• Title
  Watch tower, La Perouse, built in Gov. Macquarie's time
• Call number
  Government Printing Office 1 - 17667, Original negative held by State Archives & Records Authority of New South Wales.
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  9/1921
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  186618
• Physical Description
  Photographs - Dry plate. 6.5 x 4.75 in. L.
  
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection fall under Crown Copyright - Date made plus 50 years. Please direct all copyright enquiries to State Archives & Records Authority of New South Wales
• Original held by
  Government Printing Office original negative archive is held at State Archives & Records Authority of New South Wales as NRS 21689 Images [Government Printing Office] & NRS 4481 Glass Negatives. State Library NSW holds a low resolution copy image only. Please direct all enquiries, including image orders from the original negative, to State Archives & Records Authority of New South Wales.
• General note
  
  It was originally thought that the Watchtower at La Perouse was built at the end of Governor Macquarie's term. Further research has shown that it was built earlier during Governor King's tenure around 1810 probably as part of his strategy to combat the rum trade. The original design allowed room to house a Corporal and two or three privates. The soldiers who manned it directed and reported on shipping entering Botany Bay.
  Between 1831 and 1904 it was used as a Customs Station and David Goodsir was the first civil coastguard. In 1868 the Botany Heads Public School was established in the building. The students were the children of local market gardeners, fishermen, Customs employees and local aborigines. In 1873 the Customs Officer built an additional room to the Watchtower for use as a schoolroom. The school continued until 1910 when a new public school was built at Phillip Bay.
  In the 1950s a fire damaged the tower and the La Perouse Kurnell Trust rebuilt it. Today it is the oldest structure standing on the shores of Botany Bay. -- Source: Randwick City Council website
  GPO original locations or series - St7482
  Information from NSW Government Printer - Copy.
  Digital order no:d1_17667
• Topic
  watchtowers
  
• Place
  La Perouse (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1836870

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