What else is there?
These are the more significant records relating to Lighthouses.
Archival records of Tasmanian lighthouses are not available online but can be requested in person. Please use the unique series identifier (e.g. AB830) when requesting these records.
General records
- 1850-1904 General correspondence about lighthouses kept separately from the correspondence and returns sent in from lighthouse keepers (MB2/6)
- 1858-1997 Minutes of meetings of the Marine Board (AB830)
- 1860-1941 Tenders, contracts, plans and associated papers relating to repairs and additions to wharves, lighthouses and buildings with gaps (MB2/103)
- 1884-1899, 1911 Letterbooks on lighthouse matters (MB2/23)
- 1899-1948 Correspondence and associated papers relating to lighthouses and leading lights including transfer of lighthouses to the Commonwealth (PWD41)
- 1913-1934 Correspondence about the transfer of the lighthouse service from the State to the Commonwealth (AB821)
Logbooks, reports and returns from lighthouses
1846-1934 Correspondence with and returns and reports from lighthouse keepers (MB2/5)
These include:
- Bruny Island
- Cape Wickham (King Island)
- Derwent (Iron Pot)
- Emu Bay
- Goose Island
- Kents Group
- Low Head
- Maatsuyker Island
- Macquarie Heads
- Mersey Bluff
- Swan Island
- Table Cape
- Tasman
1852-1886 Logbook returns sent in from lighthouse keepers 1852-1886 (AB760)
Includes:
- Bruny Island
- Cape Bruny
- Currie harbour (King Island)
- Deal Island (Kent Group)
- Derwent (Iron Pot)
- Emu Bay
- Goose Island
- Kents Group
- Low Head
- Oak Point
- Swan Island
Logbook kept at Macquarie Inner Lighthouse 1894-1908, 1910-1912 (MB3/28)
Journal of Henry W Kendrick, Lighthouse keeper, Table Cape Jun – Oct 1895 (NS1470)
Employment records
1858-1902 Record of men employed in the Lighthouse Service arranged by Station (AE478)
Other photos and plans of lighthouses not digitised
- Search the Tasmanian Archives for photographs of lighthouses
- All images of lighthouses in library catalogue
Public Works Department records
- Bruny Lighthouse (PWD266/1196 & PWD266/1197)
- Cape Sorell (PWD266/2434)
- Eddystone Point (PWD266/2450)
- For other lighthouse plans, see the Plan Card Index in the Hobart Reading Room.
- Lighthouse Keeper – a film about the life of the lighthouse keeper and his family on Maatsuyker Island in about 1950 (AC672/1/111)