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Cape Byron Lighthouse
Australia. New South Wales
Cape Byron Lightstation stands on the most easterly point of mainland Australia and was first lit in 1901. Its principal first-order optic and mercury-float pedestal were made by Henry-Lepaute of Paris, so the main light is not a Chance Brothers product. The New South Wales State Heritage Register does, however, record Chance Brothers content at the station: a 15-inch red-sector light dated 1889, and Chance lantern fabric associated with the lighthouse. The site is included on this map for those documented Chance components, not for the main optic. Verified via the LUX Light Archive (Vasily Korablev), 2026.
| Manufacture Date | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Lighthouse Construction | 1901 |
| Country | Australia. New South Wales |
| Lens Type | Main optic: Henry-Lepaute of Paris (first-order), on a mercury-float pedestal — not a Chance product. Chance Brothers content: a 15-inch red-sector light dated 1889, plus documented Chance lantern fabric (per the NSW State Heritage Register). Listed here for its Chance components. |
| Status | publish |
| Coordinates | -28.63806,153.63611 |
| Data Source | Added via LUX Light Archive (Vasily Korablev, lux143.org). Chance components — 15-inch red-sector light (1889) and Chance lantern fabric — per the NSW State Heritage Register; principal optic is Henry-Lepaute of Paris. Included as a Chance-component site. |
Some information on this page was contributed by the LUX Light Archive (Vasily Korablev), reused with permission.
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