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Series details for: D26
Series number
D26
Title
Lighthouse log books, Cape Willoughby (Sturt Light), chronological series
Accumulation dates
01 May 1852 - 31 Dec 1966
Contents dates
01 May 1852 - 31 Dec 1966
Items in this series on RecordSearch
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Agency/person recording
  • 01 May 1852 - 31 Dec 1966
    CA 1265, Lighthouse, Cape Willoughby (Sturt Light) [South Australia]
Agency/person controlling
  • 01 Jan 1991 -
    CA 7204, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Southern Region
Quantity and location
  • 2.18 metres held in ACT
System of arrangement/ control
Chronological
Range of control symbols
01 May 1852 to 31 Aug 1966
Predominant physical format
BOUND VOLUMES
Series note

This series consists of 49 bound volumes containing daily details of local weather and remarks on operational activities and events at the station signed by the keeper on duty. For the period 1853 to 1917 and 1923 to 1925 daily comments on sea conditions are also included. Not all the logbooks are extant. Notably the volumes for the following periods are missing:

09 Mar 1897 to 16 Oct 1898
18 Apr 1920 to 05 May 1921
16 May 1922 to 25 May 1922

The logbooks are fragile and suffer the following:
Mould, fading ink, loose pages, spine and cover damage.

D26 was relocated from South Australia to the ACT In September 2021.

Subsequent series unregistered

1931: Record of passing vessels, 1931-1940
1933: Requisitions Book, 1933-1941 
1940: Head Lightkeeper's General Order Book, 1940-1943
Subsequent series
  • 01 Jan 1966
    D2154, Lighthouse logbook and monthly return of weather, Cape Willoughby,(forms LH4), chronological series,
Related series
  •  
    D2037, Visitors books, Cape Willoughby Lighthouse, chronological series
  •  
    D2039, Monthly Fuel and Oil Statements, Cape Willoughby, chronological series
  •  
    D2153, Navigational Aid Station Log, (forms LH4 and NA36), Cape Willoughby chronological series,
  •  
    D2925, Half yearly returns of children on Cape Willoughby Lightstation (form LH3), chronological series
  • 01 Jan 1940 - 29 Nov 1943
    D41, Head Lightkeeper's general order book,Cape Willoughby Lighthouse (Sturt Light),chronological series.
Visibility & availability indicator
  • 73 . All items from the series are on RecordSearch
Date registered
02 Oct 1987

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