| House | $1,388,400  |
| Unit | $1,301,100  |
| Land | $1,442,200 |
Surrounding suburbs
| Ocean Grove | $1,082,100 |
| Queenscliff | $1,886,600 |
| House | $516 |
| Unit | $475  |
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| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| Last updated on - March 23, 2005 What is significant? The Point Lonsdale Lighthouse precinct consists of the lighthouse and associated buildings [both extant and ruins], and defence structures associated with the First and Second World Wars. The area was first used in the mid-nineteenth century for the construction of navigational structures to guide vessels through the heads of Port Philip Bay. European discovery of the entrance to Port Phillip Bay occurred in 1802 when Acting Lt John Murray in command of the Lady Nelson sighted the promontories now known as Point Lonsdale and Point Nepean. With the later exploration of Port Phillip Bay and the consequent development of the towns of Geelong and Melbourne, safe navigation through the dangerous Port Phillip Heads was of critical importance. The promontory at Point Lonsdale provided an obvious location for the placement of navigational guidance structures. Although a flagstaff had been manned from 1852 and a warning light shown, the first lighthouse was not erected until 1863 when the former timber leading light at Shortlands Bluff which had been constructed in 1853-54 was relocated to Point Lonsdale. Lighthouse keepers' quarters [since demolished] were also constructed in the 1860s and in 1884, a weatherboard foghorn shed was constructed at the site. In 1891 a building for the storage of explosives held to blast a navigation channel near the jetty constructed was erected in the place of a former powder magazine. The store was later used as a rocket shed. The jetty was erected c1890 to house a lifeboat in accordance with the recommendation of the Commissioner of Customs following the wreck of the barque Glaneuse in 1886. The Point Lonsdale Lighthouse constructed in 1901-02 is the last remaining of the three successive light structures erected at Point Lonsdale. The lighthouse was designed by the Public Works Department and the reinforced concrete structure was erected by the contractors Coates Brothers. The lighthouse was first lit on 20 March1902. In 1951 an octagonal structure housing the signal station and observation room was built around the base of the lighthouse. The principal light station related structures remaining at the point are the lighthouse [1901-02], fog horn shed [1884], the rocket shed, which contains two rare vertical boilers [1891], the jetty [c1890], the scend shed [1941], the signal mast [1951], and the remains of the lighthouse keepers quarters [1860s]. The Point Lonsdale lighthouse is of a traditional design consisting of a shaft and capital and closely follows the form of many late nineteenth century Victorian lighthouses. The structure is mass concrete tower similar in construction to the earlier Point Hicks lighthouse. The structure is surmounted by a Chance Brothers lantern. The original oil lamp of the light was replaced first with an |
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