Cape Byron Lighthouse Heritage Management Plan 2020
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The Brewis Report (1913)
Commander CRW Brewis, retired naval surveyor,
was commissioned in 1911 by the Commonwealth Government to report on the condition of existing lights and to recommend any additional ones.
Brewis visited every lighthouse in Australia between June and December 1912 and produced a series of reports published in their final form in March 1913. These reports were the basis for future decisions made in relation to the individual lighthouses.
Brewis’s recommendations for Cape Byron included increasing the power of the light from 145,000 candlepower (cp.) to 545,000 cp. by installing an incandescent mantle.