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which would account for portions of the wreck getting on the beach at Smoky Cape[xii].
Various other ships were wrecked in the Trial Bay area and along the accompanying headland which affected the credibility of coastal trade and shipping in NSW.
It was in 1873 that the need for a lighthouse on Smoky Cape was first addressed by the principal officers of the Australian Colonies Marine Departments. However, no action was taken following this initial request. In 1884, the Shipmasters and Officers Association presented to the government requests to build lighthouses at both Smoky Cape and Norah Head. It wasn't until 1886 that a Mr Alexander Kethel, Member for West Sydney, passed a resolution in the Legislative Assembly for a light at Smoky Cape. Kethel argued that the erection of a light at Smoky Cape would benefit the increase of coastal trade and navigation in New South Wales.
    The lighthouse would serve a two-fold purpose; first, as a landmark and secondly, as a guide for the navigation of ships. He [Kethel] had been induced to bring forward that motion by a great number of ship masters, and the erection of a lighthouse had been urged in some petitions presented to the House[xiii].
Design
James Barnet, colonial architect for New South Wales, was appointed as head architect and designed the blueprints for the proposed Smoky Cape Lighthouse. Barnet, alongside the Marine Board, surveyed Smoky Cape in 1889 and selected the site, then Barnet designed a mass concrete, octagonal plan form lighthouse (See Figure 14).
James Barnet (1827-1904)
Born in 1827, Barnet studied drawing, design and architecture in London before he and his family migrated to Australia c. 1854. Appointed Clerk of Works for Sydney University, Barnet later joined the Colonial Architect's Office in 1860. By 1865, he was named Colonial Architect, a position he held until his retirement in 1890. In that timeframe, Barnet was responsible for the architectural design of numerous public works including allegedly 15 lighthouses. His design style, adopted from Francis Greenway's Macquarie Light (1818), served as the quintessential NSW style until the end of the 19th century.

Figure 11. James Barnet (n.d)
Barnet's plans also included the proposed keepers' cottages to the west of the lighthouse tower (See Figure 19). In keeping with the proposed fabric of the lighthouse, the cottages were designed to be constructed of mass concrete with galvanised iron roofs.
In 1890, an administrative reshuffle in the NSW government oversaw the termination of the colonial architect's office. As a direct result, the responsibility for constructing the Smoky Cape Lighthouse under Barnet's original design was tasked to Cecil W Darley, engineer-in-chief of the Harbours and Rivers Department[xiv].

Construction
Tenders were called for the erection of