Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00053:schedule:5:p36
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00053
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 5 (pt 36/42)
Character Range: 581805–584742

convict structure of the period.
Attributes
The fine detail and dominating gable.
E Aesthetic characteristics
The mess hall, with its fine detail and dominating gabled design in Old Colonial/Victorian Georgian style, has architectural significance and makes an important aesthetic contribution to the precinct.
Attributes
The fine detail, dominating gable and Colonial/Victorian Georgian style.
F Technical achievement
The mess hall, with its fine detail and dominating gabled design in Old Colonial/Victorian Georgian style, has architectural significance.
Attributes
Finely detailed sandstone work and dominating gable.
Military Guard Room, Cockatoo Island, NSW, Australia
Photographs: None
List: Commonwealth Heritage List
Class: Historic
Legal Status: Listed place (22/06/2004)
Place ID: 105258
Place File No: 1/12/022/0085
Summary Statement of Significance:
The military guard room (and detached kitchen), completed in 1842, is historically highly significant for its association with early convict administration in the Australian colonies. It is also associated with the other phases of Cockatoo Island's history, as an industrial school for females and as a major shipyard. (Criterion A.4)
The building is part of a group of convict buildings which is the only remaining imperial convict public works complex in NSW, and is one of the most complete groups of convict structures in Australia. As such, the building is also a rare and important example of a guard house of the period, still exhibiting features directly related to its use. (Criteria B.2 and D.2)
The building was designed by Colonel George Barney, who as Commanding Royal Engineer played a notable role in the colony. (Criterion H.1)
Official Values:
Criteria
Values
A Processes
The military guard room (and detached kitchen), completed in 1842, is historically highly significant for its association with early convict administration in the Australian colonies. It is also associated with the other phases of Cockatoo Island's history, as an industrial school for females and as a major shipyard.
Attributes
The historic fabric and form of the structure.
B Rarity
The building is the only remaining imperial convict public works complex in NSW, and is one of the most complete groups of convict structures in Australia. The building is a rare and important example of a guard house of the period, still exhibiting features directly related to its use.
Attributes
All remaining sandstone block work, the stone slab floors, iron wall-rods and hat pegs.
D Characteristic values
The building is part of a group of convict buildings which is the only remaining imperial convict public works complex in NSW, and is one of the most complete groups of convict structures in Australia. As such, the building is also a rare and important example of a guard house of the period, still exhibiting features directly related to its use.
Attributes
The historic fabric, form and