Point Troubride. This modern1980 lighthouse replaced the old 19th century lighthouse on Troubridge Island southern Yorke Peninsula. Made from specially fired clay bricks.
Port Moorowie and Troubridge Point Lighthouse.
The tiny settlement of Port Moorowie refers back to the pastoral era. Moorowie station which stretched from Hardwick Bay on Spencers Gulf to Port Moorowie on St Vincent Gulf was centred on Warooka. The station took its name from a Narrunga word meaning “sandy water”. Most of the station leasehold was resumed by the government in 1869 for the survey of the Hundred of Moorowie which was to be part of the experimental Agricultural Area established by the 1869 Strangways Act. This allowed farmers to buy farms with ten percent deposit of the land price which had to be repaid in four years. A port to service the farms was surveyed around 1871.But alas the private town of Yorketown was created in 1872 and Port Moorowie never developed. However a jetty was erected in 1882 and farmers did send loads of wheat and some salt off in ketches to Port Adelaide. This ceased in 1938 when it was cheaper to truck grain to Edithburgh for despatch to Port Adelaide.
Not far from Port Moorowie a very significant shipwreck occurred along this coast. The Clan Ranald sank in January 1909. 40 lives were lost and only 24 seamen were saved. The disaster happened after the introduction of the White Australia Policy thus the British Officers were buried in the main part of the Edithburgh cemetery and the Philippino and Indian crew were buried in an unmarked mass grave at the rear of the cemetery. The 20 surviving and injured seamen were immediately deported as they contravened the White Australia Policy. After this the federal government had to change the act to allow injured and wrecked seamen to recover before being deported! In recent years a plaque naming the Asian seamen has been erected in the cemetery. There is a small memorial to this shipwreck near the Troubridge Point Lighthouse. The lighthouse itself is constructed with special clay bricks to withstand high winds and earthquakes. The light has a range of 22 nautical miles. The area is known for the treacherous seas of the Troubridge Shoal and by 1911 the shoals had claimed nineteen ships. This modern Point Troubridge Lighthouse was built on the mainland in 1980 to replace the Troubridge Shoal Lighthouse. The light itself is 62 metres above sea level.
Point Troubride. This modern1980 lighthouse replaced the old 19th century lighthouse on Troubridge Island southern Yorke Peninsula. Made from specially fired clay bricks.
Port Moorowie and Troubridge Point Lighthouse.
The tiny settlement of Port Moorowie refers back to the pastoral era. Moorowie station which stretched from Hardwick Bay on Spencers Gulf to Port Moorowie on St Vincent Gulf was centred on Warooka. The station took its name from a Narrunga word meaning “sandy water”. Most of the station leasehold was resumed by the government in 1869 for the survey of the Hundred of Moorowie which was to be part of the experimental Agricultural Area established by the 1869 Strangways Act. This allowed farmers to buy farms with ten percent deposit of the land price which had to be repaid in four years. A port to service the farms was surveyed around 1871.But alas the private town of Yorketown was created in 1872 and Port Moorowie never developed. However a jetty was erected in 1882 and farmers did send loads of wheat and some salt off in ketches to Port Adelaide. This ceased in 1938 when it was cheaper to truck grain to Edithburgh for despatch to Port Adelaide.
Not far from Port Moorowie a very significant shipwreck occurred along this coast. The Clan Ranald sank in January 1909. 40 lives were lost and only 24 seamen were saved. The disaster happened after the introduction of the White Australia Policy thus the British Officers were buried in the main part of the Edithburgh cemetery and the Philippino and Indian crew were buried in an unmarked mass grave at the rear of the cemetery. The 20 surviving and injured seamen were immediately deported as they contravened the White Australia Policy. After this the federal government had to change the act to allow injured and wrecked seamen to recover before being deported! In recent years a plaque naming the Asian seamen has been erected in the cemetery. There is a small memorial to this shipwreck near the Troubridge Point Lighthouse. The lighthouse itself is constructed with special clay bricks to withstand high winds and earthquakes. The light has a range of 22 nautical miles. The area is known for the treacherous seas of the Troubridge Shoal and by 1911 the shoals had claimed nineteen ships. This modern Point Troubridge Lighthouse was built on the mainland in 1980 to replace the Troubridge Shoal Lighthouse. The light itself is 62 metres above sea level.