North Point Light, also known as North Point Hummock Light, was located on North Point, the most northern point on

Moreton Island Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) is an island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay on the coast of South East Queensland, Australia. The Coral Sea lies on the east coast of the island. Moreton Island lies northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane. ...

. North Point Light was constructed in the early 1860s, carrying a large kerosene burner with a reflector. In 1899, the lighthouse was replaced with a

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framed structure, clad with

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. It was the sixth of a group of eight lighthouses in Queensland constructed this way, including, by order of establishment,

Little Sea Hill Light Sea Hill Lighthouse, also known as Sea Hill Point Light or Little Sea Hill Light, is a lighthouse on the northwest point of Curtis Island, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. Its purpose was to mark the east side of the entrance to Keppel ...

, Grassy Hill Light, Goods Island Light,

Bay Rock Light Bay Rock Light is an inactive lighthouse which used to be located on Bay Rock, a rocky islet northwest of Magnetic Island, about north of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. First lit in 1886, it was automated in 1920 and deactivated in the 198 ...

Old Caloundra Light Old Caloundra Light, also known as Old Caloundra Head Light or Cape Caloundra Light, is an inactive lighthouse located in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast in South East Queensland, Australia. It is the oldest surviving building in Caloundra. The ...

, itself, Gatcombe Head Light and

Bulwer Island Light Bulwer Island Light, also known as Bulwer Island Range Rear Light, is an inactive lighthouse that was on Bulwer Island, in the suburb of Pinkenba, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In 1983, it was moved to the Queensland Maritime Museum ...

. Oddly, a 1909 listing still describes the light as a square wooden lightroom, carrying a fixed sixth order

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apparatus. The light shown is described as a white sector, visible for . In 1912 the lighthouse was transferred to the control of the Commonwealth. It was later demolished. The 2010 ''List of Lights'' does not list a light at the location.

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* * {{Lighthouses of Queensland Lighthouses completed in 1899 Lighthouses in Queensland Moreton Island 1899 establishments in Australia