Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01339:reg:372:p48
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01339
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 372 (pt 48/62)
Character Range: 296303–299489

1990s. The building is now in good condition. (February 2002)

Location

Part of Macquarie Lighthouse Group, situated south-west of Lighthouse, Old South Head Road, Vaucluse. Excludes garage.

Bibliography

Clive Lucas, Stapleton and Partners Pty Ltd, "Macquarie Lightstation, Old South Head Road, Vaucluse NSW 2030, Revised Conservation Management Plan", for the Department of Finance and Administration, 2001.

National Trust of Australia (NSW), information.

Macquarie Lighthouse, Old South Head Rd, Vaucluse, NSW, Australia

List           Commonwealth Heritage List
Class          Historic
Legal Status   Listed Place (22/06/2004)
Place ID       105366
Place File No  1/12/041/0039

Summary Statement of Significance

The Macquarie Lightstation, built in 1883, is significant as the site of the first lighthouse to be built in Australia and represents the longest continuously operating site of a navigational beacon in Australia (Criterion B.2). The Lightstation is significant for providing a rare example of the historical association with the colonial Governor Lachlan Macquarie and with colonial Architects Francis Greenway and James Barnet (Criterion H.1). The Lightstation is significant for its outstanding landscape value, located on a dominant and dramatic portion at the entry to Sydney Harbour. The nineteenth century buildings possess a visual unity in their harmony form, scale, materials and textures (Criteria E.1 and F.1). The Lightstation is significant for illustrating the difficulties of construction in the early period of European settlement, including the isolation of the site and of the colony and the necessity to quarry materials on site (Criterion A.4). The Lightstation is significant for providing material evidence of the changing living and working conditions of the lighthouse keepers and their families, who constitute an early maritime community. (Criterion A.4).

Official Values

Criterion A Processes

The Lightstation is significant for illustrating the difficulties of construction in the early period of European settlement, including the isolation of the site and of the colony and the necessity to quarry materials on site. The Lightstation is significant for providing material evidence of the changing living and working conditions of the lighthouse keepers and their families, who constitute an early maritime community.

Criterion B Rarity

Criterion E Aesthetic characteristics

The Lightstation is significant for its outstanding landscape value, located on a dominant and dramatic portion at the entry to Sydney Harbour. The nineteenth century buildings possess a visual unity in their harmony form, scale, materials and textures.

Criterion F Technical achievement

The Lightstation is significant for its outstanding landscape value, located on a dominant and dramatic portion at the entry to Sydney Harbour. The nineteenth century buildings possess a visual unity in their harmony form, scale, materials and textures.

Criterion H Significant people

The Lightstation is significant for providing a rare example of the historical association with the colonial Governor Lachlan Macquarie and with colonial Architects Francis