Lens men. Keepers lived frontier lives at every extreme
of climate and the compass – from tropical outposts such
as Cape Don’s lighthouse on the NT’s remote Cobourg
Peninsula (left), to tiny isles such as South Neptune Island
(above) off Port Lincoln, SA. Visitors were a big event
and this 1909 party included, L–R: Captain J.H. Gibbon,
Harbour master I.W. Forbes, Arthur Searcy, P.D. Haggart,
F.W. Vasey and head keeper G.G. Duthie.LEFT: NAA; RIGHT: STATE LIBRARY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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