Letter advising of the proposed visit of the Government Architect. Queensland officially became a separate colony in 1859, inheriting a vast coastline but only a single lighthouse - the stone tower at Cape Moreton. By 1864, with the growth of new ports such as Mackay and Bowen and an increase in marine traffic, new lighthouses were urgently needed. The Bustard Head Lighthouse, near the Town of 1770, was the first one built by the new Queensland Government in 1868. Until 1986 when the Bustard Head light was automated, the light station was home to keepers, their assistants, their families an
Letter advising of the proposed visit of the Government Architect. Queensland officially became a separate colony in 1859, inheriting a vast coastline but only a single lighthouse - the stone tower at Cape Moreton. By 1864, with the growth of new ports such as Mackay and Bowen and an increase in marine traffic, new lighthouses were urgently needed. The Bustard Head Lighthouse, near the Town of 1770, was the first one built by the new Queensland Government in 1868. Until 1986 when the Bustard Head light was automated, the light station was home to keepers, their assistants, their families and the occasional teacher for 118 years. Today the station is managed by the Bustard Head Lighthouse Association and is open to tourists.
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