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The current lighthouse is a square concrete equipment room topped with a lantern. It was the seventh and last of a group of seven concrete towers erected by the
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392:Site operation and visiting
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824:Moreton Island lighthouses
323:Queensland Maritime Museum
95:15.5937528°S 145.3285639°E
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246:about 29km southeast of
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73:Coordinates
1069:Categories
967:Pine Islet
952:Creal Reef
911:Sandy Cape
901:North Reef
754:Queensland
567:References
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311:lead light
252:Queensland
240:lighthouse
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522:"QMMAWeb"
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256:Australia
197:Intensity
181:First lit
132:Automated
66:Australia
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916:Sea Hill
546:QHR31351
404:See also
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268:concrete
248:Cooktown
244:headland
164:Operator
156:Markings
58:Cooktown
54:Location
677:13 July
659:. 1882.
497:Rowlett
274:History
140:Height
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509:Plans
459:Beach
446:Notes
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176:Light
148:Shape
111:Tower
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