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within The Australian newspaper, and on AMSA's external website in December 2019, and the general public were invited to provide feedback. Comments received were incorporated within the plan.

AMSA submitted the draft plan to the Heritage Branch of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment who provided feedback on the draft. These comments were incorporated into the final document. A developed draft was submitted to the Australian Heritage Council and was endorsed by the Minister for the Environment on 23 March 2022.

Future updates and amendments will be listed here in later versions.

  1.4  Status

This plan will be 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) is the contract maintenance provider for the Commonwealth Government's AtoN network including the Smoky Cape Lighthouse.

  1.6  Acknowledgements

AMSA acknowledges the professional assistance of Peter Marquis-Kyle, heritage architect.

AMSA acknowledges the professional assistance of the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service.

  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[ii]. (See Appendix 1. Glossary of heritage conservation terms).

Also see Appendix 2. Glossary of lighthouse terminology relevant to Smoky Cape which sets out the technical terminology used in this plan.

  1.8  Previous report

A Heritage Lighthouse Report was prepared in 2007 by heritage architect Peter Marquis-Kyle and AMSG for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.[iii]

A Conservation Management Plan was prepared in June 1994 by Clive Lucas, Stapleton and Partners Pty Ltd for AMSA.[iv]

A Heritage Asset Condition Report was first prepared by AMSG in November 2016 and revised in 2021.[v]

  1.9  Sources of information and images

This plan has incorporated a number of sources including the National Archives of Australia (NAA), National Library of Australia (NLA), as well as the AMSA heritage collection.

  2.  Smoky Cape lightstation site

  2.1  Location

This heritage management plan deals with the Smoky Cape Lighthouse which is located on Lighthouse Road, South West Rocks, NSW, approximately 6 kilometers south-east of the township of South West Rocks.

Coordinates: 30° 55.3670' S, 153° 05.2510' E

Figure 3. Location of Smoky Cape Lighthouse, (Map Data © 2021, Google, NASA, Terrametrics)
  2.2  Setting and landscape
Smoky Cape Lighthouse is located on a granite headland approximately 140 metres above sea level and it is the highest light along the NSW coastline. The headland is nestled between two