Lighthouses of Western Australia
- Lighthouses of Western Australia
Lighthouses of Western Australia
Due to the length (10,000 km +)and dangerous nature of the coast of Western Australia the development of lighthouses in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was considered critical in the development of safer shipping around the coast.
Well before European settlement in the region there had been extensive wrecks of Dutch ships on their journey to Batavia.
ee also
* Lighthouses and lightvessels in Australia
External links
* [http://www.lighthouse.net.au/LIGHTS/index.htm Lighthouses Australia Inc.] a non-profit organisation which aims to create a higher profile for Australian lighthouses.
* [http://www.upnaway.com/~obees/lights/walightsframe.htm West Australian Lighthouse website]
Further reading
* Brewis, C. R. W. (1912) "Lighting of the west coast of Australia : King George Sound to Cambridge Gulf : report with recommendations as to existing lights and additional lights" Melbourne. Govt. Printer At head of title: Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Trade and Customs. "Published by direction of the Honorable Frank Gwynne Tudor, Minister for Trade and Customs.". "November 1912.".
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