Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00163:reg:2016:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00163
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2016 (pt 1/22)
Character Range: 41694–44835

2016             Light source changed to LED.

For information on current light details, see 'Appendix 4 Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse current light details', and 'Appendix 5 Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse auxiliary light details'.

Recent conservation works
At the time of preparing this management plan, no recent, major conservation works have occurred at Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse outside of general maintenance. This section will be updated in future versions of this plan.
 Figure 13. Grand plan of Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse site. Courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. NAA: A9568, 1/16/6 (© Commonwealth of Australia, National Archives of Australia)
  3.9 Summary of current and former uses
From its construction in 1875, Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse has been used as a marine AtoN for mariners at sea. Its AtoN capability remains its primary use.
The lightstation complex consists of:
       * The light tower
       * Head Keeper's quarters
       * Assistant Keeper's cottages
       * Other buildings and elements including generator building, garage, paint storage shed, and signal house.
       * Other features include the stone retaining walls at the cuttings for the Keepers' Quarters buildings and the brick drainage gutters located on the levelling of the slope above, various timber fences including pickets, palings and railings, the signals mast and inclinator.
Approximately 32 hectares of crown land, including the Sugarloaf Point Lightstation, was added to Myall Lakes National Park in March 2003.
Plaques on the grassed slope east of the lighthouse record memorials to Tom Chalker, Head Lighthouse Keeper who passed away in 1997, Albert Stevens and Freya Girvin Sherriff.
Within the curtilage of the Commonwealth Heritage Listed place are the Lighthouse Tower and Signal House. The remaining buildings including the Keepers' Cottages are important contribution to the understanding of the place but are not considered in this report as they lie outside the boundary of the Commonwealth Heritage listed place.
  3.10         Summary of past and present community associations
Aboriginal associations
The Myall National Parks holds immense significance to local Aboriginal parties who maintain strong connections to the landscape. This country contains a number of sites which continue to uphold strong connections to spirituality, ceremony and family. Further consultation with Traditional Stakeholders is required.

Local, national and international associations
Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse is considered a significant site of New South Wales and Australian history. The headland and lightstation maintain strong familial associations due to the lighthouse's extensive history as a staffed site. This is particularly notable due to the various memorials located onsite which assist cementing ties to the lightstation.
  3.11         Unresolved questions or historical conflicts
The date that the lightstation was de-staffed is contested. Searle determines that the lighthouse was officially de-manned in 1987, however some determine that the site was not officially de-manned until 1997.[xxxix] A caretaker resided