Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse

33°34′49″S 151°19′47″E / 33.580147°S 151.329796°E / -33.580147; 151.329796

Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse
Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse
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LocationBroken Bay, Northern Beaches Council, New South Wales, Australia Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates33°34′49″S 151°19′47″E / 33.580147°S 151.329796°E / -33.580147; 151.329796
Tower
Constructed1881 Edit this on Wikidata
ConstructionHawkesbury Sandstone (tower) Edit this on Wikidata
Automated1932 Edit this on Wikidata
Height20 m (66 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
ShapeCylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markingsunpainted (tower), white (lantern) Edit this on Wikidata
Power sourcemains electricity Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorNSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Edit this on Wikidata
HeritageHeritage Act — State Heritage Register Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1881 Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height113 m (371 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Lens2nd order Chance Brothers Fresnel lens[1]
Intensity75,000 candela Edit this on Wikidata
Range12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl(4) W 20s Edit this on Wikidata
Official nameBarrenjoey Head Lightstation
TypeState heritage (built)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.979
TypeLighthouse Tower
CategoryTransport – Water
BuildersIsaac Banks, Builder

The Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse is a heritage-listed lighthouse at Barrenjoey Headland in the Sydney suburb of Palm Beach, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by James Barnet, the New South Wales Colonial Architect and built by Isaac Banks. It is also known as Barrenjoey Head Lightstation. The property is owned by Office of Environment and Heritage, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. The lightstation was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

Completed in 1881, the current lighthouse is the third light constructed on the Barrenjoey headland in the Northern Beaches district of Sydney.[2] The light is automated and operated by Transport for NSW; while the buildings and headland are managed by the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service as part of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.

  1. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Northern New South Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  2. ^ "Barrenjoey Head Lightstation". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00979. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.