Point Lonsdale Lighthouse

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Point Lonsdale Lighthouse, built in 1902 stands on a headland overlooking the western side of the “Rip”, a stretch of water considered one of the ten most treacherous navigable passages in the world. It marks the entrance to Port Phillip from Bass Strait and the only seaborne approach to Melbourne. The lighthouse was the first guiding light to the entrance of Port Phillip visible from the sea.

The Point Lonsdale Lighthouse precinct contains not only the lighthouse itself, but other buildings associated with lighthouse operations and navigation, as well as nearby military defence structures built during the First and Second World Wars.

The lighthouse precinct buildings, including a foghorn shed built in 1884 and an explosives shed (later used as a rocket shed) built in 1891, are of architectural significance.