Raine Island Beacon
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Raine Island Beacon is a heritage-listed beacon at the eastern end of Raine Island, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1844 by convicts. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Regi
Beacon built at Raines Islet by Edwin Augustus Porcher, 1844
Raine Island Beacon, 1983
John T. Arundel
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John T. Arundel was an English entrepreneur who was instrumental in the development of the mining of phosphate rock on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Banaba. Williams & Macdonald described him as "a
Raine Island Beacon
…Though serving as a landmark for shipping and used by crews, the beacon soon became obsolete after the northern passage was discovered. In 1890 the JT Arundel Company began mining guano on Raine Island, with a workforce of 100 Chinese. Their extensive quarries are evident over much of the island, though there is…
John T Arundel portrait
Phosphate rock used as door stop