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block) between the assistant lighthouse keeper's cottages and tourism facilities blocks. A restricted vehicle access road exists between the  base  of the lighthouse and this parking site however all visitors are required to complete the last 80 metres (approximately) by foot.

 Walking access is available along the Cape Byron walking track (approximately a 3.7 kilometre loop) which includes the Cape Byron Lighthouse along its State Conservation Area route. These access points are located to the south and the north-north-east
 of Lot 2. A concrete apron paving allows walking
 access around the entire base of the  lighthouse.

2.5             Listings

Register                          ID

Commonwealth Heritage List
105599f
NSW State Heritage List          02023g
Register of the National Estate  103599

 Figure 6. View of Tallow Beach from Cape Byron Lighthouse tower (2009)

 Figure 7. Lease Plan detailing land parcels under AMSA control (AMSG, 2015)

 Figure 8. Cape Byron Lightstation NSW State Heritage Register Plan 3210 (NSW State Heritage Council, 2019)

 Figure 9. Cape Byron Lightstation NSW State Heritage Register Plan 3210 (NSW State Heritage Council, 2019)

   3.   History

 The following sections outline the history of lighthouses in Australia and Cape Byron Lighthouse. Some sections were provided by heritage architect, Peter Marquis-Kyle, and are referenced via footnote.

3.1             General history of lighthouses in Australia

 The first lighthouse to be constructed along Australian soil was Macquarie Lighthouse, located at the entrance to Port Jackson, NSW. First lit in 1818, the cost of the lighthouse was recovered through the introduction of a levy on shipping. This was instigated by Governor Lachlan Macquarie, who had ordered and named the light.

 The following century oversaw the construction of hundreds of lighthouses around the country. Constructing and maintaining a lighthouse were costly ventures that often required the financial

 Figure 10. Early technology used in lighthouses 2

 support of multiple colonies. However, they were deemed necessary aids  in assisting the safety of mariners at sea. Lighthouses were firstly
 managed by the colony they lay within, with each colony developing their own style of lighthouse and operational system. Following Federation in 1901, which saw the various colonies unite under one Commonwealth government, lighthouse management was transferred from State hands to the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service.

  1  Figure 10 – The Lantern room of the 1834 Belle Tout lighthouse, south west England. 'The apparatus here employed is that of the "catoptric" system, in which a revolving frame has a number of large concave reflectors, with an Argand fountain lamp in each, fitted to each side of the frame. The shape and position of the reflectors are precisely calculated to throw the rays of light, in a combined flood of light, upon certain parts of the surface of the sea, and to prevent their being wasted