Point Cloates lighthouse was built in 1910 from local limestone on the hill near Ningaloo Station homestead. The lighthouse was particularly remote and the living conditions were cramped with the two lighthouse keepers living in one cottage with their families. The keepers had to be self reliant, growing a garden of vegetables, hunting wildlife and fishing.
The light was automated and demanned in 1933. It was severely damaged in the mid-1930s and abandoned, and sold to the Lefroys for 5 pounds. It is likely the damage was caused by an earthquake.
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