Tag: Macquarie Lighthouse

  • Macquarie Lighthouse

    Macquarie Lighthouse

    by Jeremy Clark, S/V Kai Rani Primitive open fire signals apparently sufficed the early Sydney settlement for its first 26 years . In November 1814, however, the energetic Governor Lachlan Macquarie * requested the services of architect Frances Greenaway (convict). Greenaway suggested that a revolving light should be erected. At either south or North Head…