Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01231:reg:2016:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01231
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2016 (pt 8/14)
Character Range: 57455–61291

Huckson & Hutchison include:
    * Mersey Bluff Lighthouse (1889) – brick tower designed by Huckson and fitted with a 4th Order Chance Brothers lantern.
    * Tasman Island Lighthouse (1906) – prefabricated cast-iron tower designed by Huckson and Hutchison and fitted with a 1st Order Chance Brothers lantern (now removed).
    * Low Head Lighthouse (1888) – brick tower designed by Huckson and fitted with a Chance Brothers lantern.

  5.   Heritage significance
  5.1 Commonwealth Heritage listing – Cape Sorell Lighthouse
The following information is taken from the Cape Sorell Lighthouse listing on the Australian Heritage Database (Place ID: 105597).
Commonwealth statement of significance
    Cape Sorell Lighthouse, built in 1899, is significant for its associations with the development of navigational aids along the west coast of Tasmania, and is the only remaining intact structure in a lightstation complex that included the tower, three keepers' residences and an engine room. Remnant foundations serve to indicate the location of the former residences. (Criteria A.4 and B.2) (Themes: 3.8.1 Shipping to and from Australian ports, 3.16.1 Dealing with hazards and disasters).
    In its general configuration, form and massing, the tower is illustrative of one of the types of lighthouses constructed around the continent during the latter part of the 19th century. (Criterion D.2)
    The lighthouse, situated on the tip of the outermost boundary of Macquarie Harbour, in a rugged and lonely coastal setting, and being a very prominent structure in that landscape, has strong aesthetic values. (Criterion E.1)
Commonwealth heritage criteria
There are nine criteria for inclusion in the Commonwealth Heritage List—meeting any one of these is sufficient for listing a place. These criteria are similar to those used in other Commonwealth, state and local heritage legislation, although thresholds differ. In the following sections, the Cape Sorell Lighthouse is discussed in relation to each of the criteria as based on the site's current Commonwealth Heritage Listing (Place ID: 105597).
Criterion                                                                                                                                                                                                        Relevant Attributes Identified                                                                                                 Explanation
Criterion B – Rarity
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The whole tower, its prominence within the coastal landscape plus the footings of three former residences and an engine room.  Cape Sorell Lighthouse, is the only remaining intact structure in its lightstation complex that included the tower, three keepers' residences and an engine room. Remnant foundations serve to indicate the location of the former residences.
This criterion is satisfied by places that have significant heritage value because of [their] possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Australia's natural or cultural history.
Criterion D – Characteristic values
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The tower's form and massing.                                                                                                  In its general configuration, form and massing, the tower is illustrative of one of the types of lighthouses constructed around the continent during the latter part of the 19th century.
This criterion is satisfied by places