Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01547:reg:1999:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01547
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1999 (pt 9/19)
Character Range: 68816–73311

island lighthouses along the NSW coast (criterion b).

   Additionally significant is the fact that the  tower was designed by NSW Colonial  Architect James Barnet. Barnet played a seminal role into the development of the colony's architecture over 25 years (criterion h).

   The island and the lightstation are socially significant on account of the large numbers of visitors to Montague, the tower's high visibility from the coast and the incorporation of the tower into local tourism (criterion g).

   The tower's fine design and granite stonework, its landmark status along this part of the coast, the lack of modern visual intrusions, and the tower's contrast with the island's rounded granite slabs and treeless topography are all responsible for the tower having considerable aesthetic qualities (criterion e).

Commonwealth heritage values – criteria

   There are nine criteria for inclusion in the Commonwealth Heritage List and 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 Montague Island Lighthouse is discussed in relation to each of the criteria as based on the current Commonwealth Heritage Listing Place ID 105601.

Criterion                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Relevant Attributes Identified                                                                                                                       Explanation

Criterion A – Processes
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.
All of the structure's historic fabric,                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Opened in 1881, the Montague Island Lighthouse is significant for its long association with the development
form and siting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              and provision of maritime aids along the New South Wales coast, and for its part in the history of Australian shipping over a considerable period.
Criterion B – Rarity                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        All of the place including its landscape setting.                                                                                                     The Montague tower is one of only two offshore island lighthouses along the NSW coast.
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 – Characteristic values This criterion is satisfied by places that have significant heritage values because of [their] importance                                                                                                               The granite tower, with tapering walls, outward curving platform and curved balustrade, as well as the quality of design and craftsmanship.           The Montague Island Lighthouse tower is a good example of a late- 19th century light tower on the NSW coast.
in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of Australia's natural or cultural history.
Criterion E – Aesthetic characteristics                                                                                                                                                                                                                     The historic form and fabric, its visibility and the lack of modern intrusions and landscape setting.                                                 The tower's fine design and granite stonework, its landmark status, the lack of modern visual intrusions, and