Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01271:reg:2019:p16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01271
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2019 (pt 16/24)
Character Range: 104596–108715

which have undergone little to no disturbance (such as subfloor areas, privies and tips) may retain archaeological information.

The Cape Byron Lightstation includes the only example of a Henry- Lepaute feu éclair (lightning flasher) lens system on a rotating mercury float mechanism in Australia. Representing the best optical technology at the turn of the nineteenth century, the apparatus has technical value and could contribute to an understanding of the operation of lighthouses of the period.
SHR Criterion F – rarity                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The Cape Byron Lightstation (including moveable items) is of state heritage significance for its rarity values as it was only the second lightstation in NSW to be built of precast concrete blocks rather than the traditional stone material. Due to the success of the prototype at Point Perpendicular Lightstation in 1899 (although the first example was built at Point Hicks in Victoria in 1888) and the benefits and cost savings it made to the lighthouse construction, the design of the Cape Byron Lightstation is almost an identical copy of that constructed at Point Perpendicular.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The Cape Byron Lightstation (including moveable items) is also of state heritage significance for the rarity of its optical system. Still in operation and use today, the Henry-Lepaute 2 sided (Bi-valve) lens system on a rotating mercury float mechanism was considered to be leading optical technology of the period and its retention is of great value to the significance of the Cape Byron Lightstation.
An item possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of NSW's cultural or natural history.

 State Heritage Register criterion (SHR)                                                   Evidence/Explanation
SHR Criterion G – Representativeness                                                      The Cape Byron Lightstation (including moveable items) is of state heritage significance as a representative station along the NSW's 'highway of lights', a system of navigational aids installed along the coastline in the mid-to-late 19th century. Important to the safe passage of shipping in NSW, the system of lightstations has a collective significance that reflects the logistical management for installing coastal infrastructure and the technical evolution of the stations.

An item is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of NSW's:  There is also an architectural coherency between lightstations across NSW, particularly those designed by James Barnet as the Colonial Architect (1865-1890). Cape Byron Lightstation was designed by Barnet's successor, Charles Assinder Harding, who contributed the strong architectural styling of Barnet while designing a tower and precinct for the Cape Byron headland that was distinctive and contemporary in its use of developing technology and construction techniques.
 •  Cultural or natural places; or
 •  Cultural or natural environments                                                      As a representative example, the design and compact nature of the building group at Cape Byron reflects the typical layout of regional lightstation complexes around Australia.

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