Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00053:body:0:p68
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00053
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 254620–263527

protecting and conserving the National and Commonwealth heritage values.                                                                                                                                                     1. Ensure the Harbour Trust's Heritage Strategy is kept up to date in accordance with Section 341ZA of the EPBC Act.
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Policy 28                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Undertake a full review of the Plan in accordance with Sections 319, 324W and 341X of the EPBC Act.                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Full review of the Plan at least every 5 years after the Plan is made.
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Convict / Institutional era Policies
Cockatoo Island has been home to convict, penal and institutional activity and represents the principal characteristics of Australian convict sites including: hard labour as a means of punishment and deterrence to the British criminal class; use of convict labour for the establishment of the colony through public works; and secondary punishment for re-offending convicts. Cockatoo Island is important for its ability to demonstrate the function, planning layout and architectural idiom and principal characteristics of an imperial convict public works establishment of the 1840s. (NHL & CHL Criterion d)
Of particular significance are the individual elements of the convict period including the rock cut grain silos, the prisoners' Barracks and Mess Hall, the Military Guard House, the Military Officers Quarters, the Free Overseers' Quarters and Biloela House all located on the Plateau. On the lower aprons of the Island the Fitzroy Dock and Caisson (and former pump building) and the Engineers' and Blacksmiths' shop remain as evidence of convict labour, producing a major piece of government infrastructure (NHL & CHL Criterion a).
Cockatoo Island Convict Site contributes to the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Property through its capacity to meet criterion (iv) has by demonstrating in its fabric and setting the geo-political spheres of influence of the British Empire, in addition to its contribution to the emergence of a national penitentiary systems as recognized under criterion (vi).
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Policy 29                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Protect, conserve, maintain and enhance the significant convict and institutional structures and their settings and fabric in-situ.                                                                            2. Removal of intrusive fabric of low heritage significance may be considered if it aids in the interpretation and visibility of significant fabric.
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