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 – 2026 Issue 3
- James Barnet’s Little Lights by Sabrina Nizeti
- The Lighthouses of Hurst Castle by Ken Ohlsson
- Coffs Harbour AGM Agenda finalised
2026 Issue 2
- Green Cape Heritage Lighthouse Reactivation
by Jessica Clifford - The City Of York Disaster
by Julie Taylor - Lighthouse Visits and Meeting Details
For Coffs Harbour 2026
2026 Issue 1
- Hope Cottage Lighthouse Restoration
by Ken Ohlsson - Meeting the‘Legend’ That Is Stuart Buchanan
by Carolyn Arnold - Burrewarra Point Lighthouse – Worth a Visit
by Trish Gleeson - The Leslie Family of Penguin Island
by John Nicholson
2025 Issue 3
- Sugarloaf Point 150 years
- Cape Byron Cottages’ Roof Restoration
- LoA AGM 2025
- Two Retired Lenses Located in Cairns
2025 Issue 2
- Booby Island Lighthouse
- Althorpe Island
- LoA AGM 2025
2025 Issue 1
- Currie Harbour Lighthouse
- Looking for Luckner by Julie Taylor and Tim Blue
- The Reactivation of the Heritage Green Cape Lighthouse
2024 Issue 3
- Albany and its Lighthouses
- LOA AGM Kingston SE
- The Way We Were – Ships of the Lighthouse Fleet
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
2024 Issue 1
- Lighthouses of Auckland Harbour
- South Solitary Optic Lit at its New Home
- Aren’t You Lonely? A Keepers Wife’s Story
2023 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