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of the ruin and all of the remnant fabric.

Criterion: C

The place has significant heritage value because of the place's potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Australia's natural or cultural history

Values

The ruins, despite their short working life, are significant for providing important information in the interpretation and understanding of an important phase in Australia's history.

Attributes - the location of the ruin and all of the remnant fabric.

Criterion: E

The place has significant heritage value because of the place's importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics valued by a community or cultural group

Values

The ruins, situated on a high clifftop, are significant for their aesthetic value. The fact that the lighthouse was incorrectly sited, the subsequent abandonment of the place and its reduction to a ruin add to its historical and landmark significance.

Attributes - the visual prominence of the site.

Condition and Integrity

The ruins are currently in an advanced state of deterioration due to damage caused during its bombing and subsequent erosion of the exposed interior sandstone walls of the buildings. None of the buildings have any roofing or flooring and the eastern face of the lighthouse building is extensively damaged. Much of the site has been overgrown by Lomandra and Leptospermum. A wire mesh fence has been erected around the ruins to exclude the public, but this has been breached in places and the gates have been forced open at times. The site is currently unsafe for visitors and subject to vandalism. (1992).

Jervis Bay Territory

Summary statement of significance

The Commonwealth owned Jervis Bay Territory, including Bherwerre Peninsula, Bowen Island, and that part of Jervis Bay from Captains Point to Bowen Island, occurs near the southern boundary of the Hawkesbury Sandstone. Accordingly it has a high diversity of plants and represents a northern or southern distribution limit for 33 species of plants. There are 625 indigenous plant species in the place, occurring in 38 communities on Bherwerre Peninsula and 14 communities on Bowen Island. Dominant vegetation types include forests, woodlands, heathlands and shrublands. The place includes well preserved examples of mangrove, saltmarsh and littoral rainforest communities.

The area is home to the Koori people of Wreck Bay who have always lived in, and have strong cultural ties to, the area. These cultural ties are evidenced today through oral traditions, the knowledge and practice of the use of natural resources for food and the making of utensils and crafts, and in the respect for country. Through strong family ties, Koori people of Wreck Bay have maintained their traditional association with the area by passing on the ancestral stories and creation stories relating to the area. Parents recite such