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heritage conservation terms). Also see 'Appendix 2 Glossary of lighthouse terminology relevant to Tasman Island Lighthouse' which sets out the technical terminology used in this plan.
1.8             Previous reports
       * A Heritage Lighthouse Report was generated by Peter Marquis-Kyle in 2006 for AMSA.[3]
       * A Heritage Asset Condition Report (3rd Revision) was generated by AMSG in 2021 for AMSA.[4]

1.9             Sources of information and images
This plan has used a number of sources of information. This includes the National Archives of Australia (NAA), the National Library of Australia (NLA) and AMSA's heritage collection.
Friends of Tasman Island also provided a number of photographs for inclusion in the plan.

  2.   Tasman Island Lightstation site
2.1             Location
Tasman Island Lighthouse is located off the south-east coast of Tasmania on Tasman Island, a 280-metre high plateau landmass within the Tasman Sea. Situated just south of Cape Pillar and the Tasman Peninsular, the island is approximately 16.7 kilometres south-east of Port Arthur and 67.7 kilometres south-east of the city of Hobart. The lighthouse is located along the eastern side of the island.
Coordinates: 43˚ 14.3722' S, 148˚ 00.3046' E
  Figure 3. Location of Tasman Island (Imagery © TerraMetrics, Map data: @2022 Google)

Figure 4. Tasman Island and lightstation (Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO. Image @2022 TerraMetrics)
2.2             Setting and landscape
Tasman Island stands as an impressive display of dolerite rock formation with a flat plateau approximately 1.2 square kilometres in size. With its highest point registering at 300 metres above sea level, the island holds an average height of 280 metres above sea level. During the period of its staffed history, the island was noted to have fertile soil, and the forestry on the island was cleared for grazing and firewood.
Figure 5. View of Tasman Island from the air (© AMSA, 2019)
Fauna and flora
Once covered in thick forestry, the island is now relatively bare after decades of deforestation efforts for cattle grazing. Floral genus that remain on the island include:
       * heathy scrub
       * sheoak woodland
       * sedgeland
       * coastal mosaic
       * Cape Pillar sheoak
The island is recognised as an important bird area and houses the largest fairy prion colony in Tasmania. Ground nesting birds such as the Short-tailed shearwater, Sooty shearwater and Fairy prion which were predated by feral cats until a successful eradication programme funded by the Pennicott Foundation in 2011.
Former keepers have noted that there has been an increase in the number of land birds on Tasman Island with the increase of vegetation since de-staffing of the station, there include:
       * White belied Sea eagle
       * Lewins Rail
       * Yellow-tailed black cockatoo
       * Beautiful Firetail
       * New Holland Honeyeater
       * Satin Flycatcher
       * Silvereye