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Lighthouse Service from 1915 onwards.
Large dioptric lenses, such as that shown in Figure 9, gradually decreased in popularity due to cost and the move towards unmanned automatic lighthouses. By the early 1900s, Australia had stopped ordering these lenses with the last installed at Eclipse Island in Western Australia in 1927. Smaller Fresnel lenses continued to be produced and installed until the 1970s when plastic lanterns, still utilising Fresnel's technology, were favoured instead. Acetylene remained in use until it was finally phased out in the 1990s.
In the current day, Australian lighthouses are lit and extinguished automatically using mains power, diesel generators, and solar-voltaic systems.

Figure 10. Dalén's system – sunvalve, mixer, flasher (Source: AMSA)
  3.2  The Commonwealth lighthouse service
When the Australian colonies federated in 1901, it was decided that the new Commonwealth Government would be responsible for coastal lighthouses. This included only the major lights used by vessels travelling from port to port, not the minor lights used for navigation within harbours and rivers. There was a delay before this new arrangement came into effect and the existing lights continued to be operated by the states.
Since 1915, various Commonwealth departments have managed lighthouses. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), established under the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 (Cth), is now responsible for operating Commonwealth lighthouses and other marine aids to navigation, along with its other functions.
  3.3  New South Wales lighthouse service administration
The table below details the timeline of lighthouse service administration from 1915 to present.
Time Period  Administration
1915 – 1927  Lighthouse Branch No. 3 District New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, Sydney headquarters.

1927 – 1963  Deputy Director of Lighthouses and Navigation, New South Wales.

1963 – 1972  Department of Shipping and Transport, Regional Controller, New South Wales.

1972 – 1977  Department of Transport [III], New South Wales Region / (from 1973) Surface Transport Group, New South Wales region.

1977 – 1982  Department of Transport [III], New South Wales region.

1982 – 1983  Department of Transport and Construction, regional office, New South Wales.

1983 – 1987  Department of Transport [IV], New South Wales regional office.

1987 – 1990  Department of Transport and Communications (Transport Group), New South Wales regional office.

1991 –       Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).

  3.4  Smoky Cape: a history
Aboriginal history
Further consultation with traditional stakeholders will be undertaken to gain a greater understanding of Smoky Cape's history. This plan will be updated in future versions to reflect the accumulation of information.
Early European history
On 13 May, 1770, Captain James Cook aboard the Endeavour passed a cape in the coastline. Cook described in his journal "a point or headland, on which we saw fires that produced a great quantity