Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00072:reg:2015:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00072
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2015 (pt 1/15)
Character Range: 44357–47300

2015  Lantern room and upper ring repainted, glazing resealed and broken glazing panes replaced.

  3.8 Summary of current and former uses
From its construction in 1909, Cape du Couedic Lighthouse has been used as a marine AtoN for mariners at sea. Its AtoN capability remains its primary use.
The cottages, once used to house the keepers stationed at Cape du Couedic Lighthouse, were utilised by Flinders University circa. 1980s. At the time this plan was written, the Cape du Couedic cottages are used for tourist accommodation under the management of SA Tourism Kangaroo Island.
  3.9 Summary of past and present community associations

Aboriginal associations
The Cape du Couedic landscape maintains high significance due to its long Aboriginal history, and its part within the Ngurunderi Dreaming Story.

The Ramindjeri Heritage Association Inc. draw direct connection to King Condoy, headman of Ramindjeri, and Princess Con. Ramindjeri people observe the island to be a 'gateway to heaven', and maintain strong ties to the island and the Cape du Couedic landscape.

Local, national and international associations
Cape du Couedic Lighthouse is considered a significant site to the Kangaroo Island community, as well as to the wider state and national communities due to the site's contribution to the history of maritime development in the early 20th century. There are also strong familial connections with the site due to its time as a staffed station from 1909-1957. The shipwrecks that occurred close to the cape have also cemented the site as one of tragedy and loss.
The surrounding Flinders Chase National Park is notable for its associations with national and international conservation efforts.
  3.10         Unresolved questions or historical conflicts
A few dates are contested across various sources. Lighthouses of Australia Inc. determine that construction of the lightstation began in 1906, whereas Garry Searle in their publication "First Order: Australia's highway of Lighthouses" determines that construction workers first arrived on Kangaroo Island in 1907, and that construction of the lighthouse did not commence until the jetty has been completed.
A full list of the keepers to have been stationed at Cape du Couedic is not available, however a partial list was compiled by Lighthouse of Australia Inc. and the Duthie Family and in available on the Lighthouses of Australia Inc. website.[xliii]
  3.11         Recommendations for further research
Further investigation on the families stationed at the lightstation would provide greater insight into the social history of the lighthouse during its staffed life-span.

  4.   Fabric
   4.1  Fabric register
The cultural significance of the lighthouse resides in its fabric, and also in its intangible aspects, such as the meanings people ascribe to it, and the connections to other places and things. The survival of its cultural value depends on a well-informed