Managing Organization: New Zealand Historic Places Trust
Website: http://www.historic.org.nz/Register/ListingDetail.asp?RID=34&rm=Brief&sm=
Notes: This was the first lighthouse in New Zealand, and the only lighthouse in New Zealand to ever have a woman keeper. It was replaced by Baring Head Lighthouse in 1935. Tower Height: 33 Description of Tower: White, octagonal cast iron tower; lantern roof is black.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1859 Date Present Tower Built: 1858 Date Deactivated: 1935 Current Use: Historic site. Open To Public? Grounds only. Directions: The lighthouse is accessible via a narrow rocky path running off Pencarrow Coast Road, past Eastbourne. Keepers: Mary Jane Bennett (1859-c. 1865), William Lyall (assistant, c. 1860), ? Parks (c. 1910), Hugh Jamieson (temporary, 1920)
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