Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01056:reg:2020:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01056
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2020 (pt 11/18)
Character Range: 75584–78575

importance, they are architecturally intrusive and are assessed as having low significance.

WA State Heritage Criteria
WA State Heritage Register Criterion (SHR)  Explanation/evidence
SHR Criterion 1 – Aesthetic value           Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse is a striking feature which rises dramatically upwards in a landscape that is essentially barren and comparatively flat. The slender tower is visible at the point of Cape Leeuwin long before any other buildings come into focus and appears to stand as an exclamation point in the centre of the narrow strip of land which is Cape Leeuwin. (Criterion 1.3)
                                            Due to the general topography of Cape Leeuwin, it was not possible to place the keepers' cottages in a sheltered position. Thus, the whole precinct is very exposed to both the weather and the observer's eye. When the entire precinct is viewed from the north, the quarters and service buildings, which in themselves do not have any aesthetic value, assist inleading the eye along to the tall, stately form of the lighthouse at the south. (Criterion 1.4)
                                            The steep pitch of the cottage roofs and the enclosure of the verandahs, has given the residences a lumbering presence which contrasts with the delicate spire of the lighthouse tower and the rounded forms of the natural landscape. (Criterion 1.4)
SHR Criterion 2 – Historic value            Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse and Quarters was an important link in the development of coastal lights which eventually circled mainland Australia. The need for a light on the south western corner of Australia was recognised as early as 1873 during the inter-colonial conference on the care and management of coastal lights. At this conference, two lights were recommended as being required for the benefit of Australian coastal shipping, one on Cape Naturaliste and the other on Cape Hamelin (just to the north of Cape Leeuwin). As Cape Leeuwin was considered to be the more treacherous Cape, a light was placed here first. (Criterion 2.2)
                                            Western Australia's development of coastal lights was comparatively slow, when compared to the eastern colonies. This was due in part to less shipping and a lack of government funds to erect lights. The discovery of gold in Western Australian in the 1890s permitted Western Australia to begin an active government building programme, Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse and Quarters represents a part of this programme. At the time of Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse and Quarters' opening, Sir John Forrest was inordinately proud of his state's achievement and he dedicated the light to all mariners. (Criterion 2.2)
                                            The erection of Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse and Quarters was important to the local timber industry which was developing around Augusta during the 1880s. Due to its isolated location, timber had to be transported to market by boat and the