Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01613:reg:2020:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01613
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2020 (pt 8/17)
Character Range: 62891–66598

that of Table Cape lighthouse is Mersey Bluff Lighthouse (first lit 1889). Located approximately 74 km east of Table Cape along the norther coastline of Tasmania, Mersey Bluff Lighthouse was similarly designed by Huckson & Hutchinson. Its tower was also constructed by Duff Bros. Co., the same company to construct Table Cape's lantern house. Similarly, both towers were constructed of brick despite Table Cape's upper section being of steel sourced from England. Both sites were automated in 1920.
Figure 16. Mersey Bluff Lighthouse, first lit 1889 (Source: AMSA, 2010)
Figure 17. Table Cape Lighthouse, first lit 1888 (Source: AMSA)

  5       Heritage Significance
5.1 Commonwealth Heritage listing – Table Cape Lighthouse
The following statement of significance and heritage value criterion below is taken from the Table Cape Lighthouse listing on the Commonwealth Heritage List (Place ID: 105603).
Commonwealth statement of significance
    Table Cape Light, built in 1888, is significant for its association with the development of maritime navigation aids along the Tasmanian coast, and with the development of the surrounding region and the expansion of the shipping trade along the north coast (Criterion A) (Themes 3.8.1 Shipping to and from Australian ports, 3.16.1 Dealing with hazards and disasters)
    The tower is distinctive for its unusual below-ground-level base and access bridge (Criterion B).
    Standing on a flat-topped headland atop cliffs towering high above the sea, the light tower is a well-known landmark feature of considerable aesthetic value (Criterion E).
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 Table Cape Lighthouse is discussed in relation to each of the criteria as based on the site's current Commonwealth Heritage Listing (Place ID: 105603).
Criterion                                                                                                                                                                                           Relevant Attributes Identified                                                                Explanation
Criterion A – Processes
                                                                                                                                                                                                        * The whole of the lighthouse form, brick fabric, steel features and landscaped setting.  Table Cape Light, built in 1888, is significant for its association with the development of maritime navigational aids along the Tasmanian coast, and with the development of the surrounding region and the expansion of the shipping trade along the north coast.
This criterion is satisfied by places that have significant heritage value because of [their] importance in the course, or pattern, of Australia's natural or cultural history.

Criterion B – Rarity
                                                                                                                                                                                                        * The below-ground-level base and access bridge.                                          The tower is distinctive for its unusual below-ground-level base and access bridge.
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.