Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00053:schedule:5:p37
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00053
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 5 (pt 37/42)
Character Range: 584499–587344

most complete groups of convict structures in Australia. As such, the building is also a rare and important example of a guard house of the period, still exhibiting features directly related to its use.
Attributes
The historic fabric, form and layout of the place, and its relationship to other components in the precinct.
H Significant people
The building was designed by Colonel George Barney, who as Commanding Royal Engineer played a notable role in the colony.
Attributes
The building's form.
Underground Grain Silos, Cockatoo Island, NSW, Australia
Photographs: None
List: Commonwealth Heritage List
Class: Historic
Legal Status: Listed place (22/06/2004)
Place ID: 105264
Place File No: 1/12/022/0092
Summary Statement of Significance:
Excavated during 1839-40, the grain silos are historically highly significant for their direct association with the convict era in New South Wales. They are also associated, as water storage facilities, with the other phases of Cockatoo Island's history, when the island was used as an industrial school and as a major government shipyard. Further, the silos reflect aspects of food supply and government administration in the early years of the colony. (Criterion A.4)
The silos on the island are believed to be the only major group of convict-cut rock silos in Australia. Additionally, they are finely excavated and reflect a high degree of stonemasonry skills on the part of their builders. (Criteria B.2 and F.1)
The silos also have significance for their association with Colonel George Barney, who played a notable engineering role in colonial NSW for a number of years. (Criterion H.1)
Official Values:
Criteria
Values
A Processes
Excavated during 1839-40, the grain silos are historically highly significant for their direct association with the convict era in New South Wales. They are also associated, as water storage facilities, with the other phases of Cockatoo Island's history, when the island was used as an industrial school and as a major government shipyard. Further, the silos reflect aspects of food supply and government administration in the early years of the colony.
Attributes
All of the fabric above and below ground associated with the silos.
B Rarity
The silos on the island are believed to be the only major group of convict-cut rock silos in Australia.
Attributes
All of the fabric above and below ground associated with the silos.
F Technical achievement
The silos are finely excavated and reflect a high degree of stonemasonry skills on the part of their builders.
Attributes
All of the fabric above and below ground associated with the silos.
H Significant people
The silos also have significance for their association with Colonel George Barney, who played a notable engineering role in colonial NSW for a number of years.
Attributes
All of the fabric above and below