Photo Steve Merson
Photo Winsome Bonham
Photo Steve Merson
The Green Cape Lighthouse was built in 1883 and was the first cast concrete lighthouse tower in Australia. At 29 metres it is the state's second tallest light.
The lightstation is situated on a point of land projecting from Ben Boyd National Park.
It is the southernmost lighthouse in New South Wales.
Problems occurred during construction when a 6 metre white clay belt was discovered forcing the foundation to be dug to 9 metres altogether.
The original Chance Brothers revolving lantern was fuelled by kerosene and mantle, and produced 100,000 candelas for a radius of 34km.
The light was electrified in 1962 and upgraded to 1,000,000 candelas in 1967.
The tower has since been replaced by the latest automated steel lattice skeleton tower with a solar powered light.
LOCATION: Latitude 37° 15' S Longitude 150° 03' E
OPERATOR: Australian Maritime Safety Authority
CHARACTER: -
LIGHT SOURCE: 1000W 120 Volt tungsten halogen
POWER SOURCE: Mains Power
INTENSITY: 1,000,000 cd
ELEVATION: 89 metres
RANGE: 40 kilometres
HEIGHT: 29 metres
Lighthouses of New South Wales , Australia
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