Wollongong Head Lighthouse, Automated lighthouse at Flagstaff Point, New South Wales, Australia

Wollongong Head Lighthouse is a reinforced concrete tower on Flagstaff Point, east of Wollongong's city centre, built to withstand strong winds and splashing waves. Its light shows white for 4.5 seconds through 100 degrees and red through 80 degrees, the red marking shallow water. It stands beside the heritage-listed Wollongong Harbour precinct, with the Breakwater Lighthouse a few hundred metres north.

Built in 1936 by the Department of Shipping and Transport to guide ships into Port Kembla Harbour, it was the first new lighthouse in New South Wales since 1903 and the first in Australia with fully automatic flashing lights. It became the sole working lighthouse at Flagstaff Point in 1974, when the older Wollongong Breakwater Lighthouse was discontinued. It was listed as a local government heritage building on 7 January 2000.

The lighthouse serves as a popular gathering spot where visitors enjoy coastal views and the surrounding landscape. People come here to experience the seaside environment and take in the scenery from the headland.

The lighthouse stands on top of Flagstaff Point, directly east of Wollongong's city centre and beside the heritage-listed harbour precinct. It can be reached on foot from the centre, and the elevated headland gives clear views over the Tasman Sea toward Port Kembla to the south. The nearby University of Wollongong campus makes the point a stop for students as well as visitors.

At the base of the lighthouse stand three cannons from 1879 that were originally installed as defense against potential Russian naval attacks. These historical guns tell a lesser-known story about the region's military security concerns from that era.