Goose Island Lighthouse Heritage Management Plan 2023

4 Fabric
4.1 Fabric register

The cultural significance of the lighthouse resides in its fabric, and also in its intangible aspects – such as the meanings people ascribe to it, and the connections to other places and things. The survival of its cultural value depends on a well-informed understanding of what is significant, and on clear thinking about the consequences of change. The Burra Charter[31] sets out good practice for conserving cultural significance.

Criterion listed under ‘Heritage Significance’ refer to the criterion satisfied within the specific Commonwealth heritage listing (see section 5.1).

(All images in sub-sections 4.1 and 4.2 - Source: AMSA)

Lighthouse feature: Lantern roof

Photograph showing a white pyramidal roof.Photograph showing underside of pyramidal roof with exposed cast metal ribs.Photograph showing underside of roof, metal ribs and top ring are exposed.Photograph showing round ventilator fitted to top of white roof.

Recent 16-sided pyramidal roof of glass-reinforced-plastic panels on 1846 cast metal ribs and top ring.

Ribs – cast metal ribs
Inner skin – none
Ventilator – recent GRP replica of ball type ventilator, without ventilation holes
Wind vane – none
Lightning conductor – single spike on top of ventilator
Gutter – none

| Significance: | original fabric: highother parts: low |

The lantern roof is an essential part of the lighthouse (with the cast metal ribs and top ring being an original feature). The lantern roof retains significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

The lantern roof contributes to the aesthetic value of the lighthouse (criterion e).

Lighthouse feature: Lantern glazing

Photograph showing clear glazing panes fitted into white astragals.Photograph showing white astragals with handholds.Photograph showing clear glazing panes fitted into astragals. © AMSA 2022

Polygonal in form, with 16 sides. The vertical astragals extend from a base ring at lantern floor level up to the lantern roof – there is no separate lantern base.

Panes – flat rectangular glass. Two tiers of glass, with tier of blank panels below (forming the lantern base).
Astragals – vertical astragals of moulded profile with thickenings at intersections with horizontal astragals and at top and bottom. Horizontal astragals of similar moulded section.
Handholds – one on each vertical astragal, fixed to cover strips.

The lantern glazing is an essential part of the lighthouse. It maintains significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

The lantern glazing contributes to the aesthetic value of the lighthouse (criterion e).

Lighthouse feature: Lantern base

Photograph showing external side of lantern house. Clear glazing panes are fitted above blank white panels. Photograph showing internal side of lantern house. Clear glazing panes are fitted above blank black panels.

Formed by the bottom tier of the lantern glazing which has been re-fitted with blank panels (originally fully glazed).

• Vents – recent cast cowls fitted over round vent holes in blank panels
• Door – two doors set into the lowest tier of the lantern

| Significance: | blank panels and vents: lowother parts: high |

Heritage Significance: High

The lantern base is an essential part of the lighthouse. It maintains significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

Lighthouse fabric: 1846 Lantern base

Photograph showing underside of cast iron pedestal base.Photograph showing masonry walls under lantern room. Two round brass vents are fitted in the wall.© AMSA 2022

Original lantern base was formed within the top of the existing masonry tower walls. The earlier cast iron pedestal for the Fresnel lens is still located on this level, but not in service. Fixing positions of the original internal catwalk brackets into the masonry walls are visible.

• Vents – original round vent openings still exist through masonry walls at this level. They are fit with circular brass regulators.
• Door – there was no door in the original lantern base and the balcony was accessed through the existing doors in the lantern glazing from the internal catwalk.

The lantern base is an original part of the lighthouse. It maintains significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: Lantern floor

Photograph showing access opening in floor. Mesh cover is propped open.Photograph showing painted lantern floor. A metal stand is bolted to floor.

Recent floor of compressed fibre-cement sheet on frame of galvanised steel rectangular hollow sections (RHS) sections bolted together. The frame sits on the top of the tower wall around the edge.

Access opening – rectangular, with expanded metal mesh cover.

The lantern floor is an essential part of 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: Beacon

Photograph showing beacon fitted to metal stand. Small black screens are fitted to side of beacon. © AMSA 2022

Vega VRB-25 self-contained rotating beacon. Fitted with four fixed masks to stop parasitic flashes, suspended from an aluminium framework on top of the beacon.

| Integrity: | not assessed |

Lighthouse feature: Pedestal

Photograph showing view inside lantern room. Through clear glazing panes, a small beacon is fitted to stand in centre of room. © AMSA 2019

Welded aluminium post, with flat plates welded top and bottom.

| Finish: | bare aluminium | | Integrity: | high |

Lighthouse feature: Balcony floor

Photograph showing curved balcony wrapped around lantern house. Curved balustrade railing fitted to outer edge of balcony.© AMSA 2022

1846 slate slab floor supported on the tower wall and cornice.

The balcony floor is an essential part of the lighthouse – it maintains its significance due to the lighthouse being one of five extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b)

Lighthouse feature: Balcony balustrade

Photograph showing balcony at top of lighthouse tower. Photograph showing view of ocean from lighthouse balcony. Photograph showing stainless steel balustrade welded to stanchion. © AMSA 2022

Recent balustrade of welded stainless steel, with angle section stanchions bolted to the balcony floor at the bottom, with four round tubular rails.

| Finish: | bare metal | | Integrity: | high |

Lighthouse feature: Walls

Photograph showing white, rendered lighthouse tower. Six window recesses are set into the tower.Photograph showing white, rendered lighthouse tower.Photograph showing internal, curved wall. Grey lattice stairs descend to a lower level. Photograph showing close up of rendered, curved, white wall. © AMSA 2022

1846 stone walls, probably originally with exposed rock faced stone in courses with finely dressed freestone cornice courses at the top. It has render and stucco coatings inside and out, probably a later modification. Internal projecting ledges indicate probable earlier locations of intermediate floors, since removed.

The tower walls are both an original and essential part of the lighthouse – they maintain significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

The tower walls contribute to the aesthetic value of the lighthouse (criterion e).

Lighthouse feature: Windows

Photograph showing white lighthouse tower. Six window recess are set into tower. Photograph showing window set deep into tower wall. Clear glazing panes fitted into stainless steel sash and frame. © AMSA 2019

Six original window openings with fixed glazing in stainless steel sashes and frames.

The window openings are both essential and original to the lighthouse – they maintain significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: Door

Photograph showing timber door fitted to base of lighthouse tower. Photograph showing white timber door. © AMSA 2019

1846 door opening. Later timber framed and sheeted door with stainless steel vent cover, hung in timber door frame. Secured with hasp and staple and CLS padlock.

| Condition: | sound |

The tower door is an essential part of the lighthouse – the original door opening maintains significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: Intermediate floors

Photograph showing underside of timber floor supported by grey beams. Photograph showing curved room with timber half-floor. A spiral staircase descends from the floor to a lower level. Photograph showing underside of grey spiral staircase fitted within a white tower. Staircase ascends to a timber half-floor above. © AMSA 2022

Three intermediate landings, of timber boards on rolled iron beams built into the tower walls. (Original intermediate floors at lower levels have been removed when the cast iron stair was installed, but their positions are marked by projecting ledges inside the tower walls).

The intermediate floors are an essential part to the lighthouse – they maintain their significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant, pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: Stairs

Photograph showing underside of grey spiral staircase fitted within a white tower. Staircase ascends to a timber half-floor above. Photograph showing cast iron lattice stair treads.Photograph showing grey staircase fixed to stone wall© AMSA 2022

Cast iron spiral stair integrated with central weight tube/column, rising from the ground floor to a floor two storeys below the lantern floor. The stair structure is free-standing, independent of the stone tower. Cast iron treads/riser units with lattice treads are bolted to one another and to the weight tube, the connecting bolts extend vertically as balusters supporting a wrought iron handrail on the outside of the flight. A separate flight of stairs, with a wrought iron outer string, leads from the lower intermediate floor to the one below the lantern floor.

The tower stairs are an essential part to the lighthouse – they maintain their significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant, pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: Ground floor

Photograph showing round concrete floor. Grey weight tube fitted to centre of floor. Photograph showing curved racks holding battery packs.

Concrete floor slab.

Equipment – batteries on racks mounted against the tower walls at ground floor level, control equipment wall- mounted.

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

Photograph showing aluminium racks supporting solar panels at base of white lighthouse tower. © AMSA 2022

Solar panels mounted on aluminium stands affixed to concrete foundation at the base of the tower.

Lighthouse feature: Tower apron

Photograph showing curved concrete apron paving at base of lighthouse tower.Photograph showing curved concrete apron paving at base of lighthouse tower.© AMSA 2019

Later concrete apron slab of unknown date placed around the base of the tower.

Lighthouse feature: Store shed

Photograph showing small, rubble stone building sitting amongst grassy vegetation.Photograph showing front door of rubble stone building.© AMSA 2022

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.

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

Photograph showing square concrete slab surrounded by grassy vegetation. Photograph showing square concrete slab surrounded by grassy vegetation. A red and white helicopter sits on the slab. © AMSA 2019

Concrete slab near lighthouse tower.

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.

Photograph showing white lighthouse tower against blue, cloudy sky.Photograph showing white lighthouse tower in isolated landscape beside blue ocean.

Figure 15. Swan Island Lighthouse, TAS. First lit 1845 (Source: AMSA, 2021)

Figure 16. Goose Island Lighthouse, TAS. First lit 1846 (Source: AMSA, 2020)

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5 Heritage Significance

5.1 Commonwealth heritage list – Goose Island Lighthouse

The following information is taken from the Goose Island Lighthouse listing on the Australian Heritage Database (Place ID: 105564)

Commonwealth heritage list – statement of significance

The Goose Island Lighthouse, built in 1841-1846, is significant as an integral part of Bass Strait's mid-nineteenth century lighthouse network, and was constructed at a time when shipping was increasing between Melbourne, Hobart and Launceston. It was built using convict labour, which demonstrates the continuing role of convicts in the construction of government facilities in Tasmania during the 1840s. (Criterion A) (Australian Historic Themes 3.8.1 Shipping to and from Australian ports; 3.8.2 Safeguarding Australian products for long journeys and 3.16.1 Dealing with hazards and disasters)

The Goose Island Lighthouse is significant as one of five extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania. It is an important rural coastal landmark. (Criteria B and E).

Commonwealth heritage values – criteria

There are nine criteria for inclusion in the Commonwealth Heritage List – meeting any one of these is sufficient for listing a place. These criteria are similar to those used in other commonwealth, state and local heritage legislation, although thresholds differ. In the following sections, the Goose Island Lighthouse is discussed in relation to each of the criteria as based on the current Commonwealth Heritage Listing Place ID 105564.

5.2 TAS State heritage register – Goose Island Lighthouse

The following information is taken directly from Goose Island Lighthouse’s listings on the Tasmanian State heritage register (THR ID: 10684).

TAS State Register – statement of significance

Goose Island is of historic cultural heritage significance as an important site in the nineteenth century development of maritime navigational aids through Bass Strait and along the Tasmanian coast. With a growing population, the expansion of ports such as Melbourne, Hobart and Launceston and emerging international trade patterns, the colony required safe and efficient waterways.

Similar to other early lightstations, Goose Island was constructed using convict labour. Goose Island also demonstrates the evolution of light-keeping technology, the station being one of the first to use catadioptric technology in the Australian colonies. Goose Island Lighthouse is one of five pre-1850 lighthouses still in use in the state, and is the third oldest lighthouse in the country still in operation.

It has significant archaeological potential being occupied for almost a century and because of its remote location, has undergone relatively little development. The site has the potential to yield information to better understand the development of navigational aids and domestic life in an isolated environment.

Goose Island Lighthouse is a fine example of a nineteenth century lightstation, forming part of a wider network of stations around the coastline of Tasmania.

TAS State Register – criteria

The Heritage Council may enter a place in the Heritage Register if it meets one or more of the following criteria from the Historic Cultural Heritage Act (1995).

These heritage values, identified and explained in the Commonwealth heritage list and the State heritage register, will form the basis of the management of Goose Island Lighthouse. In the event of necessary works, all criteria will be consulted to inform best practice management of the values associated with the lightstation. (See Section 7. Conservation management policies for further information on strategies to conserve heritage values of Goose Island Lighthouse).

5.3 Condition and integrity of the Commonwealth heritage values

A heritage monitoring program was implemented in 2016. Each site is visited and reviewed every two years where the heritage fabric and values of the site are evaluated. Assessment of the condition and integrity of the lighthouse’s values are derived from the latest available Heritage Asset Condition Report produced by AMSA’s maintenance contractor.

‘Condition’ is measured on a Good – Fair – Poor scale and incorporates the current condition of the specific value. Integrity is measured on a High – Medium – Low scale which incorporates the value’s intactness.

As a whole, Goose Island Lighthouse’s identified values demonstrate good condition and high integrity. The lighthouse tower’s prominence within its landscape setting is undisputed and retains much of its original fabric.

5.4 Gain or loss of heritage values

Evidence for the potential gain or loss of heritage values will be documented within this section of future versions of this heritage management plan.

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6 Opportunities and constraints

6.1 Implications arising from significance

The Commonwealth statement of significance (section 5.1 above) demonstrates Goose Island Lighthouse is a place of considerable heritage value due to its contribution to the development of coastal navigation of Bass Strait, and its assistance during a period of increased shipping between Melbourne, Hobart and Launceston.

The implication arising from this assessment is that key aspects of the place should be conserved to retain this significance. The key features requiring conservation include:

continued use of the lighthouse as an AtoN
architectural quality of the building
interior spaces and features, which are notable for their design and/or their original lighthouse function. These include:

intermediate floors
ground floor
spiral staircase
lantern room and base
Fresnel lens pedestal

external spaces and features, which are notable for their design, details, and/or their original lighthouse function. These include:

lantern roof
balcony
tower walls and windows
store shed

Referral and approvals of action

The EPBC Act requires approval from the Minister for the Environment, for all actions likely to have a significant impact on matters of National Environmental Significance (NES).

The Act provides that actions:

taken on Commonwealth land which are likely to have a significant impact on the environment will require the approval of the Minister.

taken outside Commonwealth land which are likely to have a significant impact on the environment on Commonwealth land, will require the approval by the Minister.

taken by the Australian Government or its agencies which are likely to have a significant impact on the environment anywhere will require approval by the Minister.

The definition of ‘environment’ in the EPBC Act and EPBC Regulations includes the cultural heritage values of places.

Heritage strategy

If an Australian Government agency owns or controls one or more places with Commonwealth heritage values, it must prepare a heritage strategy within two years from the first time they own or control a heritage place (section 341ZA).

A heritage strategy is a written document that integrates heritage conservation and management within an agency’s overall property planning and management framework. Its purpose is to help an agency manage and report on the steps it has taken to protect and conserve the Commonwealth heritage values of the properties under its ownership or control.

The heritage strategy for AMSA’s AtoN assets was completed and approved by the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment in 2018 and reviewed in 2022. The latest version of the Strategy is available online.P37F[32]

Heritage asset condition report

A heritage asset condition report is a written document that details the heritage fabric of a site with an in-depth description of each architectural and structural element. The document includes: a brief history of the site, the Commonwealth Heritage statement of significance and value criteria, a heritage significance rating for each individual element, and a catalogue of artefacts on-site. The document is also accompanied by up-to-date photos of each structural element. This document operates as a tool for heritage monitoring, and is reviewed and updated biennially.

Aboriginal heritage significance

Goose Island as a whole is notable for its Aboriginal heritage significance and natural values. Although these values lie outside of the Commonwealth heritage listing curtilage and AMSA’s lease, the potential remains for future works at the lighthouse to impact these values. At the time this plan was written, no plans have been made for future works at Goose Island Lighthouse. In the event major works at the lighthouse are to be carried out, AMSA will seek to minimise impacts to the surrounding area by:

• Utilising specific access tracks to ensure no damage to surrounding vegetation,

• Ensuring project footprint is limited to the AMSA lease. In any instance that work is required outside of this footprint, approvals will be sought from the appropriate stakeholders including TAS PWS, Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania, and the Office of Aboriginal Affairs (Tas),

• Implementing an appropriate discovery plan in the instance Aboriginal cultural heritage is suspected and/or found.

  6.2 Framework: sensitivity to change

Owing to the site’s rarity and aesthetic qualities, Goose Island Lighthouse is of high significance. Therefore, work actioned by AMSA on the lighthouse’s fabric harnesses the potential to reduce or eradicate the significance of the site’s heritage values.

Conservation works, including restoration and reconstruction, or adaption works of the absolute minimum so as to continue the lightstation's usefulness as an AtoN are the only works that should be actioned by AMSA on Goose Island Lighthouse. Some exceptions are made for health and safety requirements, however any and all work carried out must be conducted in line with heritage considerations and requirements of the EPBC Act.

The table below demonstrates the level of sensitivity attributed to the various elements of the fabric register in the face of change. These are measured on a High-Moderate-Low spectrum depending on the action’s possible threat to the site’s heritage values.

High sensitivity

High sensitivity to change includes instances wherein a change would pose a major threat to the heritage value of a specific fabric, or the lightstation as a whole. A major threat is one that would lead to substantial or total loss of the heritage value.

Moderate sensitivity

Moderate sensitivity to change includes instances wherein a change would pose a moderate threat to the heritage value of a specific fabric, or would pose a threat to the heritage significance of a specific fabric in another part of the building. A moderate threat is one that would diminish the heritage value, or diminish the ability of an observer to appreciate the value.

Low sensitivity

Low sensitivity to change includes instances wherein a change would pose little to no threat to the heritage value of a specific fabric, and would pose little to no threat to heritage significance in another part of the building.

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border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">High</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Changes to façade materials and designs.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:58.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Low</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Movement, removal or replacement of battery racks.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="width:139.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Intermediate floors</span></p></td><td style="width:58.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">High</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Removal of timber intermediate floors.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:58.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Low</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Corrosion repairs to steel beams.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="width:139.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Stairs</span></p></td><td style="width:58.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">High</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Removal of late 19</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:7.33pt; vertical-align:super">th</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> century spiral staircase.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:58.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Low</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Corrosion repairs to staircase.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="width:139.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Balcony</span></p></td><td style="width:58.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">High</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Changes to façade materials and design.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:58.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Low</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Repainting of balcony in like colours.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="width:139.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Lantern room and base</span></p></td><td style="width:58.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">High</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Changes to façade materials and design.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:58.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Low</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Replacement of glazing.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Resealing of glazing.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Repainting of lantern room and base in like colours.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="width:139.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Lens assembly and pedestal</span></p></td><td style="width:58.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">High</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Removal of Fresnel lens pedestal.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:58.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Low</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Replacement of the VRB beacon.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Replacement of aluminium post.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="width:139.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Windows and doors</span></p></td><td style="width:58.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">High</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Alteration to original/early window and door openings.</span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="width:58.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e7fbfd"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Low</span></p></td><td style="width:220.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f4fdfe"><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Replacement of window glazing, sashes and frames.</span></li></ul><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p><ul style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:10.06pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; padding-left:7.94pt; font-family:serif"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Replacement of doors.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table> ```

6.3 Statutory and legislative requirements

The table below lists the relevant Acts and codes relevant to the conservation of Goose Island Lighthouse.

6.4 Operational requirements

As a working AtoN, the operational needs of Goose Island Lighthouse are primarily concerned with navigational requirements. Below are the operational details and requirements of Goose Island Lighthouse as outlined by AMSA.

Navigation requirement for AMSA’s AtoN site

The following table is taken from AMSA’s Asset Management Strategy for the Goose Island light.

6.5 Occupier needs

AMSA’s goals

AMSA is responsible, under the Navigation Act, for maintaining a network of marine AtoN around Australia’s coastline that assist mariners to make safe and efficient passages. AMSA’s present network of approximately 500 marine AtoN includes traditional lighthouses such as Goose Island Lighthouse, beacons, buoys, racons, automatic identification system stations, metocean sensors including broadcasting tide gauges, current meter, directional wave rider buoys and a weather station.

Technological developments in the area of vessel traffic management have also contributed to increasing navigation safety and helped promote marine environment protection. AMSA aims to meet international standards for the reliability of lighthouses set by the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA).

At the time of preparing this management plan, the major goal for Goose Island Lighthouse primarily encompassed continuing its utilisation as an AtoN (for as long as necessary), while upkeeping the appropriate maintenance to conserve and preserve the heritage values of the lightstation.

Lighthouse performance standards

AMSA aims to meet international standards for the reliability of lighthouses set by IALA. Goose Island light is designated as an IALA Availability Category 2 AtoN (within a scale of Category 1 to Category 3, Category 1 aids are most critical). Category 2 aids have an availability target of 99.0 per cent.

Access to the lighthouse

One practical effect of this performance standard is that the operational equipment and structure of the light need to be kept in good repair by regular preventative maintenance and equipment that fails in service is repaired quickly. Routine maintenance and emergency repairs are carried out by AMSA’s maintenance contractor. The contractor needs reliable access to the site for this work, and AMSA officers need access for occasional inspections of the site including auditing the contractor’s performance.

6.6 Proposals for change

Preventative maintenance works are carried out on the lighthouse to maintain its status as a working marine AtoN, and to assist in the site’s conservation.

A list of scheduled preventative maintenance work is identified within the latest available site inspection report. The information provided below was taken from this report:

6.7 Potential pressures

A significant pressure that harnesses the potential to effect the Commonwealth heritage values of the place would be the obligation to remove or replace original fabric materials from the lighthouse owing to unavoidable and irreversible deterioration. At the time of preparing this management plan, no plans have been made to remove original fabric material. In the event plans are made to modify or remove original fabric, work will be conducted in line with the heritage considerations and requirements of the EPBC Act.

6.8 Processes for decision-making

Processes for decision-making are required in the event of an incident that impacts the heritage values of the site. The following incidents are included due to their likelihood of occurrence at Goose Island Lighthouse.

Decorative cover page, reads 7. Conservation management principles and policies

7 Conservation management principles and policies

Policies

Note: The management of sensitive information is not relevant to AMSA’s heritage strategy and therefore bears no relevance in this management plan.

Fabric and setting

Policy 1 – Protect and conserve the significant external and internal fabric of the lightstation, including existing buildings, layout and setting.

AMSA’s main purpose is to facilitate the ongoing operation of the site as a marine AtoN while preserving the site’s heritage values. As part of a heritage monitoring program, Heritage Asset Condition Reports are produced for each site every two years to evaluate the condition of the heritage fabric and values. Routine servicing is also carried out by maintenance contractors. Regular written reports from these visits will be sent to AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness for review and any work requirements identified will be scheduled accordingly. Should for some unforeseen reason the site no longer be viable as a marine AtoN, ownership will be passed to an appropriate state of federal authority to ensure preservation of the heritage assets.

• AtoN Maintenance contractor will continue scheduled periodic maintenance of the lighthouse and marine aids to navigation every 12 months to ensure condition is monitored for early warning of deterioration. Schedule must be approved by AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness.
• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to arrange for maintenance to be carried out on the lighthouse as required while continuing to operate as an AMSA marine aids to navigation.
• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to arrange for the replacement and upgrading of marine aids to navigation equipment in the lighthouse as required to meet AMSA’s service commitment, in a manner that preserves the original fabric of the lighthouse.
• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to maintain information on the heritage fabric of the lighthouse including any and all actions, treatments and inspection outcomes within the heritage fabric register. See section 4.1 for fabric register.
• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to conserve all the fabric elements identified as significant in the heritage asset condition report.
• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to seek expert materials conservation advice when considering repair, restoration and reconstruction of historic fabric. The relevant local, state and federal heritage approvals must be sought prior to repair, restoration and reconstruction.
• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to assess any development proposals to surrounding area for possible impacts on the heritage values of Goose Island Lighthouse, and liaise with the appropriate state or federal heritage authorities.
• AMSA AtoN Heritage Coordinator to conserve the distinctive character of the lightstation by collecting photographic evidence and historical documentation of the original fabric.
• AtoN Maintenance Contractor to continue scheduled heritage monitoring visits to Goose Island and update Heritage Asset Condition Reports.

Uses

Policy 2 – Install and operate equipment in the lighthouse, so that it continues to function as an effective marine aid to navigation, in such a way as to impose the least possible harm to the significant fabric.

Goose Island Lighthouse’s use as a working marine AtoN is of high priority. Carrying out maintenance, including upgrades to navigational equipment, is necessary to its function and continued marine safety along the TAS coast. In the event of the installation and/or upgrade to AtoN equipment, proper precaution will be taken to ensure the least possible harm is done to significant fabric.

• AtoN Maintenance Contractor to monitor Goose Island’s AtoN equipment every 12 months and propose maintenance in the instance of necessary installation or removal. Proposed maintenance is to be approved by AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness.

• AtoN Maintenance Contractor and AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to outline all possible risks to significant fabric, external and internal, associated with the installation, removal and operation of equipment.

• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to ensure works carried out are those that ensure the least possible harm to significant fabric.

• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to seek expert heritage conservation advice on best practice management of the site during installation, removal and operation of equipment.

Policy 3 – Monitor possible impacts to the site resulting from tourism, and control appropriate access to the lighthouse for contractors and visitors.

Goose Island Lighthouse is not currently open to the general public, and its location on the Island does not allow for easy public access. Access inside the lighthouse is restricted to authorised personnel, such as contractors and AMSA employees. In the event Goose Island were to be opened to tour groups, AMSA personnel and contractors would require easy access inside the lighthouse precinct and tower for periodical site visits to carry out inspections and routine maintenance.

• AtoN Maintenance contractor to ensure control on access to all buildings within AMSA’s lease area is maintained by periodically inspecting buildings during maintenance visits every 12 months.

• AtoN Maintenance contractor to inspect lighthouse for signs of wear and tear attributed to visitor intake during yearly maintenance visit, and note changes in Heritage Asset Condition Report.

• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to ensure access to the lightstation complies with workplace health and safety measures.

• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to ensure contractors are made aware of the heritage values of the lighthouse.

• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to ensure access to site is available for Traditional Stakeholders to maintain cultural traditions.

Interpretation

Policy 4 – Accurate and relevant interpretation of the history and significance of the place should be made available to site users/visitors and for offsite external research.

AMSA will continue to make information available through the maintenance of site interpretive signage and its website.

• All relevant information concerning the history and significance of the place will be checked for accuracy and updated appropriately.

• Information will be presented primarily as online resources accessible to relevant personnel and the general public. On-site interpretative signage will be installed where possible.

• This information will be maintained and updated in accordance with changes to the history and significance of the place.

• The location of the former Keeper’s Cottage, jetty and tramway are outside of AMSA’s lease area and are therefore not managed under this plan. However, as they contribute to the general historical development of the lighthouse and its context, their history and significance will be included and updated in any interpretive resources.

Management

Policy 5 – AMSA will continue to conserve the lighthouse in accordance with Commonwealth and Tasmanian State heritage listing requirements.

For works requiring heritage approval, AMSA will obtain permission from any relevant state or federal authorities. Continuous and as needed conservation works will be undertaken as required.

• Liaise with the relevant federal and state agencies when proposing work on the site.

• Consult with TAS PWS when proposing work on site.

• Approval in writing must be granted for any proposals for development.

Policy 6 – The cultural significance of the lightstation will be the basis for deciding how to manage it.

The heritage values or cultural significance of the place must be conserved. This heritage management plan includes relevant background information to support this policy (see Section 3 History).

• Conserve the lightstation to protect its heritage values (cultural significance).

• When possible, strive to maintain the original fabric of the lightstation.

• Use the Burra Charter as the primary guide for treatment of fabric.

• Engage appropriately qualified heritage consultants when making decisions regarding impact on heritage values.

• Assess impacts on the heritage values of the place when considering proposed alterations or adaptations.

Policy 7 – Monitor, review and report the Commonwealth heritage values of the Lightstation every five years or sooner if major changes to the lightstation occur.

The Commonwealth heritage values of the lighthouse are to be monitored and reported on a regular basis. A Heritage Asset Condition Report is updated for Goose Island Lighthouse every two years which records historical information, condition, and maintenance requirements for fabric within the lighthouse to ensure a gain and/or loss of heritage value is identified.

AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to regularly monitor the lightstation for possible impacts on the identified Commonwealth heritage values.

AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to review the current Commonwealth heritage values at least once every five years and assess any gain or loss of values. This review must be undertaken in the event of any major alterations to the lightstation.

AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to report any changes to the Commonwealth heritage values of the lightstation to the DCCEEW (Heritage Branch).

AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to update AMSA’s heritage strategy and this plan to reflect any changes identified.

AtoN Maintenance Contractor to review and update Heritage Asset Condition Report biennially.

Policy 8 – Maintain historical, management and maintenance records within AMSA and make available these records.

As part of the proper process for managing change in significant places, the Burra Charter points out the importance of making records before any change, and advocates placing records in a permanent archive, and making them available where this is appropriate. AMSA’s collection of records, which include documents pertaining to heritage intervention, management and maintenance, are subject to this process. Heritage Asset Condition Reports are routinely generated for each lighthouse and stored in AMSA’s recordkeeping system. AMSA will continue to practice such processes via their Records Management Systems (RMS).

• AMSA to maintain, review and update records through existing AMSA RMS as required.

• AMSA to ensure records are made available to the relevant personnel and parties as required.

Policy 9 – Develop and provide appropriate training and resources to all relevant AMSA staff, contractors and licencees.

In order to ensure best practice management of AMSA-operated lighthouses, all staff, contractors and licencees are required to have access to the appropriate training and resources in order to provide best practice conservation of the site.

• Provide staff, contractors and licencees access to up-to-date versions of the AMSA heritage strategy, heritage management plans and fabric registers.

• When funds are made available, AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness staff will undertake relevant training to ensure comprehension of the Commonwealth heritage and EPBC Act statutory requirements.

• Contractors engaged with heritage sites will undertake appropriate training to ensure comprehension of the Commonwealth heritage and EPBC Act statutory requirements.

• AMSA representatives will attend Commonwealth-run heritage workshops, programs and conferences for up-to-date information on statutory requirements and best-practice management of sites of national and state heritage significance.

• All current and incoming tour guides operating within AMSA lighthouses will be required to take the lighthouse tour guide safety induction e-learning module once every two years to stay informed on heritage values, visitor safety and duty-of-care for the site’s heritage values.

Policy 10 – Use contractors and service providers with appropriate experience.

AMSA is to ensure parties carrying out work have appropriate knowledge and use effective methods to ensure conservation of the lighthouse.

• Engage staff and contractors with the relevant experience and expertise concerning conservation of the lightstation.
• Develop and provide the appropriate training on heritage conservation matters for AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness staff and other relevant parties who hold responsibility for heritage management.

Policy 11 – Seek heritage advice and apply best heritage practice.

AMSA will continue to use in-house heritage expertise, external consultancy, or a combination of both as required in order to successfully apply best heritage practice. Should in-house heritage expertise be limited in responding to a requirement, external heritage expertise will be engaged to address the issue.

• Apply in-house heritage expertise when required.

• Use tools such as the Burra Charter and Working Together: Managing Commonwealth Heritage Places (Commonwealth of Australia, 2019) to measure the likely impact of proposals.

• Seek external heritage expertise in the event of limited in-house capability.

Policy 12 – Appropriate protocol in the event of unforeseen discoveries or disturbances of heritage within the AMSA site.

AMSA’s scope of work rarely involves excavation. Should such work need be undertaken, AMSA will implement a suitable discovery plan and seek advice from suitably qualified personnel as required. In the event of any unforeseen discovery or disturbance of heritage-related items on the AMSA site, notification to the appropriate organisation will occur in accordance with the conditions of the discovery plan. This plan will also be updated accordingly.

Note: In most cases, AMSA’s leases are limited to the immediate vicinity of the lighthouse and therefore this scenario is not anticipated as a likely occurrence.

• Consult with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania, Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania, and TAS PWS in the event Aboriginal heritage is suspected.

• Seek appropriate heritage advice and apply best practice in the event of unforeseen discoveries/disturbances.

Policy 13 – Make this Heritage Management Plan available to all persons involved in decision-making on the management of the lighthouse and its setting.

The plan will be made available to all personnel intrinsic to management of the lighthouse and its setting, for example AMSA maintenance contractors, TAS PWS as land manager, staff and other relevant parties.

• Provide links to this plan via the AMSA website.

• Provide copies to all relevant personnel and parties.

Future Developments

Policy 14 – Adaptation of the place using methods or processes that minimise impact on heritage values and significance in accordance with The Burra Charter principles.

It is likely that over time the lighthouse will house new equipment as technology changes. The Burra Charter principles will be used as the basis for decision-making.

• Assess the likely impacts of changes on the heritage values and significance of the place.

• Preserve the original fabric of the place and do only what is necessary for the continued use and care of the place.

• Engage expert heritage advice and use The Burra Charter in adapting the place.

Policy 15 – When required, engage with adjacent landowners to maintain an appropriate setting for the lighthouse in its visual and natural context.

Any changes to the surrounding land or AMSA leased area, requires careful consideration. AMSA will liaise with all adjacent landowners in the event of any proposed changes that may affect the setting and attempt to influence a positive outcome.

• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to engage with adjacent landowners and TAS PWS through consultation when changes are proposed regarding the wider visual and natural context.

Policy 16 – In the event of adaptive re-use or divestment, which would no longer place the lighthouse under AMSA control, AMSA will strive to ensure the Commonwealth and TAS State heritage values of the site are recognised and preserved.

In the event Goose Island Lighthouse is no longer identified as a working AtoN, AMSA will withdraw its standing as lessee and hand over all authority to the lessor. This process must be conducted in line with section 341ZE of the EPBC Act.

• AMSA will negotiate with lessor to have site lease terminated.

• All available heritage information within AMSA’s collection, including this Heritage Management Plan, will be shared with the relevant parties to ensure the Commonwealth and State heritage values of the site are recognised and preserved.

Community Involvement

Policy 17 – Consult with Traditional Stakeholders and wider community in the preparation of the management plan.

AMSA will give Traditional Stakeholders and wider community, as well as the general public, an opportunity to review and comment on this management plan through a public consultation process.

• Undertake community consultation when preparing the heritage management plan in accordance with EPBC Regulations.

• Seek advice from Traditional Stakeholders and refer to ‘Engage Early – Guidance for proponents on best practice Indigenous engagement for environmental assessments under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)’ to guide consultations[34].

Review

Policy 18 – Review this plan within 5 years of its adoption or sooner if major changes are needed.

This plan will be reviewed every five years. This review should:

\- assess the content of the plan.
\- determine its effectiveness in protecting the identified heritage values.
\- provide any necessary recommendations for updating or re-writing of the plan. If major changes occur at the site in the interim, this plan will be reviewed and updated earlier than the specified five years.

• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to review this heritage management plan at least five years after its adoption.

• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to review and update this heritage management plan in the event of a major change to the lightstation.

• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to summarise changes implemented within updated plan.

• AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to submit revised plan for approval.

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