Lighthouse McGuire was the first and longest operating lighthouse in Australia. It is located on a promontory Dunbar, 2 km south of the Southern Cape, near the entrance to Sydney Harbour. It was there that in 1791 housed navigation equipment, and from 1818 he worked as a lighthouse. The current lighthouse was built in 1883 - it is still running and is under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Australian Maritime Safety. Until 2008, the image of the lighthouse can be seen on the arms of the University McGuire.

In July 1816, the then governor of the colony of New South Wales Lachlan McGuire laid the first stone of the lighthouse, which is called the Tower McGuire. It was designed by Francis Greenway, the famous architect of the exiles, and is constructed of loose sandstone. The first light came at the lighthouse 30 November 1818.

Loose sandstone was short-lived, and already in 1823 the structure began to rain. To prevent the destruction of the lighthouse, its huge sealed steel hoops. In 1881, 4 meters from the old lighthouse began construction of a new, which is earned in two years. The new structure, designed by James Barnet, repeats the appearance of its predecessor, but it was built from a strong material. Light Camera lighthouse became more, which allowed the use of larger and more modern equipment. Every minute at the lighthouse at eight seconds flashed white light that was visible at a distance of 46 km. In good weather, the lighthouse worked from a gas burner was used in bad electricity. One of those generators, switchboard, and one arc light bulb still in the building of the lighthouse.

Only in 1976, the lighthouse was fully automated McGuire, and the last employees left him in 1989. Near the lighthouse there are two buildings - a house of the chief of the lighthouse, built in 1840, and his assistant house, built in 1881. Interestingly, in 2004, the chief lighthouse house put up for sale for 1, 95 million Australian dollars.