# Port Adelaide Lighthouse

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Port Adelaide Lighthouse Port Adelaide Lighthouse Location Port Adelaide South Australia Coordinates 34°50′33″S 138°30′15″E / 34.842475°S 138.504208°E / -34.842475; 138.504208 Tower Constructed 1869 Foundation platform on wooden piles Construction cast iron skeletal tower Height 25 metres (82 ft) Shape hexagonal tower with balcony, lantern, central cylinder from keeper's house Markings red tower and keeper's house, white balcony and lantern Operator South Australian Maritime Museum Heritage state heritage place since 24 July 1980[1] Light Deactivated 1985 Lens 2nd order Chance Brothers Fresnel lens

**Port Adelaide Lighthouse** is a [lighthouse](/source/Lighthouse) located on the North Parade of [Port Adelaide](/source/Port_Adelaide). It was first lit in 1869 at the entrance to the Port River near [Outer Harbor](/source/Outer_Harbor%2C_South_Australia). In 1901, it was moved to the [Neptune Islands](/source/Neptune_Islands) and relocated to the current location in 1986. It is listed on the [South Australian Heritage Register](/source/South_Australian_Heritage_Register) since 1980. It is occasionally lit on weekends and for special events.

## Entry

### Open Times

Please visit [the SA Maritime Museum website](https://maritime.history.sa.gov.au/) for further information about lighthouse tours.

The SA Maritime Museum is open from 10am - 5pm every day. Closed Christmas Day.

### Cost

Currently the lighthouse is only open as part of a tour run by the SA Maritime Museum, with the currently listed prices being:[2]

Children: $9.00 (children under 5 free)

Concession: $17.00

Adult: $22.50

Family: $55.00 (2 adults, up to 3 children)

Family Concession: $43.50 (2 adults, up to 3 children)

The South Australian Maritime Museum is now CASHLESS.

## Gallery

		- View of the Port Adelaide Lighthouse from the Port approach.

		- View from observation deck facing Port Rd and the city.

## See also

- [South Australia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:South_Australia)
- [Engineering portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Engineering)

- [List of lighthouses in Australia](/source/List_of_lighthouses_in_Australia)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SAHR_1-0)** ["Former South Neptune Island (originally Port Adelaide) Lighthouse"](http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=2962). *South Australian Heritage Register*. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** SA Maritime Museum. [Portside Lighthouse Museum Discovery Tour](https://maritime.history.sa.gov.au/events/portside-lighthouse-museum-discovery-tour/) Retrieved 28 August 2025.

## External links

- [South Australian History Hub - Port Adelaide Lighthouse](https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au:443/things/port-adelaide-lighthouse?hh=1&)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Port Adelaide Lighthouse](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Port_Adelaide_Lighthouse).

v t e Port Adelaide landmarks Buildings and structures Birkenhead Bridge Fishermen's Wharf Market Hart's Mill Jervois Bridge Mary MacKillop Bridge Port Adelaide Lighthouse Port Adelaide Workers Memorial Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge Cultural institutions National Railway Museum South Australian Aviation Museum South Australian Maritime Museum Torrens Island Concentration Camp Beaches and islands Garden Island Port River Semaphore Torrens Island Sport Alberton Oval / Port Adelaide Football Club Ships and vessels City of Adelaide Falie Fearless MV Nelcebee One and All Yelta Pubs and hotels Birkenhead Riverview Tavern (1877) The British Hotel (1847) Dockside Tavern (1850) First Commercial Inn (1841) Newmarket Hotel (1879) Port Admiral Hotel (1849) Port Anchor Hotel (1873) Port Dock Brewery Hotel (1855) Railway Hotel (1856) Royal Arms Hotel (1878) The Lighthouse Hotel (1857) Largs Pier Hotel (1882) Glanville Hotel (1865) Lord Exmouth Hotel (1859)

v t e Lighthouses of South Australia Althorpe Island Cape Banks Cape Borda Cape Donington Cape du Couedic Cape Jaffa Cape Jaffa tower Cape Jaffa platform Cape Jervis Cape Martin Cape Spencer Cape St Albans Cape Willoughby Corny Point Marino Rocks Penguin Island Point Lowly Point Malcolm Port Adelaide Cape Northumberland Old Macdonnell Robe South Neptune Tipara Reef Troubridge Hill Troubridge Island Wedge Island West Cape Wonga Shoal See also List of lighthouses in Australia

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