Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00060:reg:2015:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00060
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2015 (pt 7/17)
Character Range: 58252–62070

in the Goose Island lantern room. Located on isolated islands, the two towers are situated approximately 54.5 km apart in Bass Strait and are considered to be the two major coastal lights operating north-east of Tasmania.
  Figure 15. Swan Island Lighthouse, TAS. First lit 1845 (Source: AMSA, 2021)
Figure 16. Goose Island Lighthouse, TAS. First lit 1846 (Source: AMSA, 2020)

  5      Heritage Significance
  5.1 Commonwealth heritage list – Goose Island Lighthouse
The following information is taken from the Goose Island Lighthouse listing on the Australian Heritage Database (Place ID: 105564)

Commonwealth heritage list – statement of significance

    The Goose Island Lighthouse, built in 1841-1846, is significant as an integral part of Bass Strait's mid-nineteenth century lighthouse network, and was constructed at a time when shipping was increasing between Melbourne, Hobart and Launceston. It was built using convict labour, which demonstrates the continuing role of convicts in the construction of government facilities in Tasmania during the 1840s. (Criterion A) (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 Goose Island Lighthouse is significant as one of five extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania. It is an important rural coastal landmark. (Criteria B and E).

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 Goose Island Lighthouse is discussed in relation to each of the criteria as based on the current Commonwealth Heritage Listing Place ID 105564.

Criterion                                                                                                                                                                                             Relevant Attributes Identified                                                                                          Explanation
Criterion B – Rarity
                                                                                                                                                                                                      The whole of the lighthouse tower, including its construction materials and details, as well as its landscape setting.  The Goose Island Lighthouse is significant as one of five extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania.
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 E – Aesthetic characteristics
                                                                                                                                                                                                      The prominence of the lighthouse tower in its landscape setting.                                                        The Goose Island Lighthouse is an important rural coastal landmark.
This criterion is satisfied by places that have significant heritage value because of [their] importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics values by a community or cultural group.

  5.2 TAS State heritage register – Goose Island Lighthouse
The following information is taken directly from Goose Island Lighthouse's listings on the Tasmanian State heritage register (THR ID: 10684).
TAS State Register – statement of significance
    Goose Island is of historic cultural heritage significance as an important