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Browse Island
Admiralty Reference # 1642
1945, 1958 - present
Ralph Meakins Collection
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Photo by Ralph Meakins |
Photo by Lyndon O'Grady |
An acetylene powered light was first established in
1945. The light was converted to solar power in 1985, operating an
electric FA 251 beacon. The bolted steel square lattice framework tower (above)
was built in 1958 and held a white flashing light at an elevation of 39m at the
southern end of the island off Derby.
(Cummins et al.)
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This ship wreck is on the Register of the
National Estate (database# 010175) as, while it was so exposed, it provides an opportunity for
studying the structural details of a large nineteenth century iron sailing
vessel, typical of ones which played an important role in the development
of colonial Western Australia. Records show at least 6 wrecks on Browse in
1870-90 when guano was mined
Photo by Ralph Meakins |
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