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seek to provide for the protection of the station's Commonwealth and other heritage values while providing for the ongoing support of science in Antarctica – within the context of Mawson's remoteness, and the environmental, financial, operational and logistic constraints that arise.
Just as many of the buildings and their fittings have changed, the heritage values of Mawson are not from a single point in time. Values are embodied in the evolution of the buildings from use to use. It is not necessary, therefore, to maintain or restore buildings to their original use but rather, to manage them so that they continue to be useful, working structures for future programs. This plan provides for such adaptations to continue.
The AAD intends to, wherever possible include the early buildings in the active life of the station; continued use or adaptive re-use is preferable to removal. The re-use and adaptation of buildings is in line with past practices whereby individual buildings have, as required, been relocated, refitted or extended as expeditioner numbers, science programs and the like have dictated the need.  Where it is not practical to continue to use buildings, the buildings will need to be removed and actions undertaken to conserve their heritage values through interpretation.
Table 5 summarises the envisaged future of the fabric of Mawson's early station buildings and structures.

6.2 Pressures on Commonwealth Heritage values
Planning and programs to conserve Commonwealth Heritage values involving the retention of building fabric in situ can be constrained by a range of environmental, logistical and administrative pressures, including those identified below. The building futures outlined at Table5 reflect the predicted influence of such factors.

Logistical constraints
Mawson is some 5000 km from many of the services typically available to other Australian communities. The remoteness of Mawson – the furthest Australian Antarctic facility from Hobart port – is only mitigated to a minimal degree by year-round occupancy and a relatively safe anchorage in summer.

 Building                   Proposed future (by 2019)                                 Proposed future (by 2024)
 Electrician's Workshop     Demolition (assuming no use identified)
Biscoe                      Conservation for use as a music room                      Use as a music room
(Old Living Quarters)
 Weddell                    Conservation for use as a hobby hut                       Use as a hobby hut
(Old Carpenter's Workshop)
 Old Surgery                Ongoing use as sheet metal (plumber's) workshop           Ongoing use as sheet metal (plumber's) workshop
 Magnetic Absolute Hut      Ongoing use as research facility                          Ongoing use as a research facility
 Electrician's Store        Demolition (assuming no use identified)
 Dovers                     Demolition (assuming no use identified)
(Old Sleeping Quarters)
 Wilkins                    Demolition (assuming no use identified)
(Old Sleeping Quarters)
 Shackleton                 Basic maintenance                                         Retention and refurbishment as old-style accommodation without facilities (should demand exist and workplace health and safety allow)
(Old Sleeping Quarters)
 Dog Hut and