Also known as South Head Upper Light, was the first, and is the longest serving, lighthouse site in Australia. It is located on Dunbar Head, Vaucluse, about 2 kilometres (1 mi) south of South Head) near the entrance to Sydney Harbour.
Macquarie Lighthouse (N.S.W.)
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[Martens, Conrad] 1801-1878 :[Macquarie Lighthouse at South Head, Port Jackson, Sydney....
Date: 1850
By: Martens, Conrad, 1801-1878; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
Reference: A-085-010
Description: View of Macquarie Lighthouse above cliffs. A couple walk towards the lighthouse A hand-coloured copy in the National Library of Australia has the title The lighthouse Port Jackson [1850], Plate 2 ... of Sketches in the environs of Sydney, 1850 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 269 x 361 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull, one of six lithographs by Conrad Martens acquired by him (A-085-008 to -013)
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Leitch, W A :Leitch album
Date: Before 1894
By: Leitch, W A, active 1894; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Tyree Brothers (Firm)
Reference: PA1-o-260
Description: Album of scenic views of Tasmania, Sydney and wider New South Wales, and of New Zealand, both North and South Islands. Views of lighthouses include Derwent Lighthouse (Tasmania), Macquarie Lighthouse (South Head, Sydney), and Farewell Spit Lighthouse (Tasman Region, New Zealand). The New Zealand photographs are nearly all taken by Josiah Martin, and include one that is a collage of scenes he photographed, and one of Maori weapons, with captions to say they were deposited [in Auckland Museum] by Captain Gilbert Mair. A photograph attached to the inside of the back cover is of the Farewell Spit Lighthouse, and was taken by the Tyree Brothers firm Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - W.A. Leitch. 1894 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled `Photographs' in gold lettering, with `Leitch' lettered in gold on spine; 21.5 x 28.5 cm Provenance: Purchase
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Carmichael, John, 1811?-1857 :Light house from the open sea. Select views of Sydney, Ne...
Date: 1829
By: Carmichael, John, 1803-1857
Reference: A-085-005
Description: A vignette showing Macquarie Lighthouse above the cliffs at the Heads, Sydney. The frontispiece from John Carmichael's Select views of Sydney, the engraving includes the book's title above and below the image. Mat adhered to print Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 267 x 205 mm
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Pope, William Rattray, 1873-1954 : Letter to his father
Date: 5 Sep 1896
By: Pope, William Rattray, 1873-1954
Reference: MS-Papers-2989
Description: Written from Macquarie Lighthouse, South Head. Writes to let his father know he will not be writing again unless something extraordinary happens to Mattie and the little one. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph