Identity area
Reference code
RPI/4/22
Title
Troubridge Island Lighthouse Stamp
Date(s)
- 2002 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 piece, Artefact
Context area
Name of creator
(Aug 1838-1881)
Repository
Archival history
Part of a collection of 36 Australian stamps.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Australian 49c postage stamp issued in 2002 depicting the Troubridge Island Lighthouse, SA, designed and built by a British engineering firm headed by Alexander Gordon an exponent of prefabricated cast-iron lighthouses.
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Conditions governing access
Status: Open. Access is subject to signing the Regulations for Access form, unless the records are restricted under the Data Protection Act 2018 or under exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000
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Script of material
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
The lighthouse was completed in 1855 and was the first prefabricated cast iron lighthouse built in Australia. It was built from segments shipped from Britain and bolted together on site. In the late 1970s a new lighthouse was built on Troubridge Hill. In 1981 the Troubridge Island light was fully automated and demanned. Alexander Gordon was a director of the Royal Polytechnic Institution.