Cleaning the lens of the lighthouse on Dangerous Reef

Dangerous Reef is a small island near the mouth of Spencer Gulf, South Australia. The lighthouse was placed there in 1911. Since 1989, the island has been part of the Sir Joseph Banks Group Conservation Park.

This image comes from the Australian News and Information Bureau collection, now held in the National Archives. This vast archival resource is the legacy of nearly half a century’s work by Bureau photographers who captured hundreds of thousands of photographs of Australians at work and play.