Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00078:reg:2015:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00078
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2015 (pt 4/18)
Character Range: 48402–51932

compressed fibre-cement sheet on frame of galvanised steel rectangular hollow sections (RHS) sections bolted together. The frame sits on the top of the tower wall around the edge, and on a central RHS column.
       * Access opening – rectangular, with expanded metal mesh cover.

Finish:                painted
Condition:             intact and sound
Integrity:             high
Significance:          low
Maintenance:           keep in service, prepare and repaint at normal intervals
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: Low

Lighthouse feature: Beacon
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Description and condition
Condition:             intact and sound
Integrity:             not assessed
Significance:          low
Maintenance:           keep in service
Rectification works:   none

Tideland Nova 250 beacon.

Heritage significance: Low

Lighthouse feature: Pedestal
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Description and condition
Welded aluminium post, with flat plates welded top and bottom.
Finish:                bare aluminium
Condition:             intact and sound
Integrity:             high
Significance:          low
Maintenance:           keep in service
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: Low

Lighthouse feature: Balcony floor
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Description and condition
1845 slate slab floor supported on the tower wall and cornice.
Finish:                painted
Condition:             some damage around balustrade stanchion fixings from previous arrangement, otherwise intact and sound

Integrity:             high
Significance:          high
Maintenance:           keep in service
                       maintain joint seals, prepare and repaint at normal intervals
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: High
The balcony floor is both an essential and original part of the lighthouse. It maintains its significance due to the lighthouse being the odlest of the Bass Strait lights – and due to it being one of only four extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion a, criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: Balcony balustrade
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Description and condition
Recent balustrade of welded stainless steel, with angle section stanchions bolted to the balcony floor at the bottom, with four round tubular rails.
Finish:                bare metal
Condition:             intact and sound
Integrity:             high
Significance:          low
Maintenance:           keep in service
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: Low
Lighthouse feature: Walls
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Description and condition
1845 stone walls, probably originally with exposed rock faced stone in courses with finely dressed freestone cornice courses at the top. It has render and stucco coatings inside and out, probably a later modification. Internal projecting ledges indicate probable earlier locations of intermediate floors, since removed.
Finish:                painted
Condition:             intact and sound
Integrity:             high
Significance:          high
Maintenance:           keep in service, prepare and paint at normal intervals
                       monitor condition of pointing and stonework
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: High
The tower walls are both original and essential parts of the lighthouse. They maintain significance due to the lighthouse being the oldest of the Bass Strait lights, and due to it being one of only four extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion a, criterion b).
The tower walls contribute to the aesthetic value of the lighthouse (criterion e).
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