Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01339:reg:372:p62
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01339
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 372 (pt 62/62)
Character Range: 347693–351662

Colonial Architect James Barnet, an influential architect responsible for some of Sydney's most significant 19th century public buildings, and who designed the existing lighthouse (based on Greenway's original design), the Assistant Keeper's Quarters and the Engineer's & Assistant's Quarters. The Macquarie Lightstation is one a number of lightstations Barnet developed throughout NSW.                     State/Local Criteria B
The lightstation is also associated with the NSW Colonial Architect Mortimer Lewis who designed the Head Keeper's Quarters in 1836 as an addition to Greenway's south-west lodge, as well as the Signal Station; and with Governor Phillip who ordered the first navigational aids to be erected on the South Head ridge, a flagstaff followed by a signal column, which eventually led to the establishment of the Macquarie Lightstation under Governor Macquarie.  State/Local Criteria B
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The Macquarie Lightstation together with the adjacent Signal Station have important associations with Robert Watson, harbourmaster and quartermaster of H.M.S. Sirius, who was appointed signal master at South Head and the first superintendent of the lighthouse in 1818. The suburb of Watsons Bay is named for him.                                                                                                                                              State/Local Criteria B

The archaeology and potential archaeological remains of the Macquarie Lightstation have strong associations with early members of colonial society including Governors Phillip and Macquarie, Francis Greenway, Commissioner Bigge and others including possibly Bennelong and the seamen of the H.M.S. Sirius.                                                                                                                                                       National Criteria H
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Criteria (i) Indigenous traditions
The place has significant natural and Aboriginal heritage value, which when combined, and taking into account any new finds and future research, these values can tell us about the complex human-environmental interactions and relationships that developed during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene evolutionary history of Sydney and the continued unbroken archaeological record of Aboriginal occupation of the place during periods of long-term climate change.  Local Criteria A & E

[1] O'Grady, L., 2017; Conservation Action Plan Macquarie Lighthouse
[2] Casey & Lowe, 2005; Archaeological Assessment Macquarie Lightstation, South Head, p. 49