Hornby Lighthouse
The Hornby Lighthouse, is located at the entrance to Sydney Harbour, was built as a harbour light. The lighthouse was build in 1858, immediately after the tragic wrecking of the Dunbar on South Head. All on board, bar one, perished.
The lighthouse can be reached by a pleasant stroll along the South Head Heritage Trail through Sydney Harbour National Park, starting at Camp Cove.
The Hornby Lighthouse at South Head was built by public demand after the tragic shipwrecks of the Dunbar and the Catherine Adamson. It was a circular tapered tower constructed with curved dressed sandstone with the light standing 9 metres above ground level. It was designed by colonial architect, Alexander Dawson. The lighthouse tower has distinctive red and white vertical stripes.
The Sydney Harbour Trust assumed responsibility for the Hornby Light in 1900 and undertook renovations. For many years after automation in 1933, the little lighthouse sat neglected and the station and its cottages were later to become a victim of a dispute between the Commonwealth and the State government as to the future of the site.
The area is now part of the Sydney Harbour National Park administered by the Parks & Wildlife NSW.
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