Woodman Point

1901

1902

Australia

Western Australian Government

1st order

Fixed

Inactive

Oc WRG 30s (Gage Roads); Oc G 5s (Woodman Channel)

Tower painted white to seaward; unpainted to landward side, lantern white

lantern and all apparatus inc occulting tube

The Woodman Point lighthouse has also been known as the Gage Roads lighthouse, Coogee lighthouse and Woodman’s Point lighthouse. The list of Chance lighthouses (1896–1909) names it Gage Roads Occulting. It was built as a leading light for the port of Fremantle and exhibited a sectored light (WRG) to guide shipping through the channel to the harbour. An additional sector (G) was added to cover the Woodman Channel in 1955. There is now also a sectored range light covering this channel. All sectors are still active. It was originally intended that the lighthouse would be built on the Fish Rocks but once construction for the foundations began it became clear that the rocks were unsuitable for building on. Built of locally quarried limestone, the lighthouse stands on a hill, approx 1km inland, in otherwise flat, low-lying terrain. Two keepers cottages, also built of limestone, stand below the hill fronting Cockburn Rd. The lighthouse was designed by WT Douglass. Condensing prisms for the red and green sectors were added in 1908. The light was fuelled by kerosene and converted to mains electricity in 1955. The light was de-manned at this time. The Woodman Point lighthouse rendered the Arthur Head lighthouse obsolete; the latter was demolished in 1905. The Chance lens is partially disassembled; it is believed that the parts are still in the tower.

Fremantle Ports

None

Good condition

Open

Closed

32 ° 07' S., 115° 46' E

1. https://lighthouses.org.au/wa/woodman-point-lighthouse/
2. https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/wau.htm
3. http://members.upnaway.com/~obees/lights/metro/freowood.htm

Tower and two keepers cottages are built of locally quarried limestone. The cottages are now private residences.

ARLHS AUS-174; Admiralty Q1774; NGA 9004.