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Pty Ltd (1973), the Faust family (1974), and a private lessee (1989).

In 1989, following the de-manning of the lightstation, the Commonwealth leased the small area of land immediately around the lighthouse to AMSA, and put out to tender the lease of the remainder of the southern part of Dent Island. The lease was granted to a private lessee.

4.4. Current owners and leases
The northern part of Dent Island (about two-thirds of the island) is owned by the Queensland government and the southern part (the former lighthouse reserve) is held on behalf of the Commonwealth by the GBRMPA.

The private lessee has responsibility for the day-to-day maintenance of the land and facilities within the leased areas.

The southern Commonwealth part of Dent Island comprises five leased areas, as described below:

    -          Lot 1 HR2019 (58 m2): This small area contains the lighthouse tower and is leased from the GBRMPA by AMSA. AMSA owns the lighthouse and the associated equipment and is responsible for maintaining this structure. AMSA has rights of access to the site through the surrounding areas.

    -          Lot 2 HR2019 (2836 m2): This lease is divided into two areas:

           * Lease A contains no structures and is leased from the GBRMPA by AMSA as a potential helipad site.
           * Lease B contains the former lightkeepers' houses and other ancillary structures of the lightstation and is leased from the GBRMPA by a private lessee. The private lessee is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of this Lot.

    -          Lot 3 HR2019 (1.662 ha): This area is leased from the GBRMPA by Maritime Safety Queensland as a navigation beacon reserve.

    -          Lot 4 HR2019 (115 ha): This area, the major part of the Commonwealth area in the south of the island, is leased from the GBRMPA by a private lessee. This lease includes the golf course. The lessee is responsible for the day-to-day property management of this allotment.

4.5. The heritage management plan area
This heritage management plan deals directly with the area that was historically used by the lighthouse keepers who maintained the lighthouse between 1879 and 1987 — that is, Lots 1 and 2 on HR2019, plus about 14 600m2 of Lot 4 (Figure 13). It includes the lighthouse, the two keepers' houses, the store, the winch house, the work­shop/store­/radio-room and the engine room. Also included are the tramway, the derrick crane, various concrete paths, two graves, septic tanks, the main concrete water tank, the water header tank on its steel lattice stand, the fowl house, and the spa bath and its roof (Figure 11).

4.6. The lightstation setting
The heritage value of the lightstation could be affected adversely by changes in its visual setting — this is