Prism Magazine Archive
The Prism has been the magazine for LoA members since it was formed in 2002 and the first editor Denise Shultz filled that role for over 14 years. In 2016 Jessica Clifford took on the role and has continued the great service with a new fresh look in 2017.
These archive copies of the Prism are available for download for members – click the appropriate year button to expand or collapse the listing.
Current Issue – 2024 Issue 2
- A Lighthouse for Garden Island
- The War on Wrecks: The Ones the Lighthouses Didn’t Save
- LoA AGM: What You Need To Know
2013 Issue 4
- The Leading Lights of Hell’s Gates
- Lighthouses of Australia 2023 AGM
- A Misleading Light
2023 Issue 3
- Lighthouse Visitors – by Retired lighthouse keeper Ted Peers
- Narooma Lighthouse Museum by Sandy McInerney
- Coral Knight Adventures by Mark Sheriff
2023 Issue 2
- Barrenjoey Head by Ian Clifford
- Lighthouse Walks by Park Trek
2023 Issue 1
- West Coast Canadian Beauties
- The Tale of Penguin Island
- Book Review: Rock Lighthouses of Britain and Ireland
2022 Issue 4
- Gage Roads A Most Excellent Lead by Julie Taylor
- McCrae Lighthouse Restoration complete by Mary Iles
- LOA AGM Third time lucky By Ron Fehlberg and Mary Iles
2022 Issue 3
- Remote Lights of North Western Australia by Sandy McInerney
- Cape Inscription – A brief History
- The Fresnel Lens – The Invention that saved a million ships by Ian Clifford
2012 Issue 2
- Light It Up – A New Lighthouse Podcast
- Chance Glass – A Family Perspective
- Captain Napper, the Superintendent Who Would Not Leave His Post; Even in Death
- Goose and Swan Island Lights
2022 Issue 1
- Archer Point, QLD by Ian Clifford
- Crookhaven Heads Restoration
- The Life of an Occasional Keeper by Ted Peers
2021 Issue 4
- Cape Jaffa: Celebrating 150 Years by
Alison Stillwell - Grassy Hill Lighthouse. by Robert
Trezise - McCrae Lighthouse Restoration
2021 Issue 3
- Cape Sorell by Peter Satchell
- Vale Malcolm MacDonald
- Cape Byron Lighthouse shines bright on World ATON Day
2021 Issue 2
- All The Light: My Journey To See Every Lighthouse in Australia
- Five Lighthouse Lenses No1 Lookout Point, Qld
- Cape Jaffa Lighthouse Museum Maintenance
- Warden Head Draft Plan Released by Jessica Clifford
2021 Issue 1
- Queensland Maritime Museum In Jeopardy by Jessica Clifford
- A Tale of Two Tugs by Jack Duvoisin
- AMSA Capital Works Program – Breaksea Island and Cape Byron
- Book Review: Sailor Beware Lighthouse Trivia by Ian Clifford
- Keepers of the Weather Radar by Ian Clifford
2020 Issue 3
- Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse by Ian Clifford
- A Typical Day In A Keepers Life by Ted Peers
- The lighthouses of Orkney Pt 2 by Ken Ohlsson
- My Favourite Lighthouse by Sandy McInerney
2020 Issue 2
- The lighthouses of Orkney Pt 1 by Ken Ohlsson
- The way we were: Lighthouse tender Cape Leeuwin
- South Solitary Island History by Ian Clifford
- Shutdown of AMSA’s Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS)
by Ian Clifford - LoA AGM 2020 to be Held in Hobart
2020 Issue 1
- A Look at Japanese Lighthouses by Dirk Selderyk
- John Lee Archer’s Legacy – The First Three Lighthouses in TasmaniaIron Pot, Low Head, Cape Bruny
- Friends of South Solitary Island Pop Up Exhibition by Ian Clifford
- Ladies of the Lights by Jack Duvoisin
- LoA AGM 2020 to be Held in Hobart – A Message from the President