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Lighthouses of Australia Inc |
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Lighthouses
keepers of Tasmania
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The following is a list
of Tasmania's
lighthouses keepers compiled from a number of different resources. Please note, this list is far from complete
so we are aware that there may be omissions.
If you have a
reasonable belief that a keeper should be added to the list please
forward it with all you know so we can validate the information
and add them to the list.
Please
include this lighthouse's name, the keepers full name, what years
they were keepers and their position. Also include the same information
for any other lights they were on then send it to Web
Keeper.
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Charles Baudinet
Lighthouse Keeper on Swan Island
Photograph courtesy: Erika Johnson
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Tasmanian
Keepers
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Last Name:
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First Name:
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ABBOTT
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George
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ABBEY
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Tom C
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ALLAN
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J and brother
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ALLAN
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Walter
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ALLEN
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R F
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ALOMES
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L
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ALOMES
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Richard
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AMUNDSEN
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Andrews
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ARMSTRONG
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F
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ASPINALL
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W C
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AUSTIN
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Harry
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AXUP
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H
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BANKS
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Colin
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BARRETT
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Owen
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BARRETT
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Tom
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BAUDINET
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Charles
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BAUDINET
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Frank
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BAUDINET
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Edmond
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BAUDINET
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George all sons of
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BAUDINET
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William C
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BEGENT
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W A
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BENBOW
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J
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BENNETT
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Charles
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BLACK
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Geoff
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BLACKWELL
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Peter
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BODEN
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Jack
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BOND
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H
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BOON
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Captain H
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BOOTH
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John
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BOSWELL
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W
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BOWDEN
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James
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BRIDGEN
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Richard
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BRIEN
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James
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BROOKS
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Stephen
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BROOKS
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Thomas
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BROOKS
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W E
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BROOKS
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W H
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BROOKS
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W J
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BROOMHALL
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BROWN
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C C
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BROWN
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Charles
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BROWN
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George
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BROWN
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S M
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BROWNE
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Charles and son
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BROWNE
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William J
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BRUNDLE
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Bill
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BUCKPITT
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E W (Bill) and son
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BUCKPITT
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William Jnr
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BURGESS
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W
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BURNS
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Gil
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BURTON
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J
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CAPSTICK
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CARLSON
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Theo
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CARR
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Martin
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CHAPMAN
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W
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CHARLTON
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Robert (`Boss')
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CHILCOTT
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CHRISTIE
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Peter
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COLEMAN
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R
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COLTHEART
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L
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COOK
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John
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COULSEN
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CREESE
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Capt J
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CROSSWELL
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Eric
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DALLAS
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Colin
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DAVIS
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Alfred and brother
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DAVIS
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Ernest
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DAVIS
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C T
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DAVIS
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Jeremiah
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DAUNISS
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J W
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DENMAN
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John
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DICKENSON
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Albert
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DOBBER
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Fred
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DOLAN
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F G
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DOUGLAS
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Henry
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DURGAN
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J
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DURGAN
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W
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EATON
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Albert
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EDGELL
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J
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ELLIOTT
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H H (`Bert')
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FITZPATRICK
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A
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FRANCIS
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James
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FRANKLIN
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John
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FREEMAN
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George
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FRIAR
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A
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FRIAR
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B
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FURNESS
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William H
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GACE
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Grantham
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GARROWAY
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R W
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GOLDSMITH
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Raymond
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GORRIE
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Alex
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GOTHE
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F
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GOTHE
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George
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GRAHAM
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E
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GRANT
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D
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GRANT
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R
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GREENWOOD
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K
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GREGORY
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Andrew
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GRIFFITHS
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Cyril
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GRIFFITHS
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Don
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GRUNDY
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S
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Last Name:
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First Name:
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HAGUE
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J T
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HANDLEY
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George
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HANSON
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William
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HARDY
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Sgt Maj
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HARVEY
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Alan
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HARRIS
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R
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HARRISON
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J W
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HAWKINS
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Thomas
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HAWKINS
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William
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HAY
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K J
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HAYNS
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Lawrence
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HEMSLEY
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Charles
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HEMSLEY
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E
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HERBERT
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HEYNES
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Graham
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HICKMAN
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Arthur
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HICKMOTT
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William
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HILL
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Robert
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HILL
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H H
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HOLMES
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(Boatman)
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HOOPER
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J R
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HORNE
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Anthony
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HORNE
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C H
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HORNSBY
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Edgar
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HOWARD
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E J son of
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HOWARD
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James
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HOWARD
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T E (William)
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HUDSON
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Wally
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HURBURGH
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G
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HUTCHINGS
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P H
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HUXLEY
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Cyril son of
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HUXLEY
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George
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IKIN
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Les
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IKIN
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Robert
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INGRAM
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A
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INGRAM
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David
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ISAAC
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Herbert and sons
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ISAAC
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Leslie and
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ISAAC
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Terence
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JACK
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A
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JACKSON
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Bertram
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JACKSON
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Jack
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JACKSON
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Robert
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JACKSON
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L
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JACOBS
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Fred son of
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JACOBS
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Henry G
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JACQUES
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John brother of
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JACQUES
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William
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JASPER
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A (became Special Constable of King Island)
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JENNER
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Michael
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JOHNS
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Allen
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JOHNSON
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William
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JOHNSTON
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George and brother
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JOHNSTON
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Robert
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JOHNSTON
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Joseph
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JOHNSTON
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Leslie B
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JOHNSTON
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Roderick
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JOHNSTONE
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Maxwell
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JONES
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Thomas
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JORDAN
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Bob
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JUDD
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Harry
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KADEN
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Ian
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KEATING
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R
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KELLY
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J H
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KEMP
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Hugh
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KENDRICK
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Henry
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KING
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Arthur L and son
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KING
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Stan
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KIRK
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Rod
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KIRKWOOD
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Ray
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KIRKWOOD
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Walter McF
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KNIGHT
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Edwin
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LAMBERT
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J S and son
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LAMBERT
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Fred
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LAMBERT
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Neville
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LAMBERT
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J S
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LANDER
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Herbert
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LEE
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M
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LESLIE
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John
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LEVINGS
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Alan
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LEWIS
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William
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LINCOLN
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W R
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LITTLEJOHN
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Gordon
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LIVINGSTONE
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J
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LUMB
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John
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MacCARTHY
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E
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MacCARTHY
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Thomas
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McCULLUM
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Jack
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MacDONALD
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Allan
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MacDONALD
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(Pilot)
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McGUIRE
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John and brother
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McGUIRE
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Thomas
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McWILLIAMS
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Thomas
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MAINGAY
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F G
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MAJOR
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Thomas
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MAKEPEACE
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Charles
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MANSFIELD
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Harold George son of
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MANSFIELD
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Harold K (Kelly)
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MARTIN
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Leonard ('Larry')
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MARTIN
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Samuel
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Last Name:
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First Name:
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MARTIN
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T G
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MATHESON
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Henry
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MAXWELL
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J
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MERRICK
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Isaac
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MILEY
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Thomas
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MITCHELL
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Andrew
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MOORE
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P
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MOORE
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L T
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MOORE
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V H
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MORGAN
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Thomas and sons
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MORGAN
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Richard and
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MORGAN
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William
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MORGAN
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F T
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MORRAH
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MUIR
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W J
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NAPPER
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Capt R H A (Henry)
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NAS
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Herman
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NASH
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S
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NICHOLS
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Doug
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NICHOLLS
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William
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NILLSON
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Basil son of
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NILLSON
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Edward
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NORMAN
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William
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NOSSITER
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Timothy
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OAKES
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George
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O'LEARY
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OLIVER
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Joseph
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PAMPLIN
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PARKINSON
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James C and son
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PARKINSON
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W J
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PARRISH
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Jim
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PARSEY
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Anthony
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PATERSON
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L
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PETERSEN
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PHILLIPS
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C H
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PINKERTON
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J
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PINKERTON
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L
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POCKE
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John
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POOL
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John
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POOLE
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Allan Snr
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POOLE
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Allan Jnr
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POTTER
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Thomas
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PRICE
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Peter
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PYBUS
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R A
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REDSHAW
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A
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REYNOLDS
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Laurie
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RICHARDSON
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Edwin
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RICHARDSON
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G
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RICHTER
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Chris
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ROBERTS
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E George
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ROBERTS
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Robert
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ROBINSON
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Arthur B
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ROCKWELL
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Alfred C father of
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ROCKWELL
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Alfred and
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ROCKWELL
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Horace J
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ROWBOTTOM
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Karl
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RUSHTON
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Allan
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SCOTT
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J H
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SELLARS
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James F
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SEYMOUR
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G
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SHIELDS
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D E
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SHORT
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Ken
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SKOG
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Peter John
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SMITH
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Denis
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SMITH
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William
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SMITHEM
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Fred father of
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SMITHEM
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James
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SPONG
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E N and sons
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SPONG
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Algernon and
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SPONG
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Harold
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STEPHENS
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L
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STEWART
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Archie
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STURDY
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N
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SWAIN
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Jim
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SWARD
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Barry
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TAYLOR
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James
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THOMPSON
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John
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TILLEY
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W T
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TREGENZA
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G
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TREGURTHA
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V
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TREMAYNE
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B
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TREWHELLA
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John
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VIRIEUX
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J J
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VISSER
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P
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WADE
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J F
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WARDE
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Sgt Andrew
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WATSON
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W
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WEBB
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Lyndon
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WEIGHT
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Henry son of
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WEIGHT
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William
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WHITE
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WHITEHOUSE
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G
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WICKS
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J
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WILCOX
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WILLIAMS
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Edward
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WILLIAMS
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Lawrence son of
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WILLIAMS
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Walter
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WILSON
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WITT
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David
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YATES
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H
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Based on list
from:
Guiding
lights: Tasmania's lighthouses and lighthousemen, (1991)
Stanley, Katherine M
St Davids' Park Publishing,
ISBN 0 7246 2568 2
Keepers
by Lightstations
Cape Bruny
Cape Bruny Lighthouse
Photograph: Ed Kavaliunas |
| Last Name: |
First Name: |
Period: |
Position: |
| Bridgen |
Richard |
1932-1936 |
HK |
| McCarthy |
Thomas |
1936-1938 |
HK |
| Parrish |
James |
1938-1941 |
HK |
| Mansfield |
Harold |
1941-1944 |
HK |
| Mitchell |
Andrew |
1944-1947 |
HK |
| Mansfield |
Harold |
1947-1950 |
HK |
| Abbey |
Tom C |
1950-1951 |
HKa |
| Dickinson |
Albert |
1951-1953 |
HKa |
| Johnstone |
Maxwell |
1953-1954 |
HKa |
| Lander |
Herbert |
1954-1955 |
HKa |
| Horne |
Anthony |
1955-1958 |
HK |
| Gothe |
George |
1958-1963 |
HK |
| Nichols |
William |
1963-1967 |
HK |
| Armstrong |
Frank |
1967-1971 |
HK |
| Evings |
Allan |
1971-1972 |
HK |
| Smith |
Dennis |
1972-1977 |
HK |
| Parsey |
Anthony |
1977-1978 |
HKa |
| Cook |
John
W |
1978 |
HK |
HK=Headkeeeper, AK=Assistant
Keeper, a=Acting
Source: Guiding lights,
Stanley, Katherine M
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Cape
Sorell
Cape Sorell Lighthouse
Photograph: Winsome Bonham |
| Last Name: |
First Name: |
Period: |
Position: |
| Muir |
W
J |
1909-1914 |
HK |
| Nillsen |
Edward |
1914 |
HK |
| Hickman |
A |
- |
AK |
| B
Johnston |
L |
- |
AK |
| McGuire |
J |
- |
AK |
| Moore |
- |
- |
AK |
| Pamplin |
- |
- |
AK |
| Tregenza |
- |
- |
AK |
| Isaac |
Terence |
- |
AK |
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HK=Headkeeeper, AK=Assistant Keeper, a=Acting
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Source: Guiding lights,
Stanley, Katherine M
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Derwent
Light (Iron Pot)
Iron Pot Lighthouse
Photograph: Deborah Taylor |
| Last Name: |
First Name: |
Period: |
Position: |
| Booth |
John |
1832-1841 |
HK |
| Pocke |
John |
1841-1843 |
HK |
| Douglas |
Henry |
1843-1858 |
HK |
| Johnson |
William |
1858-1863 |
HK |
| Rockwell |
A
C |
1863-1864 |
HK |
| Oliver |
Joseph |
1864-1874 |
HK |
| Parkinson |
J
C |
1874-1887 |
HK |
| Howard |
E
J |
1887-1891 |
HK |
| Roberts |
R |
1891-1896 |
HK |
| Hemsley |
E |
1896-1897 |
HK |
| Nas |
H |
1897-1899 |
HK |
| Grundy |
S |
1899
(Apr-Dec) |
HK |
| Boon |
H |
1899-1903 |
HK |
| Brown |
C |
1903-1904 |
HK |
| Boon |
H |
1904-1913 |
HK |
| Roberts |
E
G |
1913-1916 |
HK |
| Jacobs |
H
G |
1916-1918 |
HK |
| Johnston |
R
J |
1918
- July 1920 |
HK |
HK=Headkeeeper, AK=Assistant
Keeper, a=Acting
Source: Guiding lights,
Stanley, Katherine M
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Low
Head
Low Head Lighthouse
Photograph: Jeff Jennings |
| Last Name: |
First Name: |
Period: |
Position: |
| Kirkwood |
W
M |
1912-1913 |
HK |
| Robinson |
A
B |
1913 |
HK |
| Johnston |
L
B |
1930s |
HK |
| Williams |
W
J |
1930s |
HK |
| Parrish |
J
H |
1930s |
AK |
| Friar |
A |
1930s |
AK |
| Dolan |
- |
1930s |
AK |
| Harris |
- |
1930s |
AK |
| Andrews |
- |
1930s |
AK |
| Coulsen |
- |
1940-1943 |
HK |
| Dolan |
A
G |
1943 |
HK |
| Hayns |
L
G |
1943 |
AK |
| Nillsen |
- |
1943 |
AK |
| Furness |
- |
1943 |
AK |
| Williams |
W
J |
1953~1960 |
HK |
| Gothe |
- |
1953~1960 |
AK |
| Barrett |
- |
1953~1960 |
AK |
| Morrah |
- |
1953~1960 |
AK |
| Nichols |
- |
1953~1960 |
AK |
| Reynolds |
V |
1953~1960 |
HK |
| Jackson |
- |
1953~1960 |
AK |
| Mansfield |
- |
1953~1960 |
AK |
| Lynch |
- |
1953~1960 |
AK |
| Poole |
- |
1953~1960 |
AK |
| Wilson |
- |
1953~1960 |
HK |
| Coleman |
- |
1953~1960 |
AK |
| Hill |
- |
1953~1960 |
AK |
| Crosswell |
- |
1953~1960 |
HK |
HK=Headkeeeper, AK=Assistant Keeper, a=Acting
Source: Guiding lights,
Stanley, Katherine M
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Maatsuyker
Island
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse
Photograph: Jeff Jennings |
| Last Name: |
First Name: |
Period: |
Position: |
| Coleman |
- |
1940s |
HK |
| Brown |
S
M |
1940s |
HK |
| Seymour |
G |
1940s |
HK |
| Jackson |
L |
1940s |
HK |
| Smithem |
F |
1940s |
HK |
| Tregurtha |
V |
1940s |
HK |
| Mitchell |
A |
to
1950 |
HK |
| Tregurtha |
N
D |
- |
HK |
| Barrett |
Tom |
- |
- |
| Barrett |
Owen |
- |
- |
| Gregory |
Andrew |
- |
- |
|
HK=Headkeeeper, AK=Assistant Keeper, a=Acting
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Source: Guiding lights,
Stanley, Katherine M
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Macquarie
Heads (Hells Gate)
Entrance Island Lighthouse at Hells Gate
Photograph: Winsome Bonham |
| Last Name: |
First Name: |
Period: |
Position: |
| Nas |
- |
1907 |
HK |
| Ted
Hornsby |
- |
1907 |
AK |
| Campbell |
W
A |
1910 |
HK |
| Amundsen |
- |
1910 |
AK |
| Johnston |
J |
1912 |
HK |
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HK=Headkeeeper, AK=Assistant Keeper, a=Acting
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Source: Guiding lights,
Stanley, Katherine M
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Swan
Island
Swan Island Lighthouse
Photograph: Jeff Jennings |
| Last Name: |
First Name: |
Period: |
Position: |
| Roberts |
Robert |
1897 |
HK |
| Hemsley |
Charles |
- |
HK |
| ackson |
Robert |
to
1912 |
HK |
| Buckpitt |
E
W |
1912 |
HK |
| Johnston |
Joseph |
1914 |
HK |
| Williams |
W |
1920s |
AK |
| Nas |
Herman |
1920s |
AK |
| Hickman |
Arthur |
1920s |
AK |
| Isaac |
Herbert |
1920s |
AK |
| Jacobs |
F |
WW2 |
HK |
| Smithem |
J |
WW2 |
HK |
| Lambert |
F
S |
WW2 |
HK |
| Johnston |
L
B |
WW2 |
HK |
| Hayns |
L
J |
Post-WW2 |
HK |
| Broomhall |
- |
Post-WW2 |
HK |
| Johston |
M |
Post-WW2 |
HK |
| Gothe |
G
R |
Post-WW2 |
HK |
| Horne |
A |
Post-WW2 |
HK |
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HK=Headkeeeper, AK=Assistant Keeper, a=Acting
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|
Source: Guiding lights,
Stanley, Katherine M
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Tasman
Island
Tasman Island Lighthouse
Photograph: AMSA
Tasman Island Lighthouse
Photograph: AMSA
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| Last Name: |
First Name: |
Period: |
Position: |
| McGuire |
John |
1906 |
AK |
| Davis |
Ernest
T |
1906 |
AK |
| Jacques |
W |
to
1911 |
HK |
| Nillsen |
Edward |
1911-1913 |
HK |
| Kirkwood |
W
M |
1913 |
HK |
| King |
A
F |
1923-1924 |
HK |
| Johnston |
L
B |
1923~1924 |
AK |
| Johnston |
R |
1923~1924 |
AK |
| King
(relieving) |
S |
1923~1924 |
AK |
| Norman |
W |
1923~1924 |
AK |
| Kemp |
H |
1923~1924 |
AK |
| McCullum |
J
C |
1927 |
AK |
| Mitchell |
A
C |
1927 |
AK |
| Norman |
W
J |
1927 |
AK |
| Bridgen |
R
E |
1930s/1940s |
HK |
| Mansfield |
H
E |
1930s/1940s |
HK |
| Makepeace |
C |
1930s/1940s |
HK |
| Haynes |
L
J |
1930s/1940s |
HK |
| Buckpitt |
W |
1930s/1940s |
HK |
| Johnston |
L
B |
1930s/1940s |
HK |
| Burton |
F |
1930s/1940s |
HK |
| Eaton |
A
H |
- |
AK |
| Wilcox |
A
R |
- |
AK |
| Parrish |
G |
- |
AK |
| Brown |
S
M |
- |
AK |
| Dillon |
L |
- |
AK |
| Smithem |
F |
- |
AK |
| Jackson |
L |
- |
AK |
| Williams |
W |
- |
AK |
| Nichols |
W |
- |
AK |
| Tregenza |
G |
- |
AK |
| Ruston |
A
L |
- |
AK |
| Yates |
H |
- |
AK |
| Morrah |
F
J |
- |
AK |
| Shields |
D
E |
- |
AK |
| Cook |
John |
- |
AK |
| Jenner |
Michael |
- |
AK |
|
HK=Headkeeeper, AK=Assistant Keeper, a=Acting
|
|
Source: Guiding lights,
Stanley, Katherine M
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Please
note, these lists are far from complete - we are aware
that there may be omissions. If
you have a reasonable belief that a keeper should
be added to the list please forward it with all
you know so we can validate the information and
add them to the list.
Please
include this lighthouse's name, the keepers full
name, what years they were keepers and their position.
Also include the same information for any other
lights they were on then send it to Web
Keeper.
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Special Thanks to:
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority
(AMSA) for photographs
- Deborah Taylor for photograph
- Ed Kavaliunas for photograph
- Jeff Jennings for photographs
- Winsome Bonham for photograph
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Sources:
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Site constructed by:
Malcolm S Macdonald t/as Lighthouse
Computer Training & Development (1997-2001)
& Lighthouses of Australia Inc (2002-2007) |
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