This is not a Sydney Harbour light — it is the Nelson Head Inner Light at Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, the harbour guide that told vessels they had found the southern shore entrance. Soften the live wreck-count if you cannot cite a register; what is solid is the light itself.
A temporary wooden tower with kerosene lamps went up in 1872 (the Gazette promised a harbour light from 1 April 1872, visible some eight to ten miles in clear weather). The present cottage followed about 1875, and the light was first shown from it in 1876 — not from a tall tower, but through the lantern room of the keepers’ house, which is why the place still looks more like a yellow cottage than a postcard lighthouse. Fourteen successive keepers lived here before automation (1984); the light was shut down as unnecessary in 2003. The house is now a small maritime museum under Marine Rescue care.
Fix the title spelling (Lighthouse), keep the Port Stephens frame clear, and leave Chinese-fishing and early-wreck colour soft unless you are quoting a named source beside the photo.
Nelson Head Inner Lighthouse
Begore The First Permanant Inner Light Was Erected In 1872, There Were At Least 11 Shipwrecks Resulting In The Loss Of 37 Lives. The Wrecks Date Back To The "Cumberland:" I 1797.
The Government Gazette Of 1872 Promulgated Tat "From The 1st Apri 1872, A Harbour Light Will Be Exhibited On Nelson Head, Visible To A Distanver Of 8 To 10 Miles In Clear Weather... To Be A Guide To Vessels Coming To Nelson Bay."
The Light Was Mounted At Nelson Head On A Post, And Was The First Recorded Beacon Light In the Bay. It Is Possible That Other Navigational Markers Were Used Before 1872
Chinese Fisherman Were Reported To be Using The Bay As Early As 1800 Or Earlier.