![]() A great wall decoration in very good condition, ready to hang frame with original wood backing. People in period costume, many of them descendants of former keepers. Based on Albany author Dianne Wolfer’s wonderful novels Lighthouse Girl and Light Horse Boy, this evocatively written play embodies a powerful and truthful sense of a pivotal time in Australia’s development as a nation. The Keeper and six mustachioed surfmen can be seen in their kapoc life vests in great detail, as is the surfbooat. For some time shippers had paid a Light Duty, but no lighthouses had been built. Lighthouse keepers were sometimes referred to as ' wickies ' because of their job trimming the wicks. 'This gentle play entwines the lives of Fay and Charlie and brings to life the stories of those left at home during the war waiting, wondering, hoping… and the struggles of the young men who valiantly enlisted to help defend their country. A lighthouse keeper or lightkeeper is a person responsible for tending and caring for a lighthouse, particularly the light and lens in the days when oil lamps and clockwork mechanisms were used. As soldiers in the Light Horse Brigade, they quickly discover the brutal realities of life on the frontline. On the other side of the country in rural Victoria, Charlie and his best mate Jim abandon the outback for the excitement and adventure of seeing the world. Bedard (USCG-Aux 11-2 Woods Hole) at Nobska Lighthouse on Cape Cod wearing our uniform. There will be an actor in period costume retelling the Christmas story of the keeper. With the outbreak of war in 1914, Fay finds purpose in transcribing Morse code messages from soldiers stationed off shore, becoming their last hope of getting messages to their loved ones before heading to the front line. We will also be telling the story of our only female lighthouse keeper. ![]() 'Fay, a sweet young girl, lives an isolated life with her lighthouse keeper father on the bleak, windswept Breaksea Island in the Great Southern region of WA. ![]() 'A courageous story that inspired the roaming spectacular of The Giants.
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