The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Lighthouses of New South Wales Oral History Project covered 7 of the 10 lightstations managed by NPWS, namely South Solitary Island, Smoky Cape, Sugarloaf Point, Point Stephens, Montague Island, Cape Byron and Green Cape. The other 3 Sydney lightstations managed by NPWS – Barrenjoey, Hornby and Cape Baily – do not have a history of lightkeeping within living memory and were therefore not included.
This publication provides a brief glimpse of life on these lightstations based on interviews with families who shared their memories and stories.