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supervising the construction of the light and designing the keepers' quarters. The light tower which is built of local stone was originally designed to show two lights – a higher white light and a lower red light. Although the foundations were completed, the lower light was never installed. It was
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during which he captured 14 enemy ships, was briefly assistant lighthouse keeper. He abandoned the job when discovered with his hotel-keeper's daughter by her father.
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was celebrated at Cape Leeuwin lighthouse for the first time in 2004. The climb to the viewing deck consists of 176 steps.
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The nearest functioning lighthouse north of Cape Leeuwin is the much smaller Cape Hamelin lighthouse, just south of the
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State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River
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listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List, State Registered Place 
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Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse was constructed by a company led by
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Commonwealth Heritage List places in Western Australia
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the most south-westerly point on the mainland of the
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Cape Leeuwin
Western Australia
Coordinates
34°22′27″S 115°08′09″E / 34.37417°S 115.13583°E / -34.37417; 115.13583
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Chance Brothers
Fresnel lens
Characteristic
Commonwealth Heritage List
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Western Australia Heritage Register
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lighthouse
Cape Leeuwin
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Australian Continent
Western Australia
M. C. Davies
George Temple Poole
John Forrest
Premier of Western Australia
automatic weather station
Hamelin Bay
Felix von Luckner
World War I
Seeadler
International Lighthouse Day

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