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Goose Island Brick


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      Date: 1840 -

Description: Red clay brick from Goose Island, imprinted with HOBART TOWN on one face and PATENT on the other. Presumed to be from the lightkeepers' residence. The light was built in 1846 and the building materials for the keepers residences were brought to the island.

Format: realia
Object: bricks
Material: clay

Titles:
Goose Island Brick

Subjects: construction materials

Places: Goose Island, Furneaux group, Tasmania

Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.

Object number: FHR_00609

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