Cape Leveque

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title: "Cape Leveque" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["headlands-of-western-australia", "lighthouses-completed-in-1911", "lighthouses-in-western-australia", "kimberley-coastline-of-western-australia", "1911-establishments-in-australia"] description: "Cape in Western Australia" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Leveque" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Cape in Western Australia ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox lighthouse"]

Field	Value
qid	Q1034447
location	Cape Leveque at the northern edge of the Dampier Peninsula in Western Australia
construction	prefabricated cast iron
shape	conical frustum tower with balcony and lantern
managingagent	Kooljaman Aboriginal Community
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|qid = Q1034447 |location=Cape Leveque at the northern edge of the Dampier Peninsula in Western Australia | construction = prefabricated cast iron | shape = conical frustum tower with balcony and lantern | managingagent = Kooljaman Aboriginal Community Cape Leveque is at the northernmost tip of the Dampier Peninsula in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Cape Leveque is 240 km (via the Cape Leveque Road) north of Broome, and is remote with few facilities. Nevertheless, the Cape's sandy beaches are attracting an increasing number of visitors. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/cape-leveque-west.jpg" caption="Cape Leveque (western side)"] ::

The 13.3 m lighthouse was commissioned at Cape Leveque on 9 August 1911.{{cite web |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/public/p/7198 |title=Cape Leveque Lighthouse |author=Heritage Council |department=State Heritage Office |publisher=Government of Western Australia |date=2017-07-01 |access-date=2019-05-19 |url=https://www.amsa.gov.au/safety-navigation/navigation-systems/lighthouses/amsa-heritage-strategy-2018 |title=AMSA Heritage strategy 2018 |department=Australian Maritime Safety Authority |publisher=Australian Government |date=2018-08-16 |access-date=2019-05-20 |url=https://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/sites/default/files/no._100_lighthouses_on_wa_coast_0.pdf |title=Lighthouses on the Western Australian coast and off-shore islands |first1=D.A. |last1=Cumming |first2=M. |last2=Glasson |first3=M. |last3=McCarthy |department=Department of Marine Archaeology |publisher=Western Australian Maritime Museum |number=100 |date=November 1995 |access-date=2019-05-20

Cape Leveque was a camping ground for ancient nomadic people of northern Australia and is probably still being used today. Their huge middens overshadow the small caravan park resting on the shores of the Indian Ocean. Wild turtles and a multitude of sea birds nest on the shores and collect seafood off the exposed rocks at low tide along the shore down the coast to Broome in the southern part of the peninsula. Humpback whales come to give birth in the area, and rest and play among the sheltered islands off the Dampier Peninsula.

The traditional owners of the area are the Bardi people.

William Dampier's description from off Cape Leveque on 5 January 1688 reads:

In January 2015, the locality recorded rainfall in excess of 400 mm.

References

References

1. (2019). "Cape Leveque Lighthouse Vertical Section of Lantern 8' 9 3/4" diameter at Glazing". National Archives of Australia.
2. {{cite rowlett. wau. (2009-04-22)
3. (2012). "Ausanthrop – Australian Aboriginal tribal database". ausanthrop.net.
4. Lee, I., 1925. Early Explorers in Australia From the Log-Books and Journals
5. (8 January 2015). "Record rainfall in remote Cape Leveque on Dampier Peninsula in the Kimberley". ABC News.

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