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Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse is situated on South East Point, Wilsons Promontory
South East Point, Wilsons Promontory

South East Point lies on the southerly tip of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria , Australia. South East Point is located at . It commands sensational views of Bass Strait, Australia and is a major landmark for all ships travelling between the southern Australian ports and the Pacific Ocean....
,Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. From its pont on the peninsular, it commands almost 360° views of Bass Strait. The Wilson's Promontory lighthouse is the southernmost lighthouse on mainland Victoria. The walk from the nearest town, Tidal River
Tidal River, Wilsons Promontory

Tidal River is a river in Wilsons Promontory National Park, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria , Australia. It is also a permanent camping ground that takes its name from the river, which flows past the camping ground to the north, and provides it with all its fresh water....
 is well worth it to experience its spectacular location.

The lighthouse
Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens or, in older times, from a fire and used as an aid to navigation and to Maritime pilot at sea....
 protects shipping travelling through Bass Strait. The Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse is the main part of the Wilsons Promontory Lightstation.

Wilson's Promontory Lighthouse was constructed with the use of convict
Convict

A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison", sometimes referred to in slang as simply a "con"....
 labour over a period of approximately 7 years starting in 1853 through to completion in 1859.






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Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse is situated on South East Point, Wilsons Promontory
South East Point, Wilsons Promontory

South East Point lies on the southerly tip of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria , Australia. South East Point is located at . It commands sensational views of Bass Strait, Australia and is a major landmark for all ships travelling between the southern Australian ports and the Pacific Ocean....
,Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. From its pont on the peninsular, it commands almost 360° views of Bass Strait. The Wilson's Promontory lighthouse is the southernmost lighthouse on mainland Victoria. The walk from the nearest town, Tidal River
Tidal River, Wilsons Promontory

Tidal River is a river in Wilsons Promontory National Park, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria , Australia. It is also a permanent camping ground that takes its name from the river, which flows past the camping ground to the north, and provides it with all its fresh water....
 is well worth it to experience its spectacular location.

The lighthouse
Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens or, in older times, from a fire and used as an aid to navigation and to Maritime pilot at sea....
 protects shipping travelling through Bass Strait. The Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse is the main part of the Wilsons Promontory Lightstation.

History

The Wilson's Promontory Lighthouse was constructed with the use of convict
Convict

A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison", sometimes referred to in slang as simply a "con"....
 labour over a period of approximately 7 years starting in 1853 through to completion in 1859. The lighthouse stands tall and along with the keepers' cottage is constructed from local granite
Granite

Granite is a common and widely occurring type of Intrusion , felsic, igneous rock rock . Granite has a medium to coarse texture, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as Porphyry ....
.

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