Sandy Cape Lighthouse

USC22_0006 The sole white inhabitants are the people at Sandy Cape Lighthouse, and the light at Hook Point, and these are 70 miles apart. The Sandy Cape dioptric light stands in a circular 85-feet iron tower 315 feet above sea-level, and flashes every half-minute. It was erected in 1872. USC22_0007 Wocco: mopoke (Site of Sandy Cape Lighthouse) --- Geelgann: (Near lighthouse) USC65_0008 These lakes are so close together that I had to zig- -zag about a good deal when I was building the 60-mile telegraph-line to Sandy Cape Lighthouse in 1885. No timber or anyting else of use or value is here. USC91_0014 5. 6. 3. For more than a century the island has provided a base for essential services such as the Sandy Cape and Double Island Point Lighthouses. Provision of some navigation facilities is seen as compatible with the region's use. USC91_0043 As the top end reverts to true wilderness with the phasing out of Orchid Beach, the need to staff the lighthouse may be reviewed on the basis of the frequency of visits that the station receives from island visitors. USC281_0004 Flinders proceeded, landed three parties at Sandy Cape near where Sandy Cape lighthouse stands. One party collected firewood, another party of six naturalists under botanist Brown studied the flora whilst Flinders befriended the aboriginals whom he considered extremely numerous and of good physique. USC281_0006 The Sandy Cape lighthouse was built in 1881. USC295_0004 There was a radar station near the Sandy Cape Lighthouse. During the 1970's the isolation of the Top End has been broken down - a little to the chagrin of the light keepers who enjoyed the quiet serenity of the lofty, remote homes. The first inroads came with the sandmining leases. USC295_0007 Pat and Mrs. Seery were at the telephone station near the mouth of Bogimbah Creek to the mainland underwater and to the Sandy Cape Lighthouse. They lived over five miles from us. USC295_0011 Having left the sawmill he went into contracting business which led him to build a telephone line from Bogimbah to Sandy Cape Lighthouse 1885. USC313_0004 The 1870s saw increasing activity on the island. Sandy Cape lighthouse was erected in 1870. USC618_0001 The sole white inhabitants are the people at Sandy Cape Lighthouse, and the light at Hook Point, and these are 70 miles apart. The Sandy Cape dioptric light stands in a circular 85-feet iron tower, 315 feet above sea-level, and flashes every half-minute. It was erected in 1872. USC1040_0003 Stage 3 is in the more remote area between the Wathumba Road and Sandy Cape. Because of the zoning it is not proposed to do more than define a route through this area which would involve going from to Ocean Lake and then to Lake Wanhar and then following an old (now largely overgrown) mineral exploration track north west to the Sandy Cape Lighthouse.