Woodman Point Lighthouse
Built as a Leading Light, this Lighthouse replaced the Arthur Head Lighthouse, and provided shipping a safe route via Gage Roads into the newly constructed Fremantle Harbour designed by C.Y. O’Connor.
History
The lighthouse at Woodman Point was also referred to as Gage Roads referring to the shipping lane and anchorage near Cockburn Sound south of Fremantle. This is where the 1987 America’s Cup took place.
A first order occulting dioptric light was established on a 9.7m stone tower on Woodman Point as a sectored light in 1902. It was demanned and improved in 1921.
The Lighthouse Keepers Cottages are now fronting onto a busy road. A dirt track winds up the hill behind the cottages.
Image: Dirk Selderyk
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Image: Garry Searle
Image: Dirk Selderyk
Image: Dirk Selderyk
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| Title | Address | Description |
|---|---|---|
Cape Leeuwin | Leeuwin Rd, Augusta WA 6290, Australia | Go to Cape Leeuwin |
Breaksea Island | Unnamed Road, Nanarup WA 6330, Australia | Go to Breaksea Island |
Cave Point | Unnamed Road, Torndirrup WA 6330, Australia | Go to Cave Point |
Eclipse Island | The Gap Rd, Torndirrup WA 6330, Australia | Go to Eclipse Island |
Cape Naturaliste | Bunker Bay Walk Trail, Naturaliste WA 6281, Australia | Go to Cape Naturaliste |
Casuarina Point | 1 Bennett Way, Bunbury WA 6230, Australia | Go to Casuarina Point |
Arthur Head | 15 Captains Ln, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia | Go to Arthur Head |
South Mole | 1 Fleet St, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia | Go to South Mole |
North Mole | N Mole Dr, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia | North Mole |
Woodman Point | 597 Cockburn Rd, Munster WA 6166, Australia | Go to Woodman Point |
Wadjemup (Rottnest) | Wadjemup Rd, Rottnest Island WA 6161, Australia | Go to Wadjemup (Rottnest) |
Bathurst Point | Lancier St, Rottnest Island WA 6161, Australia | Go to Bathurst Point |
Guilderton | 5 Tank Road, Guilderton WA 6041, Australia | Go to Guilderton |
Escape Island | Escape Island, Western Australia, Australia | Go to Escape Island |
Pelsaert Island | Houtman Abrolhos WA 6530, Australia | Go to Pelsaert Island |
Point Moore | 481-485 Marine Terrace, West End WA 6530, Australia | Go to Point Moore |
Bluff Point | 118A Kempton St, Bluff Point WA 6530, Australia | Go to Bluff Point |
Cape Inscription | Unnamed Road, Dirk Hartog Island WA 6537, Australia | Go to Cape Inscription |
Babbage Island | 13 Annear Pl, Babbage Island WA 6701, Australia | Go to Babbage Island |
Point Quobba | Unnamed Road, Macleod WA 6701, Australia | Go to Point Quobba |
Point Cloates | Cardabia-Ningaloo Rd, Ningaloo WA 6701, Australia | Go to Point Cloates |
Vlaming Head | Yardie Creek Rd, North West Cape WA 6707, Australia | Got to Vlaming Head |
Jarman Island | Reader Head Rd, Cossack WA 6720, Australia | Go to Jarman Island |
Gantheaume Point | Lurujarri Walk, Minyirr WA 6725, Australia | Go to Gantheaume Point |
Cape Bossut | Cape Bossut, Lagrange WA 6725, Australia | Go to Cape Bossut |
Cape Leveque | Broome-Cape Leveque Rd, Dampier Peninsula WA 6725, Australia | Go to Cape Leveque |
Caffarelli Island | Caffarelli Island, Western Australia, Australia | Go to Caffarelli Island |
Keepers
We need your help in compiling a list of keepers for this lighthouse. If you have any information then send it to keeper@lighthouses.org.au.
Please include this lighthouse’s name, the keepers full name and what years they were keepers. Also include the same information for any other lights they were on.
Technical Details
| First Exhibited | 1902 |
| CurrentTower | 1902 |
| Architect | W T Douglas |
| Status | Active |
| Location | Lat. 032° 07.9' S. Long. 115° 46.2' E |
| Original Optic | Chance Bros 1st Order Fixed with sectors |
| Current Optic | |
| Automated | 19 July 1955 |
| Demanned | 19 July 1955 |
| Construction | Round stone tower, seaward side painted white |
| Height | 18 m |
| Elevation | 37 m |
| Range | W. 22 nm R. 8 nm G. 8 nm |
| Character | Oc.W.R.G. period 30s lt. 20s, ec. 10s Oc.G. period 5s lt. 3s, ec. 2s |
| Intensity | |
| Light Source | |
| Power Source | |
| Operator | Fremantle Port Authority |
| Notes |
NB: Information is historical data and is not for navigational purposes.
Access
The lighthouse grounds can be accessed by foot. The tower is fenced and is not open to the public.
Associated Lighthouse
Sources
Lighthouses on the Western Australian Coast and Off-Shore Islands
Author/s D.A. Cumming, M. Glasson and M. McCarthy 1995 