Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00163:reg:2019:p1
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Provision Reference: reg 2019 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 37917–40812

2019             Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse listed on NSW State Heritage Register.

  3.8 Changes and conservation over time
The following section details the changes and conservation efforts to have been carried out at Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse since its construction.
The Brewis Report
Commander CRW Brewis, retired naval surveyor, was commissioned in 1911 by the Commonwealth Government to report on the condition of existing lights and to recommend any additional ones. Brewis visited every lighthouse in Australia between June and December 1912 and produced a series of reports published in their final form in March 1913. These reports were the basis for future decisions made for each of the individual lighthouses, and provide a snapshot of the lightstation in the early 20th century.
Brewis recommended that Sugarloaf Point's subsidiary green light be discontinued.[xxxviii]
SUGARLOAF POINT LIGHT.
(Seal Rocks.)
(34 miles from Crowdy Head.)
Lat. 32° 26' S., Long. 152° 33' E., Chart No. 1024. – Established 1875. Last altered 1907.
Character – Main Light. – One white, dioptric, 1st order, about 50,000 c.p. Flashing, showing one
    flash of five seconds duration every thirty seconds. Illuminant, vapourized kerosene; 55mm. incandescent mantle.
Circular brick and cement tower, 22 feet. painted white. Height of focal plane 258 feet.
Subsidiary Light. – One green, dioptric , fixed, about 150 c.p. Exhibited from base of same tower as
    main light. Height of focal plane, 238 feet.
Visibility – Main Light.- From seaward, in clear weather, for a distance of 22 nautical miles.
Subsidiary Light. – Through an arc of 62° from 307° (N. 62° W. Mag.) to 9° (N. Mag.). covering Seal
    Rocks, an adjacent danger; obscured elsewhere. Visible in clear weather for a distance of about 3 nautical miles.
Optical Apparatus.- Chance Bros., 1874. Sixteen panels. Focal radius 36 inches. One revolution
    every eight minutes.
Condition and State of Efficiency.- The tower, quarters, apparatus, and equipment are in good
    condition. The fences are in need of renewal, owing to the ravages of white ants.
    The green light does not form any guard to the off-lying dangers.
    Three light-keepers are stationed here.
Communication.- By road to Bungwahl, distant 10 miles. Connected by telephone with Bungwahl
    and Bullah Delah (30 miles), and thence to main telegraph system.
Provisions by coastal steamer when weather favourable, otherwise overland. Mails three days a week.
Government stores overland twice a year.
Electric Morse Lamp.
Fogs.- Few fogs occur, though hazy weather is frequently experienced.
Soundings.- The passage between Seal Rocks and Sugar Loaf Point is only nine cables wide, and
    should not be used in thick weather, nor during the dark hours. Vessels should assure their safety by maintaining a depth of over 30 fathoms. This depth will lead a vessel 3 miles