Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01339:reg:372:p57
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01339
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 372 (pt 57/62)
Character Range: 320811–326987

by Lucas Stapleton Johnson & Partners Pty Ltd in 2018.

Criteria (a) Historic Values
The Macquarie Lightstation is of outstanding significance for being the first permanent, purpose-built lightstation in Australia and is now the longest-serving lightstation still extant. Its prominent location on the ridgeline of South Head, visible from various points throughout Sydney Harbour remain a symbol of both the British settlement of Sydney and colonial Australia's dependence on seaborne trade and still functions today as a navigation aid.  National Criteria A
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The place is of outstanding significance for its historic associations with Australia's earliest attempts under Governor Phillip in 1790 at signalling ships from South Head. Beginning with a flag staff, beacon, night fire and column, this navigational system lead to the initial development of the Macquarie Lightstation in 1818.                                                                                                                              National Criteria A
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The Macquarie Lightstation forms part of a group of highly significant historic buildings and precincts including the Signal Station, Hornby Lighthouse, remnant Water Police and Harbour Pilots facilities and other features at South Head and Watson's Bay which demonstrate the importance of shipping and coastal navigation aids in the early days of the colony and throughout the nineteenth century.                                                          State/Local Criteria A
The lightstation is of historical significance as a remnant of colonial architect Francis Greenway's more substantial works and his first commission by Governor Macquarie. Although no longer extant, Greenway's lightstation remains readable in the configuration and landscape of the Macquarie Lightstation today.                                                                                                                                                National Criteria A
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The Macquarie Lightstation retains its visual connection with the city via the historic view corridor between the lighthouse and the Royal Botanic Gardens and the former Governors Domain and is important surviving example of Governor Macquarie's urban design plans for the young colony and an historic tangible expression of the permanency of the British settlement of Sydney.                                                                               National Criteria A
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The 1883 lighthouse and additions are also of historical significance as the work of the prominent Colonial Architect James Barnet and as part of an ambitious program of lighthouse construction undertaken by Barnet in the late nineteenth century.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 State/Local Criteria A
The Barnet lighthouse is of outstanding significance for being the first Australian lightstation to be powered by electricity generated by one of the earliest electrical installations in Sydney, parts of which are extant.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          National Criteria A
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Criteria (b) Rarity
The Macquarie Lightstation is of exceptional rarity as surviving evidence of Australia's first permanent lightstation and as the longest continuously operating site of a navigational beacon in Australia. The influence of Macquarie in terms of the placement and grandeur of the tower remains evident and due to its location on a prominent ridge on