Seafarers, Fishermen & Lightkeepers Memorial Print Page
The monument commemorates seafarers and fishermen and lightkeepers who have been lost at sea in or from the Cape Jaffa or Kingston SE area.
The lighthouse was originally built out to sea from Cape Jaffa, on the Margaret Brock Reef where is stood for 100 years. In 1974, the local community, with the help of the National Trust, decided to dismantle the structure and to reassemble it again in Kingston SE.
Location
Address: | King Drive, Cape Jaffa, 5275 |
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State: | SA |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -36.942222 Long: 139.687141 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | Disaster |
Sub-Theme: | Maritime |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Monday 15th April, 2002 |
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Seafarers Fishermen and Lightkeepers lost in or from the Cape Jaffa - Kingston area
Unveiled 15 - 4 - 2002
Supported by
Kingston Professional Fishermans Assoc
Kingston District Council
History Trust of SA
Seafarers
"Victoria" 9-6-1846
2 unnamed crewmen
"Agnes" 13-3-1865
Captain William Taylor [body found]
John Taylor
John Welsh
2 Unnamed crewmen
"Nyora" 9-7-1917
Joseph Parker
George B Stubbs
Henry M Scott
Hugh E Davies
Martin Olsen
Edward M Lock
William G McTavish
Robert McIntyre
Samson H Crocker
Leslie G Griffiths
Gilbert H Lee
Thomas Kenny
Leslie Morrah
John Simpson
Fishermen
"Starling" 23-2-1895
* Leonard Lush
3-9-1920 Horace E & Ernest Smith
9-10-1938 Henry J Dowdy
14-3-1947 Rowland A G Haggett, William R Gibbs
"Thunderbird" 10-9-1964
* William S Huckel
19-10-1968 Arthur J Moffatt
"Cape Jaffa" 12-9-1973
* Kevin Reed
* Robin Smith
* Shane Lloyd
(* not found)
Lightkeepers and Family Members
William (Robert) H Taylor son 19-6-1873
Tamar Gardner Wife 8-1-1881
Otto Frank 11-1-1894
Robert T Y Clark 12-4-1925
Alfred W Ashcroft (not found)
Edwin H Blavins 8-3-1966