Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00078:reg:2015:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00078
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2015 (pt 7/18)
Character Range: 57586–60772

internally. 2012 stainless steel corrugated roofing sheets, gutters and downpipes.
Double hung windows are boarded up. No equipment in place. Concrete water tank attached.
Condition:             intact and sound
Integrity:             high
Significance:          high
Maintenance:           prepare and repaint parts as required
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: High
The oil store is an essential part of the lightstation. It maintains significance due to the lightstation being the oldest of the Bass Strait lights, and due to it being one of only four extant pre-1850s lightstation in Tasmania (criterion a, criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: Remnant floor slab
© AMSA 2022

Description and condition
Concrete floor slab remaining from a demolished building (function not known). This is the structure currently used as a helipad.
Condition:             many cracks throughout slab, but still sound
Integrity:             medium
Significance:          moderate
Maintenance:           keep in service
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: Moderate
The helipad is an essential part of the lightstation and was originally a building.

4.2 Related object and associated AMSA artefact
There are no AMSA artefacts located on-site at Swan Island Lighthouse.

4.3 Comparative analysis
Exhibiting similar stylistic features, both Swan Island Lighthouse, first lit 1845, and Goose Island Lighthouse, first lit 1846, were built by ex-convict Charles Watson and his team of prisoners. Both masonry towers were constructed of cement rendered rubble stone and fitted with a catadioptric lens with silvered mirrors (see figure 19). In 1872, Swan Island's mirrors were removed and fitted 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 14. Goose Island Lighthouse (Source: ASMA, 2019)
Figure 15. Swan Island Lighthouse (Source: AMSA, 2019)

  5      Heritage significance
  5.1 Commonwealth heritage list – Swan Island Lighthouse
The following information is taken from the Swan Island Lighthouse listing on the Commonwealth Heritage List (Place ID: 105598).
Commonwealth heritage list – statement of significance
    Swan Island Lighthouse, completed in 1845, 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. It also represents an early example of co-operation between Australian colonies in sharing costs and responsibilities for mutual benefit. The intact and vestigial 1930s buildings reflect the ongoing development of the lighthouse over a considerable period of time. (Criterion A) (Themes: 3.8.1 Shipping to and from Australian ports, 3.16.1 Dealing with hazards and disasters).
    The Lighthouse is of further significance for being the oldest lighthouse in Bass