Hornby Lighthouse is located at South Head, in the eastern suburb of Watsons Bay. It was built in 1858 by public demand after the tragic shipwrecks of the Dunbar and the Catherine Adamson in 1857. It was opened by Governor of New South Wales Sir William Thomas Denison and named after the family of his wife, whose father became Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, Commander in Chief of the British Pacific Fleet in the 1860s. The lighthouse was designed by colonial architect, Alexander Dawson.
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That is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colours. At the end, when a disaster occur, then a solution appear, not before.
ReplyDeletehttps://murciadailyphoto.blogspot.com/2012/07/cape-palos-lighthouse-faro-de-cabo-de_24.html here, the most recognized lghthouse at region of Murcia.
DeleteDid building a lighthouse prevent the tragedies that had happened earlier? Dying at sea must have been a terrible way to disappear.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it prevented future tragedies.
Delete...it's delightful.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful lighthouse. I would love to visit this lighthouse.
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