From Dusk to Dawn – A History of Australian Lighthouses
Published by Macmillan Australia in association with the Department of Transport and Communications, 1988
Written by historian Gordon Reid to coincide with Australia’s Bicentenary, From Dusk to Dawn is an authoritative history of how Australia and its system of coastal lights developed. It entwines early exploration of Australia’s coastline with British rule and explains the challenges faced by the home rulers trying to balance domestic needs with those of a new colony shaping up as a rich trade and immigration destination. Continue reading →

Lighthouses of Australia – Images from the End of an Era
by John Ibbotson, Published by Australian Lighthouse Traders, 2001
Lighthouses of Australia is the ultimate large-format pictorial guide to lighthouses around the Australian coastline. It’s a reference book with a difference: it gives historical and technical information about the lights as well as beautiful photographs capturing the lighthouses and their locations. This is book at home on your reference shelf or coffee table. Continue reading →

 Shipwreck! was written by Kathleen A. Foster and published by Philadelphia Museum of Art to coincide with an exhibition at the Museum in 2012. Winslow Homer’s painting, The Life Line – even on a book cover – captures the emotional drama and peril of a shipwreck rescue in the 1880s. The Life Line was acclaimed … Continue reading →