Troubridge Island Lighthouse


Troubridge Island Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse in the Australian state of South Australia located on Troubridge Island in Gulf St Vincent about southwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about southeast by east of Edithburgh on Yorke Peninsula.

History

It was commissioned in 1856 as a means to reduce losses caused by the stranding of ships on the Troubridge Shoals. It was converted to automatic operation in 1981 and decommissioned in 2001. Its role as a navigation aid was taken over progressively from 1980 by a new lighthouse located on Troubridge Hill to the west of the Troubridge Shoals.
In 1978, the lighthouse was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.
The former Troubridge Island lighthouse and its adjacent Troubridge Island Lighthouse Keepers' Cottages which are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register are now part of the tourist attractions offered within the Troubridge Island Conservation Park.