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were subject to major building removal by Defence prior to the transfer of the site to the Harbour Trust. Decontamination of the ground has been completed and landscaping undertaken in the majority of these spaces. Former building footprints have been used and interpreted in the landscape design and through the location of new buildings. The layouts of buildings on the island are a physical manifestation of the ship building process.
The Northern Apron was cleared of most of its metal trades and fabrication shops in 1978, with the remaining buildings being demolished before 1992. The slipways on the western end of the apron and building footprints of previous structures serve as a reminder of the previous use of this part of the island. The Apron has been landscaped to create a campground, including amenities block and outdoor kitchen.
To the south of the Parramatta Wharf, across the cleared Eastern Apron, a complex of workshop buildings remain relatively intact. These buildings are representative of all of the phases of the Islands European occupation and include the Engineering workshop buildings and the water front buildings along the Bolt Shop Wharf (W3). The original convict built workshops have undergone many alterations and additions and as a result have lost some of their original integrity. Some stone conservation works have been carried out to these buildings. Buildings 123 and 124 have been upgraded to enable their regular use for public and private functions.
Buildings 101, 102 and 103, a group of administration buildings representative of the Commonwealth Dockyard phase of the islands history, have undergone conservation works both internally and externally. A workshop has been established in Building 145 to facilitate the restoration of the Island's machinery and cranes. Volunteers, many of whom have previously worked on the Island, are based in this workshop, undertake significant conservation work.
Buildings have been upgraded to facilitate regular public use of Cockatoo Island including Building 135 as a café, a visitor information centre in Building 24, and public toilets in Buildings 34, 83, 119 and 150.
The Harbour Trust's Heritage Registry will provide a description of the physical condition of the site, including all buildings and items. The detailed inventory sheets for each building, the association and uses, are incorporated in the CMPs.

Management Requirements and Goals
The Harbour Trust's goal is to achieve the aims of this plan, working within the current planning framework and without diluting the essential elements that make the island different and appealing. This will require ensuring the objects of the Harbour Trust Act and Harbour Trust's operational needs are met whilst balancing competing interests on the Island and the requirements of the EPBC Act.
Risks to achieving the Harbour Trust's goals