Due to the many shipwrecks to the South and West of Bruny Island, one of which was "George 111" convict transport with the loss of 130 lives, mostly convits in 1833, it was decided to build a lighthouse on Cape Bruny.

The lighthouse was commenced in 1836, built entirely by convits and constructed of local stone. Completed in 1838, the original light was fueled by sperm oil. Some years later it was converted to kerosene and eventually to generated electricity.

The top of the lighthouse is three hundred and thirty-nine feet above sea level and the tower is forty-feet hight.

Cape Bruny lighthouse was the oldest manned lighthouse in Australia and was only recently de-manned. There is a caretaker still living on the station.

The maker of these model lighthouses, Tony Parsey, is a retired lightkeeper, and was the second last official head-keeper at Cape Bruny lightstation.

Replica of Bruny Island Lighthouse
Weight: 56kg
Height: 84 cm
Price: $300 Aus