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Many ships wrecking at Cape
Bowling Green necessitated the construction of a lighthouse at the cape. The first Cape Bowling Green Light was constructed in 1874, one of 22 lighthouses of a similar design constructed in Queensland around that time. It was a round conical tower, constructed of local
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to a site where they were numbered, crated, and shipped to Sydney. By 1994 the lighthouse was reassembled at the
Australian National Maritime Museum where it is now on display. The lighthouse is still operational, using the original 3rd order lens and a typical 1913 clockwork mechanism, and it
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The current tower is a square steel skeletal tower. It is topped by a square lantern structure with a gallery. It is painted white with a red horizontal band at the top. The light characteristic shown is four white flashes every twenty seconds (Fl.(4)W. 20s), visible for 11 nautical miles
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The current lighthouse is operated by the AMSA. The visiting status is unclear. The original lighthouse is owned and operated by the
Australian National Maritime Museum, and it is open for guided tours daily.
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Cape
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Map showing the position of the lighthouse on Cape
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871:"Lighthouses of Australia: Northern New South Wales"
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847:"Lighthouses of Australia: Southern Queensland"
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334:square pyramidal tower with balcony and lantern
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940:"Sandy Cape Lightstation (listing QLD601712)"
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1403:Buildings and structures in North Queensland
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879:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
855:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
555:wick lamp with an intensity of 13,000
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351:Australian Maritime Safety Authority
1398:Australian National Maritime Museum
993:"List of Lighthouses of Queensland"
960:Australia Heritage Places Inventory
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901:Australian National Maritime Museum
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27:Lighthouse in Queensland, Australia
981:"List of Lighthouses - Queensland"
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193:white tower and lantern, red rail
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1362:List of lighthouses in Australia
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674:List of lighthouses in Australia
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1004:John Ibbotson (December 2000).
999:. Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
894:"Cape Bowling Green Lighthouse"
342:white tower with red upper band
450:on Cape Bowling Green, a long
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1388:Lighthouses completed in 1987
1383:Lighthouses completed in 1874
699:states 16 metres (52 ft)
616:Current structure and display
439:Plans of the first lighthouse
372:118 ft (36 m)
319:105 ft (32 m)
225:19 m (62 ft)
625:Site operation and visiting
154:with galvanized iron plates
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875:The Lighthouse Directory
851:The Lighthouse Directory
535:Lady Elliot Island Light
444:Cape Bowling Green Light
108:33.868689°S 151.199283°E
36:Cape Bowling Green Light
608:maintains its original
602:Department of Transport
575:incandescent gas mantle
527:Cowan Cowan Point Light
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177:22 metres (72 ft)
113:-33.868689; 151.199283
454:ending in a long low
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910:on 22 December 2010.
840:. 2009. p. 200.
610:light characteristic
531:Cape Capricorn Light
311:metal skeletal tower
1155:North Point Hummock
1092:Double Island Point
926:on 22 December 2010
275:Current light
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1199:Lady Elliot Island
664:Engineering portal
565:lighthouse keepers
539:Booby Island Light
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987:. SeaSide Lights.
650:Queensland portal
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1097:Moreton Bay Pile
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1293:Archer Point
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1160:Yellow Patch
1140:Cape Moreton
1117:Point Danger
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308:Construction
222:Focal height
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1346:Wyborn Reef
1303:Grassy Hill
1265:Dent Island
1240:Albino Rock
1233:North Coast
1058:Lighthouses
920:anmm.gov.au
884:14 November
860:14 November
716:Rowlett NSW
573:In 1913 an
519:Maryborough
293:Constructed
207:Deactivated
129:Constructed
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99:151°11′57″E
86:Coordinates
1377:Categories
1275:Pine Islet
1260:Creal Reef
1219:Sandy Cape
1209:North Reef
1062:Queensland
1021:Lighthouse
930:12 January
811:References
605:helicopter
592:In 1985 a
511:galvanized
464:Queensland
448:lighthouse
296:1987
240:3rd order
210:1987
162:1920
132:1874
96:33°52′07″S
32:Lighthouse
1308:Low Isles
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763:QLD601724
751:QLD601712
587:sun valve
585:) with a
561:clockwork
468:Australia
159:Automated
147:hardwood
1358:See also
1245:Bay Rock
1224:Sea Hill
634:See also
553:kerosene
549:dioptric
501:hardwood
472:Brisbane
456:sandspit
452:headland
347:Operator
339:Markings
190:Markings
65:Location
778:Rowlett
697:Rowlett
494:History
739:Museum
693:Museum
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680:Notes
594:racon
509:with
504:frame
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124:Tower
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886:2010
862:2010
537:and
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