Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01339:reg:372:p43
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01339
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 372 (pt 43/62)
Character Range: 282593–285623

D.2 and E.1). The Lightstation is significant for providing a rare example of the historical association with the colonial Governor Lachlan Macquarie and with colonial architects Francis Greenway and James Barnet (Criterion H.1). The Lightstation is significant for its outstanding landscape value, located on a dominant and dramatic portion at the entry to Sydney Harbour. The nineteenth century buildings possess a visual unity in their harmony form, scale, materials and textures (Criteria E.1 and F.1). The Lightstation is significant for illustrating the difficulties of construction in the early period of European settlement, including the isolation of the site and of the colony and the necessity to quarry materials on site (Criterion A.4). The Lightstation is significant for providing material evidence of the changing living and working conditions of the lighthouse keepers and their families, who constitute and early maritime community. (Criterion A.4).

Official Values

Criterion D Characteristic values

The cottage is an integral part of the Lightstation and visually complements the adjacent lighthouse tower.

Criterion E Aesthetic characteristics

The cottage is an integral part of the Lightstation and visually complements the adjacent lighthouse tower.

Description

Situated on Sydney Harbour's southern headland, Macquarie Lighthouse is a prominent regional landmark. An icon of National significance, the tower is representative of the vital link and dependence of Australia with the sea. The property is located 18km from the central business district of Sydney, situated wholly within the Municipality of Woollahra in the suburb of Vaucluse. The Lightstation precinct covers an area of approximately 2.2ha. Over 170 years of settlement are represented on the site, including remnants of the colonial 1816 Lighthouse, retaining wall and various archaeological sites. There are four primary structures, predominantly of Victorian vintage. These include the Lighthouse, the Head Lighthouse Keeper's quarters and the duplex of the Assistant Keepers' quarters, all substantially constructed in the 1880s. A townhouse complex occupies a south-eastern part of the property. This is the largest of the residential buildings, (consisting of four dwellings) and was constructed in stages from 1969-72. The former Head Keeper's Quarters, built c 1883, has been built up over a number of different phases of construction which are evident in the amalgamated structure. The earliest part of the building still performing its structural function are the walls enclosing rooms two to five and seven. These consist of approximately 670mm thick sandstone walls and are the original external walls and internal wattle and daub walls. The roof is of timber rafter construction supported on the north and south sandstone walls and propped at the ridge line onto large timber beams at approximately 3m centres also spanning between the north and south walls (a distance of approximately 6.5m). The ceiling joists span east