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319:. During the following years, several committees were held, but none of them recommended the erection of a lighthouse on Booby Island. It was Heath who first recommended the construction of such a lighthouse, at the Intercolonial Conference of Marine Departments in 1873, where a first order light was finally recommended by the delegates. However, this recommendation was not followed through, and it was only in August 1885 that Heath referred to the lighthouse again, as trade through the Torres Strait increased, and a traffic channel west of the Prince of Wales Island was established. Formal approval took four more years, and tenders for the lighthouse were called in April 1899. The accepted tender of 359: 242: 227: 195: 180: 149: 117: 27: 458: 1057: 544: 37: 530: 2358: 428: 2368: 477:. Also associated with these quarters is a glasshouse, timber-framed with external concrete block walls and a corrugated asbestos cement roof. The relief quarters, built in the late 1960s or early 1970s, are timber-framed with external walls of asbestos sheeting and a roof of corrugated asbestos cement. 485:
which provide power to the station. The tide gauge hut, constructed in 1970, is timber-framed with fibre cement sheeting, a galvanised metal deck and an aluminium louvre mechanism. The radio beacon transmitter building, constructed in 1961, is built of concrete blocks with timber framed doors and
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Other buildings in the station include a radio equipment building that doubles as an office, a powerhouse with a fuel store, the tide gauge hut, the radio beacon transmitter building and a workshop. The radio equipment building is timber-framed with external painted concrete block walls and
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banks were installed in the ground floor of the tower. The light characteristic was changed to the current, one white flash every ten seconds (Fl.W. 10s), and it is visible for 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi). The light was fully automated and demanned in 1992.
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and an additional relief quarters. The resident keeper residences were built in 1890, and then renovated twice, in the 1920s and 1960s. They are timber-framed, clad with
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corrugated asbestos cement roof. The powerhouse and the fuel store are constructed of concrete blocks with a corrugated zinc sheeted roof. The powerhouse houses three
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In 1961 a radio beacon was installed. In 1963 the lighthouse was converted to electricity. The light source at that time was a 120 
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The colony of Queensland was formed in 1859. In 1862, the Queensland government appointed the first Portmaster, Commander
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lantern. It is painted white, with red dome of sheet copper. The dome is topped by a rounded knob and a
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listed on the Queensland Heritage Register, listed on the Register of the National Estate 
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providing 1,000,000 cd and visible for 26 nautical miles (48 km; 30 mi). The
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bearings. The light source was an oil wick burner with an intensity of 20,000 
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was one flash every four seconds (Fl.W. 4s). A tide gauge was installed in 1970.
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An aerial view of the island, showing the lighthouse and other structures.
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Queensland places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate
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The lighthouse is conical, 18 metres (59 ft) high, made of
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The residences include four cottages, three for the resident
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Booby Island Lighthouse and one of the deteriorated cottages
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Booby Island
Queensland
Coordinates
10°36′15″S 141°54′40″E / 10.60423°S 141.91107°E / -10.60423; 141.91107
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timber frame
clad
galvanised iron
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Characteristic
heritage-listed
lighthouse
Booby Island
Shire of Torres
Cape York Peninsula
Prince of Wales Island
Endeavour Strait
Queensland
Australia
Torres Strait
George Poynter Heath
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Maryborough
Sandy Cape Light

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