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| Location | Point Lookout, Queensland, Queensland, Australia |
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| Year first constructed | 1932 |
| Construction | concrete |
| Tower shape | square |
| Markings / pattern | white |
| Height | 16 feet (4.9 m) |
| Focal height | 256 feet (78 m) |
| Range | 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl.(3)W. 15s |
| Admiralty number | K2852 |
| NGA number | 111-5860 |
| ARLHS number | AUS-195 |
Point Lookout Light is an active lighthouse on Point Lookout, a headland on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia.
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A proposal for a lighthouse and a signal station on Point Lookout were made as early as 1825.[1] A pilot station was built in 1825 elsewhere on the island, on Amity Point, lighting the South Passage into Moreton Bay.[2] In 1848 this pilot station was also moved.[1]
A lighthouse on Point Lookout was finally constructed in 1932, the first settlement at the point. The light source was a carbide lamp operated by acetylene gas, and a hut for storage of the gas cylinders was built at the close-by beach, which was to be named Cylinder Beach for this reason.[1]
The lighthouse is 16-foot (4.9 m) high, made of concrete and painted white.[3] The current display is three white flashes every 15 seconds (Fl.(3)W. 15s).[3]