthouse [Photograph: Ian Clifford]](Fingal%20Head%20Interior%20ic%2010.jpg)
