1876
1877 replaced in 1995
Australia
1st order
Revolving
Inactive
white painted steel
The screw pile lighthouse over the Tipara (this is the more usual spelling) Reef in Moonta Bay was the first lighthouse in Spencer Gulf and was operational from August 1877. Prior to this a lightship was stationed over the reef. The pyramidal skeletal tower is very like the Cape Jaffa Lighthouse on Margaret Brock reef in the state’s south-east.
Tipara Reef lighthouse was the first lighthouse in Spencer Gulf. It used a Chance Brothers first order apparatus for its light. The light’s platform was well frequented by birds and a major task of visiting service crews was the removal of nests. Tipara Reef Lighthouse was replaced by a light tower at Warburton Point on the adjacent mainland in 1995. The tower of the old Tipara Reef light now stands in Wallaroo at the Maritime Museum (https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/wallaroo-heritage-and-nautical-museum/) . There is a small beacon on the remnants of the platform.
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Tipara Reef (original platform): Latitude: -34.070068359 Longitude: 137.393173217