Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00060:reg:2015:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00060
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2015 (pt 6/17)
Character Range: 55212–58498

works:   none

Heritage significance: High
The ground floor is an essential part to the lighthouse – it maintains its significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant, pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: Solar array
© AMSA 2022
Description and condition
Solar panels mounted on aluminium stands affixed to concrete foundation at the base of the tower.
Condition:             not assessed
Integrity:             not assessed
Significance:          low
Maintenance:           not assessed
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: Low

Lighthouse feature: Tower apron
© AMSA 2019
Description and condition
Later concrete apron slab of unknown date placed around the base of the tower.
Finish:                bare un-compacted concrete surface
Condition:             numerous settlement cracks appearing on concrete slab
Integrity:             medium
Significance:          low
Maintenance:           monitor condition
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: Low
Lighthouse feature: Store shed
© AMSA 2022
Description and condition
Early free standing building with rubble stone walls and hipped roof clad with recent (2012) corrugated stainless steel roofing sheet.
Stainless steel guttering and downpipe.
Condition:             Sound. Some movement is showing by the cracks in the un-coursed rubble stonework. This movement in the wall has been visible for a length of time and the walls are in a stable condition.
                       The red clay bricks used to in-fill the old window and door are eroding and a few of the clay bricks in the window have fallen out of place.

                       The door frame has also moved causing the door to not fit properly.
Integrity:             medium
Significance:          high
Maintenance:           monitor condition
                       prepare and repaint parts as required
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: High
The store shed is an essential part of the lightstation – it maintains its significance due to the lightstation being one of only five extant pre-1850 lightstations in Tasmania (criterion b).
The store shed contribute to the aesthetic of the lightstation (criterion e).

Lighthouse feature: Helipad slab
© AMSA 2019
Description and condition
Concrete slab near lighthouse tower.
Condition:             sound
Integrity:             high
Significance:          low
Maintenance:           keep in service
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: Low

  4.2 Related object or associated AMSA artefact
There are no AMSA registered artefacts at the Goose Island Lighthouse.

  4.3 Comparative analysis
Exhibiting similar stylistic features, both the Swan Island Lighthouse, first lit 1845, and Goose Island Lighthouse were built by ex-convict Charles Watson and his team of prisoners. Both masonry towers were constructed of cement rendered rubble stone and fitted with a catadioptric lens with silvered mirrors. In 1872, Swan Island's mirrors were removed and fitted in the Goose Island lantern room. Located on isolated islands, the two towers are situated approximately 54.5 km apart in Bass Strait and are considered to be the two major coastal lights operating north-east of Tasmania.
  Figure 15. Swan Island