South Head Signal Station

Public building

Signal station established for shipping since 1797, and now used for small and recreational boating.

South Head Signal Station

by Robin Derricourt, 2008

 

For the colony's first 50 years the signal station was a basic lookout hut, a flagpole and a signal staff for semaphore flag signals. A new signal house was built in 1841, and added to over the years, until the station went out of official use in 1992. Now run by volunteers, the station provides visual signals for recreational sailors.
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