The official home of Port Fairy’s lighthouse (since 1859) and where it all began. A whaling station was established on the island early in the 19th century by Penny and Reiby before being purchased by John Griffiths in 1835. Known amongst the town as the Whalers, this group of people lived and worked on the island each season. Their success was measured by the closure of the whaling station in the early 1840s after the whale supply weakened.
