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used a number of sources of information. This includes the National Archives of Australia (NAA), the National Library of Australia (NLA) and AMSA's heritage collection.

  2.   Cape du Couedic Lighthouse site
   2.1  Location
Cape du Couedic Lighthouse lies off the coast of South Australia on Kangaroo Island. As Australia's third-largest island, Kangaroo Island is approximately 4405 kilometres-squared in size with its largest settlement being the township of Kingscote on the north-eastern coast.
The lighthouse is located on the far south-western shore of Kangaroo Island on Cape du Couedic Road, approximately 95.2 kilometres south-west of Kingscote, and approximately 209.9 kilometres south-west of South Australia's capital city, Adelaide.

 Lighthouse coordinates: 36° 03.4780' S, 136° 42.3250' E

Figure 3. Location of Cape du Couedic Lighthouse within Australia (Map data: Google Earth, SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO. Image: Landsat/Copernicus)
   2.2  Setting and landscape
The lighthouse is situated within Flinders Chase National Park. Comprised of three parcels of land, the park has an area of approximately 326.61 kilometres-squared.

The lightstation, constructed on a far south-western promontory of the island, consists of the lighthouse tower, three former keepers' cottages and store room. The collection of buildings are all within close proximity to each other on the promontory, and contribute to the visual aesthetic of the region. Although the lighthouse tower is the only building to have retained its original function, the site demonstrates a relatively intact lightstation.

Figure 4. Location of Cape du Couedic Lighthouse along Kangaroo Island coast (Map data: Google Earth, SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO. Image: Landsat/Copernicus)
Figure 5. Location of lighthouse on Cape du Couedic (Map data: Google Earth, SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO. Image: © 2022 CNES/Airbus, © 2022 TerraMetrics)
Fauna and flora
Kangaroo Island is considered a sanctuary for a number of floral and faunal species. Most species observed today were introduced around the turn of the 20th century. Flinders Chase National Park is also classified as an International Union for the Conservation of Nature Category II Protected Area.

Faunal species include:
       * Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
       * Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
       * Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
       * New Zealand fur-seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
       * Western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus)

Bird species on Kangaroo Island include:
       * Glossy black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)
       * White-bellied sea-eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
       * Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
       * Bush stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius)
       * Australian bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus)
       * Shy heath-wren (Hyacola cauta)
       * Bassian thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
       * Shining bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus)
       * Hooded plover (Thinornis rubricollis)
       * Cape Barren goose (Cereopis novaehollandiae)
       * Fairy tern (Sterna nereis)

Various feral species such as goat, pig and cat exist on the island with various strategies in place to contain such populations.

Native floral species on Kangaroo