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Wadjemup Lighthouse
Lighthouse on Rottnest Island, Western Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Completed in 1849, the original 20-metre (66 ft) Wadjemup Lighthouse (also known as Rottnest Island Light Station) was Western Australia's first stone lighthouse[1][2] and was built to provide a safer sailing passage for ships to Fremantle Port and the Swan River Colony.
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Location | Rottnest Island Western Australia |
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Coordinates | 32°00′27″S 115°30′14″E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1896 ![]() |
Construction | limestone |
Automated | 1986 |
Height | 38.7 metres (127 ft) |
Shape | tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | white tower and lantern |
Operator | Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
Heritage | State Registered Place ![]() |
Light | |
First lit | 1896 |
Focal height | 80.5 metres (264 ft) |
Intensity | 1,300,000 cd |
Range | 26 nautical miles (48 km; 30 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 7.5s. |
Designated | 31 December 1993 |
Reference no. | 3254 |
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A second and larger replacement tower was built on the same site in 1896. It is the fourth oldest extant lighthouse in Western Australia and was Australia's first rotating beam lighthouse.[1][2] A shipwreck that was partly caused by poor communications and misunderstood signals from the lighthouse prompted the construction of Bathurst Lighthouse on the island in 1900.