Comboyuro Point Light

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

Comboyuro Point Lighthouse

Comboyuro Point Light in 1906
Comboyuro Point Lighthouse Queensland
Location	Moreton Island Queensland Australia
Coordinates	27°3′41.8″S 153°21′46.8″E
Year first constructed	1874
Automated	1954
Deactivated	1960
Construction	wooden tower
Tower shape	octagonal tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern	white tower
Light source	acetylene
Range	9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)
ARLHS number	AUS-294

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,[3] 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.[4] 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 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi).[5]

Due to coastal erosion the tower had to be moved inland twice, 200 feet (61 m) in 1890 and another 366 feet (112 m) in 1905.[6] 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.[2] The 2010 List of Lights does not list a light at the location.[7]

See also

• List of lighthouses in Australia

References

1. Davenport, Winifred (1986). Harbours & Marine: Port and Harbour Development in Queensland from 1824 to 1985. Brisbane: Department of Harbours & Marine. p. 169.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. Richard Walding. "Moreton Island RAN7 Indicator Loop Station and Fort Cowan Cowan". indicatorloops.com. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
3. "Fort Cowan Cowan (Cowan Cowan Battery) (listing QLD602559)". Australia Heritage Places Inventory. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
4. "Cleveland Lighthouse (former) (entry 600772)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
5. Knibbs, G. H. (1909). Official year book of the Commonwealth of Australia. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Australian Bureau of Statistics. p. 669.
6. WBM Oceanics Australia (2002). "Chapter 3.9 Hydrodynamic Environment". Moreton Bay Sand Extraction Study Phase 1 Final Report (PDF). pp. 3–57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
7. List of Lights, Pub. 111: The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010.