the lighthouse keeper’s son

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Nearby the lighthouse at Table Cape in Tasmania lies the small grave of the infant son of the first Table Cape lighthouse keeper.

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the lighthouse keeper’s son [table cape lighthouse, table cape, tasmania, australia, 2018]

Bertram Jackson passed away a little over two weeks after the lighthouse opened in 1888.

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bertram jackson [table cape lighthouse, table cape, tasmania, australia, 2018]

The lighthouse keepers left Table Cape sometime after 1920 when the lighthouse operation became automated. However, his little body remains.