Norah Head Lighthouse
Fl WRG 15s🇦🇺New South Wales, AUOperational
Location & Light Range
About Norah Head Lighthouse
Also known as: Norah Head Light
This white concrete lighthouse, built in 1903, stands 90 meters tall with its light positioned 46 meters above sea level. The tower features a lantern and emits a white flash every 15 seconds, visible for 26 nautical miles. Originally powered by kerosene, the light was electrified in 1961 and later automated in 1994. The structure includes the original Chance Bros. lantern and a Fresnel lens.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is the last of the James Barnet style to be constructed and was the final staffed lighthouse built in New South Wales.
Background
Norah Head Light is an active lighthouse located at Norah Head, a headland on the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia, close to Toukley. It is the last lighthouse of the James Barnet style to be built, and the last staffed lighthouse constructed in New South Wales.
Officially displayed for the first time in 1903, the original vaporized kerosene burner was upgraded in 1923, electrified in 1961 and automated and demanned in 1994, after more than 90 years of being staffed. It celebrated its centenary in 2003.
The concrete block tower is 27.5 metres (90 ft) high, topped by a bluestone gallery. On top of the gallery is the original Chance Bros. lantern. This lantern holds the original housing of the Chance Bros. 1st order bivalve dioptric Fresnel lens. Other important structures include the chief lightkeeper's cottage and assistant keeper's duplex, and a flag house.Light & Optic
Characteristic Signature
Fl WRG 15s
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- WRG
- Flash Count
- 1 flash
- Interval
- 15s
- Raw Code
- Fl.W. period 15s
- Focal Height
- 46m
- Geographic Range
- 26NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1903
References & Identifiers
- Admiralty No.
- K2712
- NGA No.
- 6152
- Wikipedia
- Read on Wikipedia →
- Wikidata
- Q7050210 →
- OpenStreetMap
- View on OSM →
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 90m
- Tower Shape
- lantern
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- concrete
Structure: White concrete tower, lantern; 89. F.R. 128 39
Location
- City
- New South Wales
- Country
- 🇦🇺AU
- Latitude
- -33.2817°
- Longitude
- 151.5763°
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