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and the rise of national penitentiary systems (World Heritage criterion (vi)). These criteria need to be clearly interpreted.
Cockatoo Island is a convict industrial settlement and is important in the course of Australia's cultural history for its use as a place of hard labour, secondary punishment and public works. Cockatoo Island is important for its association with the administration of Governor Gipps in the 1840s, and the construction of Fitzroy Dock under the engineer Gother Kerr Mann.
The dockyard has direct associations with the convict era, Australia's naval relationship with its allies (particularly Britain during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries) and Australia's naval development, especially during the First and Second World Wars. Cockatoo Island's development into Australia's primary shipbuilding facility and Australia's first Naval Dockyard for the RAN (1913-1921) further demonstrates its outstanding importance in the course of Australia's history.
During World War Two, Cockatoo Island became the primary shipbuilding and dockyard facility in the Pacific following the fall of Singapore. Post war development of the facility reflects the importance of the island facility to the Commonwealth Government (NHL & CHL criteria a & h).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Continue to develop and implement the Cockatoo Island Interpretation Strategy taking care to represent all layers of historic evidence in a sensitive, comprehensive but unobtrusive manner, using a full range of interpretation tools and measures;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Use the Interpretation Strategy as an essential component in future decision making for site uses and development;
Policy 25                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Communicate the totality of the history and the natural, cultural, social and significant values of Cockatoo Island to the public through continued development and implementation of the Cockatoo Island Interpretation Strategy.                                                       3. Prepare a detailed design for public access and interpretation routes through and around Cockatoo Island ensuring that the significance of the place is readily able to be appreciated;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  4. Interpret the major aspects of significance of Cockatoo Island in all conservation, archaeological and development proposals for the site.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  5. Set up a repository for documentary and pictorial material.
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Research and Training
Policy 26                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Key staff and other stakeholders with responsibilities are to have the appropriate knowledge and skills to manage the heritage values of the island.                                                                                                                                     1. Develop training programs for staff and persons involved in undertaking works on Cockatoo Island, to make them familiar with the heritage values of the place.
Monitoring and Review
Policy 27                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Continually monitor the Plan to assess its effectiveness in protecting and conserving the National and Commonwealth heritage values.                                                                                                                                                     1. Ensure the Harbour Trust's Heritage Strategy is kept up to date in accordance with Section 341ZA of the EPBC Act.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Ensure the Harbour Trust's Heritage Register is kept up