Troubridge Island Lighthouse is a decommissioned

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...

in the Australian state of

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located on

Troubridge Island Troubridge Island is an island located in the south west corner of Gulf St Vincent in South Australia near the eastern edge of the Troubridge Shoals off the east coast of Yorke Peninsula about southeast by east of the town of Edithburgh It is ...

Gulf St Vincent Gulf St Vincent, sometimes referred to as St Vincent Gulf, St Vincent's Gulf or Gulf of St Vincent, is the eastern of two large inlets of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, the other being the larger Sp ...

about southwest of the state capital of

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and about southeast by east of

Edithburgh Edithburgh is a small town on the south-east corner of Yorke Peninsula situated on the coastline of Salt Creek Bay, in the state of South Australia. Edithburgh is about west of Adelaide across Gulf St Vincent, but away by road. At the 2016 ...

Yorke Peninsula The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located northwest and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. The peninsula is separated from Kangaroo Island to the south by Investigator Strai ...

History

The lighthouse was commissioned in 1856 as a means to reduce losses caused by the stranding of ships on the

Troubridge Shoals Troubridge Island is an island located in the south west corner of Gulf St Vincent in South Australia near the eastern edge of the Troubridge Shoals off the east coast of Yorke Peninsula about southeast by east of the town of Edithburgh It is ...

. Czech-born

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artist Voitre Marek, who had migrated to

in 1949, lived with his wife and young children as

lighthouse keeper A lighthouse keeper or lightkeeper is a person responsible for tending and caring for a lighthouse, particularly the light and lens in the days when oil lamps and clockwork mechanisms were used. Lighthouse keepers were sometimes referred to as ...

at Troubridge Island from 1957 until 1960, after moving from the

Cape du Couedic Lighthouse The Cape du Couedic Lighthouse is a lighthouse in South Australia located at Cape du Couedic on Kangaroo Island. History Before construction could begin, a jetty was built in Weirs Cove, north of the lighthouse, and a flying fox erected to hau ...

after that lighthouse was automated and demanned. The lighthouse was converted to automatic operation in 1981 and decommissioned in 2001. Its role as a

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was taken over progressively from 1980 by the new

Troubridge Hill Lighthouse Troubridge Hill Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Troubridge Hill on the south coast of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia about south west of Edithburgh and about west of Troubridge Point. History It was built as part of a project to d ...

, located on

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, to the west of the Troubridge Shoals. In 1978, the lighthouse was listed on the now-defunct

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. The former Troubridge Island lighthouse and its adjacent Troubridge Island Lighthouse Keepers' Cottages which are listed on the

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are now part of the tourist attractions offered within the Troubridge Island Conservation Park.

References

External links

Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Lighthouses completed in 1856 Lighthouses in South Australia 1856 establishments in Australia Gulf St Vincent South Australian Heritage Register South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate Disused lighthouses in Australia {{SouthAustralia-struct-stub

History

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