Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00967:reg:2019:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00967
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2019 (pt 7/16)
Character Range: 58527–62544

Lighthouse, built 1861, is significant as an integral part of Bass Strait's mid-nineteenth century network of lighthouses. This system represents the first example of cooperation by the Australian colonies in sharing the costs and responsibilities of providing navigational aids. (Criterion A.4) (Australian Historic Themes 3.8.1 Shipping to and from Australian ports; 3.8.2 Safeguarding Australian products for long journeys and 3.16.1 Dealing with hazards and disasters)

    The Cape Wickham Lighthouse makes a dramatic contribution to the rural landscape of the northern tip of King Island. (Criterion E.1)

    The Cape Wickham Lighthouse is a good example of a lighthouse built during the 1860s. It is forty eight metres high, which makes it the tallest lighthouse in Australia. It retains the original H Wilkins and Company lantern house and the original timber staircase, a feature that is not common in a stone lighthouse. (Criterion B.2 and D.2)

Commonwealth heritage values criteria

There are nine criteria for inclusion in the Commonwealth Heritage List – meeting any one of these is sufficient for listing a place. These criteria are similar to those used in other Commonwealth, state and local heritage legislation, although thresholds differ. In the following sections, the criteria met by Cape Wickham Lighthouse is discussed as based on the current Commonwealth Heritage Listing (Place ID 105567).
Criterion                                                                                                                                                                                                        Relevant attributes identified                                       Explanation
Criterion A – Processes                                                                                                                                                                                              * The whole of the lighthouse and its landscape setting.         The Cape Wickham Lighthouse, built in 1861, is significant as an integral part of Bass Strait's mid-nineteenth century network of lighthouses. This system represents the first example of cooperation by the Australian colonies in sharing the costs and responsibilities of providing navigational aids.

This criterion is satisfied by places that have significant heritage value because of [their] importance in the course, or pattern, of Australia's natural or cultural history.

Criterion B – Rarity                                                                                                                                                                                                 * The tower's height and its original timber staircase.          It is forty eight metres high, which makes it the tallest lighthouse in Australia. It retains the original H Wilkins and Company lantern house and the original timber staircase, a feature that is not common in a stone lighthouse.

This criterion is satisfied by places that have significant heritage value because of [their] possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Australia's natural or cultural history.

Criterion D – Typicality                                                                                                                                                                                             * The lighthouse's form, fabric and coursed stonework.           The Cape Wickham Lighthouse is a good example of a lighthouse built during the 1860s.

This criterion is satisfied by places that have significant heritage values because of [their] importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of Australia's natural or cultural history.

Criterion E – Aesthetics                                                                                                                                                                                             * Its height, location, painted exterior and visual prominence.  The