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Currie Lighthouse was built following agitation by Archibald Currie and others for a lighthouse at Currie Harbour, Currie, King Island, Australia in 1879. Planned and fabricated by
Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Lighthouses completed in 1879 Lighthouses in Tasmania Tasmanian Heritage Register {{Australia-lighthouse-stub
Currie Lighthouse was built following agitation by Archibald Currie and others for a lighthouse at Currie Harbour, Currie, King Island, Australia in 1879. Planned and fabricated by Chance Brothers
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The Chance f ...
in Smethwick
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In 2019, the ward of Smethwick had an estimated population of 15,246, while the wider bu ...
, England, it was devised as a -tall square pyramidal truss
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iron tower with an iron cylinder centred inside, and then shipped to Tasmania
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to be erected. After an inactive period from 1989 to 1995, the light is now active again. The light characteristic
A light characteristic is all of the properties that make a particular navigational light identifiable. Graphical and textual descriptions of navigational light sequences and colours are displayed on nautical charts and in Light Lists with the ch ...
is "Fl. 6 s", i.e. one flash every six seconds. The lightsource's focal plane
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is situated above sea level. The adjacent keeper's house was turned into a museum in 1980.
See also
*History of Tasmania
The history of Tasmania begins at the end of the most recent ice age (approximately 10,000 years ago) when it is believed that the island was joined to the Australian mainland. Little is known of the human history of the island until the Briti ...
* List of lighthouses in Tasmania
Notes
External links
Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Lighthouses completed in 1879 Lighthouses in Tasmania Tasmanian Heritage Register {{Australia-lighthouse-stub