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Industries, Parks, Water and Environment TAS (Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania). Future versions of the plan will include an update on this consultation progress.
In accordance with the EPBC Regulations, the draft heritage management plan was made available on AMSA's website from 7 March 2022 – 1 April 2022. A notice was placed in The Australian newspaper on 7 March 2022 informing the general public that a plan had been drafted and was available for review and feedback on AMSA's website. No comments were received.
  1.4 Status
This plan has been adopted by AMSA in accordance with Schedule 7A (Management plans for Commonwealth Heritage places) and Schedule 7B (Commonwealth Heritage management principles) of the EPBC Regulations to guide the management of the place and for inclusion in the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
  1.5 Authorship
This plan has been prepared by AMSA. At the initial time of publication, the Australian Maritime Systems Group (AMSG) was the contract maintenance provider for the Commonwealth Government's AtoN network including Table Cape Lighthouse.
  1.6 Acknowledgements
AMSA acknowledges the professional assistance of the Waratah-Wynyard Council, the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, and the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (TAS).
  1.7 Language
For clarity and consistency, some words in this plan such as restoration, reconstruction and preservation, are used with the meanings defined in the Burra Charter[2]. (See Appendix 1 Glossary of heritage conservation terms). Also see Appendix 2 Glossary of lighthouse terminology relevant to Table Cape which sets out the technical terminology used in this plan.
  1.8 Previous reports
A 'Table Cape Lighthouse Conservation Management Plan' was prepared in 2010 for the Waratah Wynyard Council and Heritage Tasmania.[3]
A 'Heritage Lighthouse Report: Table Cape' was prepared in 2007 by Peter Marquis-Kyle for AMSA.[4]
A 'Heritage Asset Condition Report' (3rd Revision) was prepared in 2019 by AMSG for AMSA.
  1.9 Sources of information and images
This plan has used a number of sources of information. This includes the National Archives of Australia (NAA), the National Library of Australia (NLA) and AMSA's heritage collection.

  2       Table Cape Lighthouse site
  2.1 Location
Table Cape Lighthouse is located on the northern coast of Tasmania, Australia. Situated approximately 5 kilometres north of the township of Wynyard, the lighthouse was built on Table Cape overlooking Bass Strait – a passage of water separating Tasmania from the Australian mainland. The lighthouse stands on the high, flat-topped cliffs approximately 170 metres above sea level.
Coordinates: 40º 56.7957' S, 145º 43.7439' E
Figure 3. Location of Table Cape Lighthouse within Tasmania (Imagery ©2021 TerraMetrics, Map Data: ©2021 Google)

Figure 4. Table Cape and lighthouse, Tasmania (Imagery ©2021 CNES/Airbus, Maxar Technologies, Map data: ©2021 Google)
  2.2 Setting and landscape
Table Cape and its flat-topped