Althorpe Islands
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The Althorpe Islands are a group of islands in the Investigator Strait, off the south-western tip of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The group includes Althorpe Island and two rocky islets immediate
Althorpe Island, South Australia
Althorpe Island lighthouse, South Australia, 1900 – State Library of South Australia – PRG280 1 5 279
A steamship at the Althorpe Island jetty 1905 – State Library of South Australia PRG280 1 5 85
Cape Spencer is a headland in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south west tip of Yorke Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Inneston. It was named after George Spencer, 2nd Earl
Althorpe Islands
…first light in 1879 until it was demanned in 1991. C. A. Unbehaun supervised the laying of a submarine telephone cable in 1886 from the Althorpes to Cape Spencer. In 1961, Althorpe Island Airstrip was established with the purpose of servicing the lighthouse, and Commodore Aviation began flying in supplies and…
Path to Cape Spencer lighthouse, Innes National Park
Innes National Park, looking west towards Cape Spencer