Cape Leveque Lighthouse

Author

Shire of Broome

Place Number

07198

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Location

L 100 & 3001 Broome-Cape Leveque Rd Dampier Peninsula

Location Details

Cape Leveque

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1911, Constructed from 1966, Constructed from 1985, Constructed from 1965

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	28 Aug 2014
State Register	Registered	28 Aug 2001	Register Entry Assessment Documentation	Heritage Council

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register	Permanent				Heritage Council
Lighthouses Survey	Completed	01 May 2000			Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	28 Aug 2014	Grading A	Grading A A place of exceptional cultural heritage significance to Shire of Broome and the state of Western Australia, that is either in the Heritage Council of Western Australia’s Register of Heritage Places, or worthy of consideration for entry into the Register. A place worthy of recognition and protection through provisions of the Shire of Broome’s Town Planning Scheme. Recommend: Maximum encouragement to owners to retain and conserve the place. Full consultation with property owner prior to making the recommendation.

Statement of Significance

Cape Leveque Lighthouse is a significant landmark on the isolated coast, and continues to function as a lighthouse.

Physical Description

The lighthouse is situated on a rocky outcrop in a fenced yard. The whitewashed circular building tapers to an external steel bracketed perimeter deck off the top element that is mostly glazed to facilitate the beacon light from within. The apex has a metal dome. The design of the prefabricated cast iron lighthouse tower is finely conceived and executed.
The tower 43 feet (13.1m) high.

History

Cape Leveque lighthouse was commissioned on 9 August 1911, and was one of ten lighthouses built on the West Australian coast between 1900 and 1913, most of them on the North West coast. At this time, the provision of lighthouses was still the responsibility of the State, but the control of all coastal lights passed into Commonwealth hands in 1915. Cape Leveque lighthouse tower was manufactured in Perth. Construction of the lighthouse and associated quarters cost £9,219. The lighthouse was fitted with a third order, dioptric triple flashing white light, which was visible for 18 nautical miles in fine weather. The light was fuelled by kerosene and the lighthouse was manned by two light keepers. The tower is the only prefabricated cast iron lighthouse designed by the Public Works Department and manufactured locally by Bela Makutz .The RAAF had a base near the lighthouse during World War Two, and an airstrip was built nearby in 1955. The lighthouse was modernised in 1965/66 with a new light and a non-directional radio beacon and the old quarters were replaced with two steel-framed, two-storey residences. The original light was given to the WA Museum. In 1985, the lighthouse was converted to solar power and automated, with a new light. A Racon beacon was installed. This beacon has a range of between 10 and 20 miles, less than a radio beacon, and is used by ships equipped with radar.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree
High degree

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Considine & Griffihs Architects Pty Ltd	Lighthouse Conservation Assessment Cape Leveque, Broome	2000

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
No.54	MI Place No.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
7183	Lighthouses of Australia : images from the end of an era.	Book	2001
4582	The Australian Maritime Safety Authority : lighthouse conservation assessment : Cape Leveque : Broome : Western Australia.	Heritage Study {Other}	2000
5942	Conservation analysis of 13 lighthouse properties.	C D Rom	2000

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Water: Lighthouse
Present Use	Transport\Communications	Water: Lighthouse

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	METAL	Cast Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	River & sea transport

Creation Date

30 May 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

13 Oct 2020

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