The first settlement at the point was a
pilot station, moved from Amity Point in August 1848. The pilot station was later moved to Bulwer. The first lighthouse was constructed in the early 1860s, a wooden tower. It carried a large kerosene burner with a reflector The Rooney brothers also constructed
Lady Elliot Island Light They later constructed
Cape Bowling Green Light in 1874, The apparatus was also upgraded and the old apparatus was installed on the old Comboyuro Point tower which was moved to
Burnett Heads and is now known as the
Old Burnett Heads Light. The light was intensified in 1883 by installed condensing prisms.
Coastal erosion problems were reported as early as 1898. In 1901 the tower and the cottage were moved inland to protect them from the aforementioned erosion. In 1909 the pilot station at Bulwer was closed except for a remaining signal station. In 1912 this signal station was moved to Cowan Cowan. For part of its lifetime, the signal station was operated by the Cowan Cowan light keeper. In 1950 the light was converted to acetylene gas, automated, and demanned. The
List of Lights lists an active light at the site, a square metal tower, which also serves as a
daymark, with orange yellow squares on the northwest and southwest faces. The light, displayed at a focal height of , is a flash every two seconds, white, red or green, depending on the direction (Fl.W.R.G. 2s), visible for . Green is shown on 345°−016°30′, red is shown on 016°30′−048°30′, 055°−132° and 141°−188° while white is displayed on 048°30′−055° and 132°−141°. The light is partially obscured by trees on 165°−188°. ==See also==