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The lighthouses pictured are:
South Australia, 1858.
Illustration area:
1. Smoky Cape, north of Kempsey, New South Wales. Architect's
drawings, 1890.
2. Cape Don, Coburg Peninsula, Northern Territory, 1917 (the first
lighthouse to be built after the establishment of the Commonwealth
Lighthouse Service).
3. Spiral Staircase, Point Hicks, Victoria,
1890, (celebrating its centenary this year).
4. Low Head, at the entrance to the
Tamar River, Tasmania, 1888.
5. View through the lens, Cape Byron,
New South Wales, 1901.
6. Sugarloaf Point, near Forster,
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New South Wales, 1875.
7. Coat of Arms, Macquarie Lighthouse, South Head, Port Jackson, 1881.
8. Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, 1859.
75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE
1915-1990
More than 300 lighthouses help provide safe passage around Australia's
36,700 km of coastline. The Commonwealth Lighthouse Service began
on 1 July 1915 when the Federal Government took over the six former
colonial lighthouse services. The service was based on a stock of 19th
century manned lighthouses, hitherto owned by the six colonies. Most are
now unmanned and fitted with automated lights. The Service is managed
by the Department of Transport and Communications.
Designer: Carolyn Limonta, Australia Post Graphic Design Studio.
Photographs: Cape Don: Bert Wiedemann, NT Government. All others
from Dept. Transport and Communications.
Sender's name and address:
POST OFFICE
Australia Post
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