About Lighthouses of Australia

Lighthouses of Australia is an independent reference project documenting every lighthouse on the Australian coast. It collates public-domain and open-licensed information about each light — where it is, when it was built, who built it, whether it still operates, and what you'll find if you visit — into a single searchable directory.

The site is not affiliated with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, any state parks or heritage body, or any commercial tourism operator. It's a reference resource. Our editorial independence is a feature, not a bug.

Our sources

Information on this site is drawn from three primary sources:

• The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Light List — the official register of operational aids to navigation on the Australian coast, published by AMSA as public information.
• The Australian Heritage Database — the national register of places that meet the threshold for heritage protection under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
• Wikipedia — community-edited articles on individual lighthouses, used and adapted under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence.

Photographs are drawn from Wikimedia Commons under the specific Creative Commons licence applicable to each image. Each photograph's licence and attribution is preserved in the page's source and linked back to Commons.

Accuracy and corrections

We aim for accuracy, but this is a living reference that depends on public data. If you spot an error — a wrong date, a missing lighthouse, an incorrect status — please contact us. Corrections are welcome and are generally applied within a week.

Lighthouses are active navigational infrastructure and many are in remote or dangerous locations. Information on this site is provided for reference and educational purposes only; it is not a guide to safe navigation, and it should not be relied on when operating a vessel. Always consult current AMSA publications and marine charts.

About this project

This site is built by an Australian independent publisher who also maintains reference directories for other parts of Australian life — from general practitioners to superannuation funds to travel vaccinations. The goal across all of them is the same: take data that exists in the public domain, organise it clearly, and make it easy to find. No spin, no paywalls, no sponsored rankings.

If you have feedback, corrections or suggestions for new lighthouses to add, please get in touch via our contact page.