Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01287:reg:1976:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01287
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1976 (pt 2/16)
Character Range: 54802–57853

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Figure 16. Tasman Landing and Anchor Rock (© Brett Hall, 2019)

  3.10         Summary of past and present community associations
Aboriginal associations
Further consultation with Traditional Custodians will be undertaken for a greater understanding of the past and present associations held across the region.
Local, national and international associations
The island and lightstation maintain strong familial associations due to the lighthouse's extensive history as a staffed site. Tasman Island is considered a significant site of Tasmanian and Australian history.
The site is maintained by Friends of Tasman Island, a branch of Wildcare Inc., in partnership with Parks and Wildlife Tasmania. AMSA consulted with the group regarding their associations with and work on the island. The following was written by a representative of the group:
    After the lighthouse was automated in 1977 and keepers withdrawn, Tasman Island subsequently became part of the Tasman National Park, managed by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service. Volunteers from Wildcare Friends of Tasman Island, formed in 2005, work in partnership with Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania—their aim to restore the island's cultural and natural heritage. Their first working bee, held on the island in 2006, celebrated the 100th anniversary of the lighthouse. Since that time, working bees have been held two or three times a year, with volunteers completing an impressive range of restoration, conservation and maintenance work.
    Wildcare Friends of Tasman Island volunteers have carried out many hundreds of hours of work each year towards the preservation and restoration of the natural and cultural heritage of Tasman Island. Their dedication will ensure that this dramatic island's history will not be forgotten.[54]
Wildcare Friends of Tasman Island hold the remaining pieces of the original Tasman Island Lighthouse lantern room, and hope to put it on display one day.
Figure 17. Winch shed at Tasman Island, reclad by Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania (© Brett Hall, 2019)
  3.11         Unresolved questions or historical conflicts
There are small inconsistencies between differing accounts of the lighthouse's history, such as the intensity of the light. K. Stanley determines in their book Guiding Lights: Tasmania's lighthouses and lighthousemen that the Tasman Island light registered an intensity of 400,000 cd. upon its installation in 1906. However, Gary Searle found that the light initially registered an intensity of 275,500 cd. in 1906 before increasing to 400,000 cd. in 1929.[55]
Any further inconsistencies brought to light will be included in future versions of this plan.
  3.12         Recommendations for further research
Archaeological investigation of the site may reveal further information on prehistoric and historic uses of Tasman Island to broaden understandings of the site's intrinsic value.

  4.   Fabric
4.1             Fabric register
The cultural significance of the lighthouse resides in its fabric, and also in its