Tasman Island Lighthouse
Tasmania, Australia
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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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The Tasman Island Lighthouse stands on Tasman Island off southeastern Tasmania, one of Australia's most isolated lighthouses. First lit on 2 April 1906, it was built by contractors Henrikson & Knutson, who assembled its cast-iron components—prefabricated in England—piece by piece up the island's 250-metre cliffs. The structure originally housed a first-order Fresnel lens by Chance Brothers, now displayed at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney. Automated in 1976 and demanned the following year, the lighthouse was converted to solar power in 1991 and currently operates with a Vega VRB25 light source, producing a 39-nautical-mile geographical range. Listed on the Tasmanian Heritage Register and located within Tasman National Park, the lighthouse and its associated keepers' cottages remain under the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's lease from the Tasmanian State government. Public access is available through helicopter tours organised annually or biennially by the Rotary Club of the Tasman Peninsula.
- Built
- Type
- lighthouse
- Heritage
- listed on the Tasmanian Heritage Register
- Place
- Tasmania, Australia
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