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Cape Otway Lightstation

Location

1140 Lighthouse Road,, CAPE OTWAY VIC 3233 - Property No B2320

File Number

B2320

Level

State

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B2320 Cape Otway Lighthouse
[2/3]
B2320 Cape Otway Lighthouse
[3/3]
B2320 Cape Otway telegraph

Statement of Significance

Lightstation group consisting of 60 ft tower (1846-8); headkeeper's and assistants' quarters (1857-8) and storerooms (1848-57); together with a detached former telegraph station (1859); all constructed of Parker River sandstone. The oldest remaining light, and the second to be established on the Australian mainland, the relatively short tower is set on a high cliff, whilst the keeper's quarters shelter well back in a slight hollow. The stone stair of the tower spirals around a hollow stone central column.
Classified: 02/12/1974

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