Eddystone Point Lighthouse Heritage Management Plan 2020 The Australian Maritime Safety Authority, acting pursuant to Schedule 7A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations (2000), makes this heritage management plan in relation to parts of the Eddystone Point Lighthouse within its ownership or control. Copyright The Australian Maritime Safety Authority encourages the dissemination and exchange of information provided in this publication. Except as otherwise specified, all material presented in this publication is provided under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. This excludes: • the Commonwealth Coat of Arms • this department’s logo • content supplied by third parties. The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence is a standard form licence agreement that allows you to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt this publication Attribution provided that you attribute the work. AMSA’s preference is that you attribute this The details of the version 4.0 of the licence are publication (and any material sourced from it) available on the Creative Commons website, using the following wording: as is the full legal code for that licence. Source: Australian Maritime Safety Authority Eddystone Point Lighthouse Heritage Acknowledgements Management Plan – 2020 The Australian Maritime Safety Authority acknowledges that the lighthouse is in the Front cover image traditional country of the Palawa people. Source: iStock.com/AL-Travelpicture For additional information or any enquiries about this heritage management plan, contact the Australian Maritime Safety More information Authority, Manager Asset Capability, PO Box For enquiries regarding copyright including 10790, Adelaide Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 requests to use material in a way that is Phone: (02) 6279 5000 (switchboard) beyond the scope of the terms of use that Email: [email protected] apply to it, please contact us through our Website: www.amsa.gov.au website: www.amsa.gov.au Eddystone Point Lighthouse Heritage Management Plan 2020 Contents Executive summary 3 5. Heritage significance 56 5.1 Commonwealth heritage listing – 1. Introduction 4 Eddystone Point Lighthouse 56 1.1 Background and purpose 4 5.2 TAS State heritage register – 1.2 Heritage management plan objectives 4 Eddystone Point Lighthouse 58 1.3 Methodology 5 5.3 Condition and integrity of the 1.4 Status 5 Commonwealth heritage values 61 1.5 Authorship 5 5.4 Gain or loss of heritage values 61 1.6 Acknowledgements 5 1.7 Language 6 6. Opportunities and constraints 62 1.8 Previous reports 6 6.1 Implications arising from significance 62 1.9 Sources of information and images 6 6.2 Framework – sensitivity to change 63 6.3 Statutory and legislative requirements 65 2. Eddystone Point Lightstation site 7 6.4 Operational requirements and occupier needs 69 2.1 Location 7 6.5 Proposals for change 70 2.2 Setting and landscape 8 6.6 Potential pressures 70 2.3 Lease and ownership 13 6.7 Process for decision-making 71 2.4 Listings 13 2.5 Access 13 7. Conservation management policies 73 3. History 14 8. Policy implementation schedule 79 3.1 General History of lighthouses in Australia 14 8.1 Heritage implementation plan 77 3.2 The Commonwealth Lighthouse Service 16 8.2 Monitoring and reporting 81 3.3 Tasmanian lighthouse administration 17 3.4 Eddystone Point: A history 17 Appendices 82 3.5 Planning a lighthouse 18 Appendix 1. Glossary of heritage conservation terms 82 3.6 Lighthouse keepers 22 Appendix 2. Glossary of historic lighthouse terms 3.7 Chronology of major events 23 relevant to Eddystone Point Lighthouse 83 3.8 Changes and conservation over time 24 Appendix 3. Eddystone Point main light details 85 3.9 Summary of current and former uses 27 Appendix 4. Table demonstrating compliance to the 3.10 Summary of past and present community EPBC Regulations (2000) 86 associations 27 3.11 Unresolved questions or historical conflicts 27 Appendix 5. Master’s and assistant’s quarters 3.12 Recommendations for further research 27 (blueprints) 87 4. Fabric 28 End notes 88 4.1 Fabric register 28 4.2 Related objects and associated AMSA artefacts 54 Reference List 90 4.3 Comparative analysis 54 Eddystone Point Lighthouse Heritage Management Plan – 2020 1 List of figures Figure 1 Map of Eddystone Point Lighthouse’s location in the Tasmanian state (Google Maps) Figure 2 Planning process applied in the creation of this management plan (Australia ICOMOS, 1999) Figure 3 Eddystone Point Lighthouse’s location in Tasmania (Google Maps) Figure 4 Location of lighthouse on Eddystone Point (AMSA) Figure 5 Eddystone Point setting (Google Maps) Figure 6 Native flora in the Mount William National Park (Google Maps) Figure 7 Eddystone Point Lighthouse lease map (AMSA, 2018) Figure 8 Access track leading from lightstation precinct to tower (2018) Figure 9 Early technology used in lighthouses Figure 10 Incandescent oil vapour lamp by Chance Brothers Figure 11 Dioptric lens on display at Narooma Figure 12 Dalén’s system - sunvalve, mixer, flasher and cylinder Figure 13 Blueprint for lighthouse tower by R. Huckson (c.1886) Figure 14 Lighthouse and beacons – The Eddystone Point Lighthouse, east coast of Tasmania (1948) Lighthouses and beacons – The SS Cape York bringing supplies to Eddystone Point Lighthouse, Figure 15 east coast of Tasmania (1948) Figure 16 Eddystone Point 1st Order Chance Bros. lantern on display (c.1961) Figure 17 1st Order Chance Bros. lantern at Eddystone Point (ex. Cape du Couedic Lighthouse) Figure 18 Blueprint for alterations made to Incandescent lamp (c.1921) Figure 19 Eddystone Point 1st Order Chance Bros. lantern on display (c.1961) Figure 20 Wilson’s Promontory (VIC) Figure 21 Eddystone Point Lighthouse (2018) Figure 22 Blueprints for masters’ quarters (R. Huckson, 1886) Figure 23 Blueprints for assistants’ quarters (R. Huckson, 1886) 2 Eddystone Point Lighthouse Heritage Management Plan – 2020 Executive Summary Eddystone Point Lightstation was placed on This heritage management plan is primarily the Commonwealth Heritage List in 2004. The concerned with the lighthouse, but also addresses lightstation has contributed to the establishment of the management of the surrounding precinct and marine Aids to Navigation (AtoNs) within the Bass land. The plan is intended to guide decisions Strait. It is known for the rarity of its architectural and actions of AMSA who continues to operate design, original Chance Bros lantern and mercury the lighthouse. AMSA has prepared this plan to float pedestal, its intact 19th century composition, integrate the heritage values of the lightstation and aesthetic characteristics. in accordance with the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Eddystone Point Lightstation was listed on the Act, 1999) and the Environment Protection and Tasmanian heritage register for its historical Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 (EPBC significance, unique community associations, and Regulations, 2000). demonstration of class characteristics of the 19th century. The landscape is also of high cultural Well-built and generally well-maintained, the significance to the Palawa people. lighthouse precinct is in relatively good, stable condition. The policies and management guidelines Situated atop Eddystone Point, the lighthouse set out in this heritage management plan strive was built on the south-eastern corner of the Bass to ensure the Commonwealth heritage values of Strait approximately 8 km north-east from Ansons the Eddystone Point Lightstation are recognised, Bay and approximately 112 km north-east of maintained and preserved for future generations. Launceston. Built in 1889, the Eddystone Point Lighthouse assisted in illuminating the Strait – a treacherous passage between the state of Victoria and Tasmania where hundreds of ships were wrecked throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The lighthouse’s unpainted rock-face and external flying staircase composition was designed by Robert Huckson in 1886. Although the lighthouse remains fitted with its original lens assembly, an automated VEGA beacon attached to the balcony has replaced the lantern as the tower’s light source. The equipment is serviced by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) maintenance contractor who visits at least once per year. AMSA officers visit on an ad hoc basis for auditing, project and community liaison purposes. As a working AtoN, the lighthouse remains the responsibility of AMSA. The larger part of the lightstation which contains an auxiliary light building and a quarters precinct containing three cottages, a graveyard, a shed/storeroom, a workshop, and garages. The auxiliary light and quarters precinct lies outside of the AMSA lease and is managed by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service (TPWS). Eddystone Point Lighthouse Heritage Management Plan – 2020 3 1. Introduction 1.1 Background and purpose We have commissioned this heritage management plan to guide the future conservation of the place. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is This plan provides the framework and basis for the the Commonwealth agency responsible for coastal conservation and best practice management of the AtoNs. AMSA’s network includes the Eddystone Eddystone Point Lighthouse in recognition of its Point Lighthouse built in 1889. heritage values. The policies in this plan indicate the The Environment Protection and Biodiversity objectives for identification, protection, conservation Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) requires us and presentation of the Commonwealth