Supplies arrive at Eddystone Point Lighthouse

It took 10 years to complete the lighthouse at Eddystone Point, now situated within the Mount William National Park in the north-east of Tasmania. Completed in 1889, the light was serviced by sea until it was made accessible by road in the 1930s.

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