Comboyuro Point Light, which was also known later as Comboyuro Light, was located on Comboyuro Point, at the northwestern tip of

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. It is one of the Moreton Island lighthouses.

History

The first navigational aid at the point was a lightroom erected in 1863 with

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burners. In 1867 the lightroom was replaced with a wooden tower. A taller wooden tower was erected in 1874 or in 1877, and a condensing apparatus was installed. The old tower was moved to

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together with the old apparatus from Cowan Cowan Point Light, and is now known as the Old Burnett Heads Light, while the old apparatus was refurbished and installed at

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. A 1909 listing describes the tower as a wooden tower, carrying a fixed fourth order

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apparatus. The light was showing red and white sectors, and visible for . Due to

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the tower had to be moved inland twice, in 1890 and another in 1905. In 1906 the

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's cottage, a four bedroom weatherboard house with galvanized iron roof, had to be moved as well. In 1954 the light was converted to

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, 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.

References

{{authority control Lighthouses completed in 1874 Lighthouses in Queensland South East Queensland 1874 establishments in Australia

History

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