Parriwi Head Light

Parriwi Head Light
	Parriwi Head Light, off Parriwi Road, Mosman NSW
Location	Mosman; New South Wales; Australia
Coordinates	33°48′43.7″S 151°14′46.95″E / 33.812139°S 151.2463750°E
Tower
Constructed	1911
Construction	concrete tower
Height	50 feet (15 m)
Shape	cylindrical] domed tower
Markings	white tower and lantern
Operator	Mosman Municipal Council
Light
Focal height	142 feet (43 m)
Range	12 nautical miles (22 km)
Characteristic	Fl G 3s.

Parriwi Head Light, also known as Rosherville Light and Port Jackson Entrance Range Rear Light, is an active lighthouse located just off Parriwi Road, near Rosherville Reserve on the south side of Middle Harbour in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. It serves as the rear range light, Grotto Point Light serving as the front light, into Port Jackson. Grotto Point Light is located almost exactly 1 mile (1.6 km) (1,690 yards (1,550 m) to be exact) in front of Parriwi Head Light.

It is one of four lighthouses in a style now sometimes called "Disney Castle", the others being Grotto Point Light, Vaucluse Bay Range Front Light and Vaucluse Bay Range Rear Light.^[2]

The light is shone through a horizontal slit just below the dome.

Site operation

The light is operated by the Sydney Ports Corporation, while the site is managed by the Mosman Municipal Council as part of the Parriwi Lighthouse Park.

Visiting

The site is open and accessible to the public, but the tower itself is closed.

References

^ According to Directory of Lighthouses. "SeaSide Lights" lists 27 feet (8.2 m).
^ Morcombe, John (7 August 2015). "The master mariner who was a leading light behind the leading line". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

List of Lights, Pub. 111: The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 126.
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Southern New South Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
Searle, Garry. "List of Lighthouses - New South Wales". Lighthouses of Australia. SeaSide Lights.

External links

Media related to Parriwi Head Light at Wikimedia Commons
"List of Lighthouses of New South Wales". Lighthouses of Australia. Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
Grant and Tracey's Lighthouse Pages – Rosherrville Light

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[1] According to Directory of Lighthouses. "SeaSide Lights" lists 27 feet (8.2 m).

[2] Morcombe, John (7 August 2015). "The master mariner who was a leading light behind the leading line". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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v t e Lighthouses of New South Wales and Jervis Bay Territory
North Coast	Fingal Head Cape Byron Richmond River Clarence River North Solitary Island South Solitary Island Smoky Cape Tacking Point Crowdy Head Sugarloaf Point Nelson Head Point Stephens Nobbys Head Norah Head
Outside Sydney Harbour	Barrenjoey Hornby Macquarie Cape Baily
Inside Sydney Harbour	Grotto Point Bradleys Head Fort Denison Robertson Point Parriwi Head Eastern Channel Western Channel Vaucluse Bay – Front Vaucluse Bay – Rear Shark Island
South Coast	Wollongong Head Wollongong Breakwater Kiama Crookhaven Heads Point Perpendicular Cape St George Warden Head Burrewarra Point Montague Island Green Cape
See also List of lighthouses in Australia

Site operation

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