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 Register on 21 October 1992.
Beacon built at Raines Islet by Edwin Augustus Porcher, 1844
Raine Island Beacon, 1983
Raine Island is a vegetated coral cay 32 hectares in total area situated on the outer edges of the Great Barrier Reef off northeastern Australia. It lies approximately 620 km (390 mi) north-northwest of Cairns in Queensland, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east-northeast of Cape Grenville on the Cape York Peninsula.
Raines Islet on the Great Barrier Reef by Edwin Augustus Porcher, painted 1844
A green turtle. Raine Island harbours the largest population of these sea creatures in the world.