Pilot Station and Maritime Museum

A Pilot Station was established and manned at Low Head in 1805, but convicts did not build the stone buildings to shelter workers from the Bass Strait weather until 1835. The pilot station still guides ships into the River Tamar - its the oldest continuously operating station in Australia.

The complex incudes 10 rooms of maritime and communication memorabilia, including a complete deep diving suit and air pumps and artefacts recovered from wrecks. Other rooms comprise the Sir Raymond Ferral Gallery, with original paintings and models, and an archive and research office, available to visitors only by arrangement.