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Name: Raine Island Monument  

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Also known as: Raine Island Beacon

Nearest Town or City:
Lockhart, , Australia

Location:

Managing Organization:
Raine Island Corporation

Website: http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/about_the_epa/structure/associated_bodies/raine_island_corporation/

Notes:
This tower was never lighted; it always served as a daybeacon only. It was constructed by convict labor. The Raine Island Corporation restored the tower in 1994. Raine Island, in the Great Barrier Reef, has the world's largest population of nesting green turtles.

Description of Tower: Unpainted cylindrical stone tower.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1844

Date Present Tower Built: 1844

Current Use: Daybeacon.

Open To Public? No.