Plaque about the port on the Rockingham Waterfront Pioneer Rotary Walk in Rockingham, Western Australia. It reads, "The Port The first vessel to tie up at the jetty built in 1872 was the brigantine Northern Light on the 31st January 1873. She loaded timber and sailed for Melbourne on the 4th April. This was the beginning of the timber trade in Rockingham and of the town at the beachfront."