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it was finally phased out in the 1990s.

3.2             The Commonwealth lighthouse service

 When the Australian colonies federated in 1901, it was decided that the new Commonwealth Government would be responsible for coastal
 lighthouses. This included only the major lights used by vessels travelling from port to port, not the minor lights used for navigation within harbours and rivers. There was a delay before this new arrangement came into effect and the existing lights continued to be operated by the states.

 Since 1915, various Commonwealth departments have managed lighthouses. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), established under the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990, is  now responsible for operating Commonwealth lighthouses and other marine aids to navigation, along with its other functions.

 Figure 12. Incandescent oil vapour lamp by Chance Brothers Figure 13. Dioptric lens on display at Narooma

  Figure 14. Dalén's system – sunvalve, mixer, flasher and cylinder

  3  Figure 11 – Early example of a rotating catadioptric apparatus, made for the 1844 lighthouse at Skerryvore, Western Scotland
  (Steel engraving from Tomlinson's Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, 1854)

   4   Searle. G, First Order: Australia's Highway of Lighthouses, (2013). Page 34.

     3.3            New South Wales lighthouse service administration

 The table below details the timeline of lighthouse service administration from 1915 to present.

Time Period                                                                                     Administration

1915 – 1927
Lighthouse Branch No. 3 District New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, Sydney headquarters.
                                                                                               Deputy Director of Lighthouses and Navigation, New South Wales.
1927 – 1963
                                                                                               Department of Shipping and Transport, Regional Controller, New South Wales.
1963 – 1972
                                                                                               Department of Transport [III], New South Wales Region / (from 1973) Surface Transport Group,
                                                                                               New South Wales region.
1972 – 1977
                                                                                               Department of Transport [III],
1977 – 1982                                                                                    New South Wales region.
                                                                                               Department of Transport and Construction, regional office, New South Wales.
1982 – 1983
1983 – 1987                                                                                    Department of Transport [IV], New South Wales regional office.
                                                                                               Department of Transport and Communications (Transport Group), New South Wales regional office.
1987 – 1990
                                                                                               Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).
1991 –

3.4            Montague Island: a history

Indigenous history

 Vivienne Mason, Chairperson of Wagonga Local Aboriginal Land Council, Elder and Knowledge Holder of the Yuin Tribe shared knowledge of the land the light house sits on:

 "A Dreamtime Story of my people, the Yuin, is that Barranguba (Montague Island) is the son of Gulaga, the mother mountain, (Mt Dromedary). Barranguba being the eldest son wanted to leave his mother, Gulaga. Gulaga agreed that Barranguba could  move, but only on the condition that she would
 be able to watch over him. Barranguba went off- shore to live, far enough away from his mother but close enough for her to watch over him. Gulaga's youngest son, Nadjanuka also wanted to