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16   Searle, G., First Order (2013), pg. 205.

   17  "Island's future threatened by automation," The Canberra Times, Jan 7, 1983 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti- cle/116441586?-searchTerm=montague%20island%20lighthouse&searchLimits=exactPhrase|||anyWords|||notWords|||reques- tHandler|||dateFrom|||dateTo|||sortby

3.7             Chronology of major events

 The table below details the major events to have occurred at the Montague Island Lightstation.

Date                                                                Event Details

1881
The Montague Island Lighthouse officially lit for the first time.
3 Dec 1894                                                         Assistant lightkeeper, Mr Townsend, killed in cart accident on Montague Island.
                                                                   Light keeper, Mr Emanuel Francis, wounded in an accident involving a burst gun on Montague Island. Francis had only recently arrived on the island to replace the previous assistant lightkeeper, the late Mr Townsend, who had been killed the week before.18

13 Dec 1894
5 Aug 1895                                                         Tremors experienced at Montague Island Lighthouse – no damage to lighthouse.19
Sep 1907                                                           First scientific visit conducted on the island by ornithologist, AF Basset Hull.
                                                                   The Department of Navigation received word from the Montague Island Lighthouse that owing to a strike, no supply vessels had delievered food to the lighthouse for over a fortnight.20
Apr 1908
                                                                   Acetylene gas Morse signal lamp installed on Montague Island – allowing improved communication with Pilot Station in Narooma.
Mar 1910
1938-39                                                            Transceiver radio telephone outfits installed at Montague Island Lighthouse. 21
Circa
1930s-1940s                                                        The island used as a defence facility by the Royal Australian Navy.
                                                                   Cyclones leave lightkeepers marooned without supplies on Montague Island.22