[1] The lighthouse was 8 metres (26 ft) high, made of a timber frame clad with zinc-annealed[2] galvanized corrugated iron sheets.

[5] Standing at an elevation of 29 metres (95 ft),[nb 3] it showed a characteristic of a group of red and white flashes every six seconds (Gr.

[2] The lighthouse was originally manned, and a small cottage accommodated the keeper and his family.

In March 1920 John Lawson was lost at sea when a small fishing boat capsized.

[nb 2] The light was converted to an automatic acetylene gas burner (carbide lamp).