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The three stone houses for the lighthouse keepers and their families- used until 1982

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October 20th 2010
20th October 2010 Today it rained and rained. Headed south of Margaret River to Augusta to visit the highest lighthouse on mainland Australia. This is also the most south westerly point of Australia and the point at which the Southern Ocean meets the Indian Ocean. 22 ships were shipwrecked here until the lighthouse was built in the 1895. There was one more shipwreck after the lighthouse was buil ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Margaret River

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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