(C) Derek Graham

GUILDERTON

HEMA Map reference 74/B2

31° 20' 44" S 115° 29' 49" E

Statistics

Caravan Park

Caravan Park          08 9577 1021

Services

Attractions

Coastal scenery, Lighthouse.

Buildings of note

Unknown

Calendar of events

April: Anzac Day.

Description

Situated at the mouth of Moore River. The name is said to be derived from the wreck of the Gilt Dragon which foundered off the coast in 1656. 75 members of the crew reached shore and seven sailed to Batavia for help. Subsequent rescue missions failed to find any trace of the 68 survivors. Locally the town is often referred to as Moore River.

The town site was gazetted in 1951 but the area had been in use as a holiday destination from the early 1900s. A picnic and camping reserve was formally created in 1907.
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The Guilderton lighthouse was completed in 1984 and is the last lighthouse to be constructed in W.A.

Henrietta Drake-Brockman is credited with recommending the town's name.