Macquarie Lighthouse
New South Wales, Australia
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Situated on Dunbar Head near the entrance to Sydney Harbour in Vaucluse, New South Wales, the Macquarie Lighthouse is Australia's first and longest-serving lighthouse site, with a navigational aid present since 1791. The current heritage-listed stone structure, standing 26 metres high, was designed by architect James Barnet and completed in 1883, replacing an earlier lighthouse built in 1818. Now fully operational under the control of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, with grounds managed by the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, the lighthouse has become an enduring symbol—featured on Macquarie University's coat of arms and simplified into Woollahra Council's logo. The site was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register in 1999 and the Commonwealth Heritage List in 2004.
- Built
- Type
- lighthouse, historical cultural heritage site
- Materials
- stone
- Heritage
- listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List, Local Environmental Plan
- Height
- 26 m
- Place
- New South Wales, Australia
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