Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00053:schedule:5:p33
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00053
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 5 (pt 33/42)
Character Range: 573727–576647

Sydney Harbour, between Birchgrove Point and Woolwich Point, comprising the whole of the Island to low water.
Bibliography:
Cockatoo Island, R.C. Parker, Thomas Nelson (Aust) 1977.
Cockatoo Island, D.W. Muir and K.A.V. Wheeler, (Thesis) Uni of Sydney 1974.
Kerr, J.S. Cockatoo Island penal and institutional remains. National Trust (NSW), 1984.
Godden Mackay, Cockatoo Island CMP Volume 1, May 1997 for Defence.
Balint E, The Inventive Mind of Gother Kerr Mann, in Heritage Australia Winter 1991, 10(2):pp12-17
Barracks Block, Cockatoo Island, NSW, Australia
Photographs: None
List: Commonwealth Heritage List
Class: Historic
Legal Status: Listed place (22/06/2004)
Place ID: 105257
Place File No: 1/12/022/0085
Summary Statement of Significance:
The barracks block, completed in the early 1840s, is historically highly significant for its association with early convict administration in the Australian colonies. It is also associated with the other phases of Cockatoo Island's history, as an industrial school and as a major shipyard. (Criterion A.4)
The block is part of a group of convict buildings which is the only remaining imperial convict public works complex in NSW, and is one of the most complete groups of convict structures in Australia. As such, it is also important as a rare example of a convict barracks block of the period. (Criteria B.2 and D.2)
The block was designed by Colonel George Barney, who as Commanding Royal Engineer played a notable role in the colony. (Criterion H.1)
Official Values:
Criteria
Values
A Processes
The barracks block, completed in the early 1840s, is historically highly significant for its association with early convict administration in the Australian colonies. It is also associated with the other phases of Cockatoo Island's history, as an industrial school and as a major shipyard.
Attributes
All of the place's fabric, plus its relationship to associated structures.
B Rarity
The block is part of a group of convict buildings which is the only remaining imperial convict public works complex in NSW, and is important as a rare example of a convict barracks block of the period.
Attributes
Its U shaped plan and enclosed courtyard.
D Characteristic values
The block is part of one of the most complete groups of convict structures in Australia and is important as a rare example of a convict barracks block of the period.
Attributes
Its sandstone construction, its U shaped plan with courtyard, associated former hospital wards, cookhouse and mess, and its relationship to other convict period buildings in the complex.
H Significant people
The block was designed by Colonel George Barney, who as Commanding Royal Engineer played a notable role in the colony.
Attributes: Remnant fabric that demonstrates the building's design.
Prison Barracks Precinct, Cockatoo Island, NSW, Australia
Photographs: None
List: Commonwealth Heritage List
Class: Historic
Legal Status: