Citadel Island

Citadel Island is a small, rugged, granite island in the Glennie group of islands off the west coast of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia. It is the site of the first automatic acetylene powered lighthouse installed by Australia’s Commonwealth Lighthouse Service. There is no public access. The island is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.^[1]

Lighthouse

The lighthouse was built in 1913. In 1982, it replaced by a GRP cabinet while the light was converted to solar power. The old lantern was dismantled in 1992 and removed to Port Albert, where it was restored for display at the Port Albert Maritime Museum in 2004.

External links

• Port Albert Maritime Museum

References

• Ibbotson, John (2004). Lighthouses of Australia. Images from the end of an era.. Surrey Hills, VIC 3127: Australian Lighthouse Traders. pp. 82. ISBN 0-646-41674-X. 
• "Citadel Island lighthouse restored". John Ibbotson. Lighthouses of Australia. http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/Bulletin/0408/Bulletin%20Aug%2004.htm#Citadel. Retrieved 18 March 2010. 
• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Victoria". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/vic.htm. Retrieved 18 March 2010.