page_title: List of state heritage places in the District Council of Grant
section_title: Cape Northumberland Lighthouse
hierarchical_section_title: List of state heritage places in the District Council of Grant / List of state heritage places / Cape Northumberland Lighthouse
caption_attribution_description: English: The lighthouse at Cape Northumberland, South Australia.
context_page_description: List of state heritage places in the District Council of Grant is a list of sites in the Australian state of South Australia known as state heritage places which are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register and are located within the boundaries of the local government area known as District Council of Grant in the state's south east.
context_section_description: Cape Northumberland Lighthouse (38°03′23″S 140°40′03″E) is located in the gazetted locality of Port MacDonnell on the headland known as Cape Northumberland.  It was added to the state heritage register on 24 July 1980.  Its significance is reported in the Australian Heritage Database as follows:
   Cape Northumberland Lighthouse, built in 1881, is significant for its association with South Australia's maritime and economic history, and illustrates the colony's dependence on the sea for transportation at this time.  There has been a lighthouse at Cape Northumberland since 1857.
caption: Cape Northumberland lighthouse, State Library of South Australia PRG 280-1-40-198
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