Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2014L00095:body:0:p26
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2014L00095
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 69048–76459

(criterion d).
(Source: National Archives of Australia, series J2775, item 1717459)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Ground floor entry door with timber framed and sheeted leaf with inset metal louvre vent panel. Internal panelled door on first floor lantern vesti­bule/airlock.                                                                                                           The tower contributes to the aesth­etic value of the lighthouse (criterion e)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Intermediate (first) floor of hardwood joists and pine floorboards.                                                                                                                                                                                                         The tower is an essential part of the innovative structural design of the Queensland timber and iron lighthouses (criterion f).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Plating of curved galvanised wrought iron of 10 gauge (3.175 mm) thickness, with lapped and riveted joints, screwed to timber frame.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Round porthole windows of cast gunmetal, with inward opening sashes. Each window has an internal copper gutter to catch any water that drips from the sash, with copper pipe to carry the water out through the plating.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 All in good stable condition.
Balcony and lantern floor

(Source: National Archives of Australia, series J2775, item 1717459)  Built in 1879 and not substantially altered. The hardwood frame was prefabricated in Brisbane and then brought to Dent Island for erection.                                                Radiating hardwood joists with outer ends cut to profile.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Highly significant for these reasons:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Floorboards on top of joists, with rounding nosing at outer edge.                                                                                                                                                                                                           The balcony is an essential part of the lighthouse and demonstrates a local Queensland design (criterion a).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Lead covering with radial rolled joints, and outer edge dressed over the nosing.                                                                                                                                                                                            The balcony is a characteristic element of light­houses of its type (criterion d).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Balustrade with solid wrought iron stanchions, and rails of galvanised iron pipe.                                                                                                                                                                                           The balcony contributes to the aesthetic value of the lighthouse (criterion e)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 All in good stable condition.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The balcony is an essential part of the innovative structural design of the Queensland timber and iron lighthouses (criterion f).

Lantern

                                                                      Built in 1879. The component parts were prefab­ri­ca­ted in Bris­bane, then brought to Dent Island for assembly.                                                                           Timber-framed base (murette) sheeted with curved iron plate on outside, ver­tical boards in­side. A ring of timber blocks, in segments joined with lap joints, has been inserted between the lantern base and the glazing sill, covered on the outside with lead flashing.  Highly significant for these reasons:

                                                                      In the late 1920s the height of the lantern base was raised to accom­modate the extra height of the mer­cury float pedestal.                                                               Glazing of flat trapezoidal panes held in inclined astragals. Panes on the landward side are blanked.                                                                                                                                                                       The lantern is an essential part of the lightstation, and demonstrates a local Queensland design (criterion a).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Part-spherical roof (dome­/cu­pola) of sheet galvanised iron curved both ways, on curved iron rafters attached to cast iron gutter ring. Heat vent tube still in place.                                                                                                     The lantern is a characteristic elem­ent of lighthouses of its type (criterion d).