HMAS Watson
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HMAS Watson is a Royal Australian Navy base on Sydney Harbour at South Head, near Watsons Bay in Sydney, Australia. Commissioned in 1945, the base served as the RAN's radar training school. In 1956, t
HMAS Watson from Sydney Harbour in 2021
Macquarie Lighthouse
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The Macquarie Lighthouse, also known as South Head Upper Light, is the first, and is the longest serving, lighthouse site in Australia. It is located on Dunbar Head, on Old South Head Road, Vaucluse i
HMAS Watson
…settled. Watson later becoming boatswain, senior harbour pilot and harbourmaster of the new colony. In 1818, Governor Lachlan Macquarie commissioned the Macquarie Lighthouse appointing Watson as the first superintendent of the lighthouse. Today, the Macquarie Lighthouse is depicted in the centre of the crest of HMS Watson…
Macquarie Lighthouse, Dunbar Head
The first Macquarie Lighthouse, built 1816–18 photograph taken in the 1870s; from the 'Papers of James Barnet'
De Meritens generators at the Macquarie Lighthouse engine room
Crossley coal gas engine at the Macquarie Lighthouse engine room