Comboyuro Point Light Explained

Comboyuro Point Lighthouse
Location:Moreton Island
Queensland
Australia
Yearbuilt:1874
Automated:1954
Yeardeactivated:1960
Construction:wooden tower
Shape:octagonal tower with balcony and lantern
Marking:white tower
Lightsource:acetylene

Comboyuro Point Light, which was also known later as Comboyuro Light, was located on Comboyuro Point, at the northwestern tip of Moreton Island. It is one of the Moreton Island lighthouses.

History

The first navigational aid at the point was a lightroom erected in 1863 with kerosene burners. In 1867 the lightroom was replaced with a wooden tower. A taller wooden tower was erected in 1874[1] [2] or in 1877, and a condensing apparatus was installed. The old tower was moved to Burnett Heads together with the old apparatus from Cowan Cowan Point Light, and is now known as the Old Burnett Heads Light,[1] while the old apparatus was refurbished and installed at Cleveland Point Light.[3] A 1909 listing describes the tower as a wooden tower, carrying a fixed fourth order dioptric apparatus. The light was showing red and white sectors, and visible for .[4] Due to coastal erosion the tower had to be moved inland twice, in 1890 and another in 1905.[5] In 1906 the lighthouse keeper's cottage, a four bedroom weatherboard house with galvanized iron roof, had to be moved as well. In 1954 the light was converted to acetylene gas, automated, and demanned. In October 1960 the lighthouse was discontinued due to erosion, and later that year collapsed into the sea. The keeper's cottage was demolished in the 1960s. The 2010 List of Lights does not list a light at the location.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Davenport, Winifred. Harbours & Marine: Port and Harbour Development in Queensland from 1824 to 1985. 1986. Department of Harbours & Marine. Brisbane. 169.
  2. Web site: Moreton Island RAN7 Indicator Loop Station and Fort Cowan Cowan . Richard Walding . indicatorloops.com . 20 February 2011.
  3. 13 July 2015.
  4. Book: Knibbs, G. H. . 669. Official year book of the Commonwealth of Australia. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Australian Bureau of Statistics . 1909 .
  5. Book: http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/register/p00578ag.pdf. Chapter 3.9 Hydrodynamic Environment. PDF. Moreton Bay Sand Extraction Study Phase 1 Final Report. WBM Oceanics Australia. 2002. 3–57. 26 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110317092900/http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/environmental_management/coast_and_oceans/coastal_management/moreton_bay_sand_extraction/moreton_bay_sand_extraction_study_reports.html. 17 March 2011. dead.