Buckland Hill Reservoir

Buckland Hill Reservoir is situated in Mosman Park, Western Australia, 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) southwest of the Perth central business district.

[1][2] The reservoir position has sweeping views of Rottnest Island, Garden Island and the Port of Fremantle and mouth of the Swan River to the west, and Lucky Bay and Bicton and East Fremantle to the east.

The reservoir was built in 1925 on top of a limestone ridge adjacent to the Buckland Hill lighthouse.

The Buckland Hill obelisk, believed to have been constructed as a trig point and used in the hydrographic surveys of Gage Roads and Cockburn Sound in 1872 to 1874, became an island when the reservoir was enlarged.

[1][2] The hill was originally of a much greater height but was quarried for limestone for the nearby Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company superphosphate works, which operated from 1910 to 1969.