Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01287:reg:2023:p13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01287
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2023 (pt 13/17)
Character Range: 33935–36549

to the fog around the Cape Pillar region. In 1903, the Consolidated Marine Board recommended to the Tasmanian Government the necessity for a light was by then an urgent matter. The Premier agreed that the state would pay the interest on the cost of construction of the light until the lighthouses were eventually taken over by the Federal Government[18].

Design
At a meeting of the Hobart Marine Board on 2 February 1904 it was announced that a lighthouse was to be built on Tasman Island[19].
In January 1904, the Hobart Marine Board visited Tasman Island for the purpose of selecting a site for the new lighthouse in the vicinity of Cape Pillar. The lighthouse committee recommended, based on the reports of the lighthouse inspector, the board's architects, and the Harbourmaster that the lighthouse be erected on the south-eastern part of Tasman Island.

8th April 1904

Sirs,
At a special meeting of the Board held on Wednesday last, it was decided that the site for the proposed lighthouse on Tasman Island be the one marked "A", that is,- the Southern of the two sites shown on the plans left here by you. The light is to be a quick flashing white light visible ½ of a second once every 5 seconds and the tower is to be of iron and 85 feet high.
The quarters are to be of brick with hollow walls and iron roofs. The tower and apparatus will be ordered by the Board from England, but the tenders to be called for erection of the quarters and other work on the Island will include the erection of the tower under the personal supervision of the Lighthouse Inspector. The contractor will take delivery of the tower on the Hobart Wharf. The recommendations contained in your report of the 29th March and Mr. H. R. Hutchison's of the same date were accepted by the Board. Please prepare plans and specifications for the whole of the work and submit same to the Board. The landing stage, crane, the haulage and tramlines and everything connected therewith shall be the property of the Board without any extra payment. All of such work shall be of a good and permanent character and shall stand part of the contract. Any sheds etc. erected by the contractor shall also become the property of the Board without any extra payment.
I am, Sirs,
Your obedient servant,
Master Warden.[20]

Figure 11. Marine Board of Hobart, Tasman Island Lighthouse, Huckson & Hutchison, 1904. NAA: A9568, 5/13/4. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (© Commonwealth of Australia, National Archives of Australia)

The Marine Board's engineer, Mr J. R. Meech, told the members of the Consolidated Board that: 'due