Lighthouses of Australia Inc

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LINKS BY AUTHOR

Ken Trethaway (The Lighthouse Society Of Great Britain):

• http://www.lsgb.co.uk/

• Lighthouses explained: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/page1.html
• How lighthouse optics work: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/prism1.htm
• Notes about lighthouses: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/school.htm
• Light sources: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/page4.html
• Dramatic story about lighthouse keepers - 1: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/rudyerd.html
• Dramatic story about lighthouse keepers - 2: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/winsley.html
• The Eddystone lighthouses: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/eddy1.htm
• An Eddystone Visit: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/eddyvisit.htm
• Some Amazing Facts About Lighthouses: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/amazing_facts.htm
• Detailed History: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/genindex.html
• Builders: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/buildin.html
• Chance Brothers and Co Ltd: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/ChanceBrothers.htm
• Lighthouse Keepers: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/lighthouse_keepers.htm

Bell Rock Lighthouse Preservation Society:

• Bell Rock Lighthouse, Scotland: http://www.bellrock.org.uk/

Beaconsfield Primary School

• Mrs O'Brien's Helpful Hints For Creating Your Own Web Page: http://www.omen.net.au/~beacy/lrng21/hints.htm

Britannica.com:

• John Smeaton: http://www.britannica.com/seo/j/john-smeaton/

BBC On-line Network:

• Eddystone lights candles on 300th birthday: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_213000/213060.stm

Florida Lighthouse Page

• Kid's Questions: http://users.erols.com/lthouse/yyhome.htm

US Coast Guard:

• Teacher’s Lighthouse Resource: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/lighthouse_curriculum.html
• Kids' Corner: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/kids/kidindx.html

Lyrics and Music From Charles Wingate:

• The Keeper of the Eddystone Light: http://www.contemplator.com/sea/edlight.html

Legendary Lighthouses - Public Broadcasting Service On-Line:

• How a Fresnel Lens Works: http://www.pbs.org/legendarylighthouses/html/photoqt.html

Pete Amass' Lanternroom:

• The Fresnel Lens: http://www.lanternroom.com/misc/freslens.htm
• Lighthouse Related Terms: http://www.lanternroom.com/misc/glossary.htm

Bill's Lighthouse Getaway:

• The Fresnel Lens: http://www.lighthousegetaway.com/lights/fresnel.html

World Lighthouses:

• The Fresnel Lens: http://www.worldlights.com/world/fresnel.html

Smithsonian Magazine:

• Science Makes a Better Lighthouse Lens: http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues99/aug99/object_aug99.html

Pigeon Point Lighthouse:

• Chart of Fresnel Lenses: http://www.pigeonpointlighthouse.org/sizecht.htm

Wave Length Optics:

• Fresnel Lenses: http://www.wavelengthoptics.com/fresnel.htm

Optical Society of America:

• Optics Discovery Kit Experiment #5 : fresnel (freh-nell') lens: http://acept.asu.edu/PiN/opticskit/expt/expt5.shtml

Seven Wonders Home Page:

• The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, The Lighthouse of Alexandria: http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/pharos.html

Cypress Communications:

• Women Who Kept the Lights: http://users.sitestar.net/~cypress/women.htm

Terry & Sue Pepper's Seeing The Light:

• The Argand Reflector:: http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/fresnel/lewis-lamp.htm
• The incredible Fresnel lens: http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/fresnel/fresnel.htm
• A glossary of lighthouse terms: http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/lists/glossary.htm

Lycos Kids Zone:

• Lighthouse: http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ce6/sci/A0829749.html
• Pharos: http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ce6/world/A0838701.html
• Lighthouses: FAQ: http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ipka/A0800631.html

Lighthouses by Don Uvick:

• General Lighthouse Information: http://www.creative-visions.com/liteinfo.htm

Trinity House:

• Educational Material: http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/html/ie1.htm
• Meet the People - Lighthouse Keepers: http://www.lighthouse-visits.co.uk/html/people1.htm
• Projecting the Light: http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/html/ie3.htm
• Notes for Teachers: http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/html/ieteachers.htm
• Notes for Pupils: http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/html/iepupils.htm

Museum of Unnatural Mystery:

• The Great Lighthouse at Alexandria: http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/pharos.htm

Lighthouses of Australia Inc:

• The Cape Schanck Lighthouse Museum: http://www.lighthouse.net.au/Lights/Museum/Cape%20Schank%20Museum.htm
• The Cape Jaffa Lighthouse Museum: http://www.lighthouse.net.au/Lights/Museum/Cape%20Jaffa%20Museum.htm
• The Narooma Lighthouse Museum: http://www.lighthouse.net.au/Lights/Museum/Narooma%20Museum.htm
• Australia's First Lighthouse: http://www.lighthouse.net.au/Lights/NSW/Macquarie/Macquarie.htm

Tourism Great Ocean Road Pty Ltd

• A Brief History of Bass Strait's 'Beacon of Hope' <http://www.lightstation.com/bhist.htm

LINKS BY SUBJECT

History:

• A Brief History of Bass Strait's 'Beacon of Hope': http://www.lightstation.com/bhist.htm
• The Eddystone lighthouses: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/eddy1.htm
• Some Amazing Facts About Lighthouses: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/amazing_facts.htm
• Detailed History: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/genindex.html
• Builders: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/buildin.html
• Chance Brothers and Co Ltd: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/ChanceBrothers.htm
• Bell Rock Lighthouse, Scotland: http://www.bellrock.org.uk/
• John Smeaton: http://www.britannica.com/seo/j/john-smeaton/
• Pharos: http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ce6/world/A0838701.html
• The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, The Lighthouse of Alexandria: http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/pharos.html
• The Great Lighthouse at Alexandria: http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/pharos.htm

Terminology:

• Lighthouse Related Terms: http://www.lanternroom.com/misc/glossary.htm
• A glossary of lighthouse terms: http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/lists/glossary.htm

Keepers:

• Lighthouse Keepers: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/lighthouse_keepers.htm
• Dramatic story about lighthouse keepers - 1: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/rudyerd.html
• Dramatic story about lighthouse keepers - 2: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/winsley.html
• The Keeper of the Eddystone Light: http://www.contemplator.com/sea/edlight.html
• Women Who Kept the Lights: http://users.sitestar.net/~cypress/women.htm
• Meet the People - Lighthouse Keepers: http://www.lighthouse-visits.co.uk/html/people1.htm

Technical:

• How lighthouse optics work: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/prism1.htm
• Light sources: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/page4.html
• Lighthouse: http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ce6/sci/A0829749.html
• Science Makes a Better Lighthouse Lens: http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues99/aug99/object_aug99.html
• The Argand Reflector:: http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/fresnel/lewis-lamp.htm
• The incredible Fresnel lens: http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/fresnel/fresnel.htm
• How a Fresnel Lens Works: http://www.pbs.org/legendarylighthouses/
  html/photoqt.html
• The Fresnel Lens: http://www.lanternroom.com/misc/freslens.htm
• The Fresnel Lens: http://www.lighthousegetaway.com/lights/fresnel.html
• The Fresnel Lens: http://www.worldlights.com/world/fresnel.html
• Fresnel Lenses: http://www.wavelengthoptics.com/fresnel.htm
• Chart of Fresnel Lenses: http://www.pigeonpointlighthouse.org/sizecht.htm
• Optics Discovery Kit Experiment #5 : fresnel (freh-nell') lens: http://acept.asu.edu/PiN/opticskit/expt/expt5.shtml
• Lighthouses: FAQ: http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ipka/A0800631.html
• General Lighthouse Information: http://www.creative-visions.com/liteinfo.htm

Educational:

• Mrs O'Brien's Helpful Hints For Creating Your Own Web Page: http://www.omen.net.au/~beacy/lrng21/hints.htm
• Kids' Corner: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/kids/kidindx.html
• Kid's Questions: http://users.erols.com/lthouse/yyhome.htm
• Lighthouses explained: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/page1.html
• Notes about lighthouses: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/school.htm
• An Eddystone Visit: http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/eddyvisit.htm
• Teacher’s Lighthouse Resource: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/
  lighthouse_curriculum.html
• Optics Discovery Kit Experiment #5 : fresnel (freh-nell') lens: http://acept.asu.edu/PiN/opticskit/expt/expt5.shtml
• Educational Material: http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/html/ie1.htm
• Meet the People - Lighthouse Keepers: http://www.lighthouse-visits.co.uk/html/people1.htm
• Projecting the Light: http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/html/ie3.htm
• Notes for Teachers: http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/html/ieteachers.htm
• Notes for Pupils: http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/html/iepupils.htm

Museums:

• The Cape Schanck Lighthouse Museum: http://www.lighthouse.net.au/Lights/Museum/Cape%20Schank%20Museum.htm
• The Cape Jaffa Lighthouse Museum: http://www.lighthouse.net.au/Lights/Museum/Cape%20Jaffa%20Museum.htm
• The Narooma Lighthouse Museum: http://www.lighthouse.net.au/Lights/Museum/Narooma%20Museum.htm

Miscellaneous:

• Eddystone lights candles on 300th birthday: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_213000/213060.stm

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08/06/07 03/12/97