Cape Ronsard Lighthouse ( Bernier Island)

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Cape Ronsard (Bernier Is)

Admiralty Reference # 1717
1961, 1985 - present

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Photos by Ralph Meakin

The steel cylindrical tower above which was built in 1961, supported a white flashing light powered by acetylene gas. It was removed and replaced with a GRP cabinet when the light was converted to solar power in 1985. (Cummings et al)

Bernier Island Source: Australian Hydrographic excerpt of Chart 747 -1994