Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse
Western Australia, Australia
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The Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse stands on Cape Leeuwin, the most south-westerly point on mainland Australia in Western Australia. Constructed by a company led by M. C. Davies with George Temple Poole supervising and designing the keepers' quarters, the stone tower was opened with ceremony in 1895 by Western Australian Premier John Forrest. Originally designed to display both a higher white light and a lower red light, only the upper light was ever installed. The lighthouse operated with a clockwork mechanism and pressure kerosene mantle beacon until its automation in 1982, when a radio navigation beacon (active 1955–1992) was already in service. The structure now functions as both a navigational aid and automatic weather station, with its buildings and grounds managed by the local tourism body. The lighthouse climb ascends 176 steps to the viewing deck.
- Type
- heritage site, lighthouse
- Heritage
- State Registered Place, listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List
- Place
- Western Australia, Australia
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