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Provision Reference: reg 2023 (pt 6/15)
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the plan. Future updates and amendments will be listed here.
   1.4  Status
This plan has been adopted by AMSA in accordance with Schedule 7A (Management plans for Commonwealth Heritage places) and Schedule 7B (Commonwealth Heritage management principles) of the EPBC Regulations to guide the management of the place and for inclusion in the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
   1.5  Authorship
This plan has been prepared by AMSA. At the initial time of publication, the Australian Maritime Systems Group (AMSG) was the contract maintenance provider for the Commonwealth Government's AtoN network including Goods Island Lighthouse.
   1.6  Acknowledgements
AMSA acknowledges the professional assistance of the Kaurareg Elders in reviewing the draft plan and providing valuable information.
   1.7  Language
For clarity and consistency, some words in this plan such as restoration, reconstruction and preservation, are used with the meanings defined in the Burra Charter[ii]. (See Appendix 1 Glossary of heritage conservation terms). Also see 'Appendix 2 Glossary of lighthouse terminology relevant to Goods Island which sets out the technical terminology used in this plan.
   1.8  Previous reports
       * Peter Marquis-Kyle prepared a Heritage Lighthouse Report for AMSA in 2007.[iii]
       * A Heritage Asset Condition Report (4th Revision) was generated by AMSG in 2020 for AMSA.[iv]

   1.9  Sources of information and images
This plan has used a number of sources of information. This includes the National Archives of Australia (NAA), the National Library of Australia (NLA) and AMSA's heritage collection.

  2.   Goods Island Lighthouse site
   2.1  Location
Goods Island marks the western entrance to the Prince of Wales Passage and the Normanby Sound in the Torres Strait, and forms part of the Thursday Island Group. The Island is approximately two kilometres in length and is uninhabited.
Goods Island Lighthouse is situated on a high point (Western Hill) on the western side of Goods Island. The island is located within the local government area of the Torres Shire Council.

Goods Island is also known by its Indigenous name, Palilag.

Lighthouse coordinates: 10° 33.9070'S, 142° 09.1290'E
Figure 3. Location of Goods Island Lighthouse along Australian coastline (Map Data @2021 Google, NASA, TerraMetrics)

Figure 4. Location of Goods Island Lighthouse in the Torres Strait (Map Data @2021 Google, NASA, TerraMetrics)
   2.2  Setting and landscape
Goods Island is considered part of the Inner/Western Torres Strait island group, and these islands were formed on acidic volcanic and plutonic basement. The terrain of the island is rocky with steep hills. The lighthouse is located adjacent to and on top of a rocky outcrop and the land drops away on all sides, limiting development around the lighthouse and within its main path of light to the Arafura Sea.
The topography of the island is such that the lighthouse is a visually