NSW State heritage values — criterionNSW State heritage values — criterion

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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:8.15pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:22.55pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:180.6pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:6.15pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#ffffff">SHR Criterion</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:0.15pt; margin-left:0pt; font-size:8.5pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">SHR Criterion A – Historical</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:0.65pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">significance</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:0.15pt; margin-left:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-right:27.35pt; line-height:106%; font-size:9pt"><span>An item is important in the course, or pattern, of NSW’s cultural or natural history.</span></p></td><td style="width:301pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#4c7ba8"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:6.15pt; margin-left:5.8pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#ffffff">Evidence/Explanation</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:127.3pt"><td style="width:300.25pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #0b679b; border-left:0.75pt solid #0b679b; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eff9fe"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:3.65pt; margin-right:7.9pt; line-height:106%; font-size:9pt"><span>Montague is a fine and intact example of a lightstation constructed in NSW during the late 19th century and part of the most productive phase of lighthouse construction during the 1880s.</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:5.75pt; line-height:106%; font-size:9pt"><span>The light is an important part of the NSW network and the so-called ‘highway lights’ and offered protection to the intrastate traffic to Narooma, Tathra and Eden. It is one of only two major lighthouses in NSW located on off-shore islands.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:127.3pt"><td style="width:179.85pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:3.65pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">SHR Criterion B – Associative</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:0.65pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">significance</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:0.15pt; margin-left:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-right:0.6pt; line-height:106%; font-size:9pt"><span>An item has strong or special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in NSW’s cultural or natural history.</span></p></td><td style="width:300.25pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eff9fe"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:3.65pt; font-size:9pt"><span>No attributes identified</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:141.45pt"><td style="width:179.85pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:3.65pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">SHR Criterion C – Aesthetic</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:0.65pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">significance</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:0.15pt; margin-left:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-right:26.05pt; line-height:106%; font-size:9pt"><span>An item is important in</span><span style="letter-spacing:-1.4pt"> </span><span>demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> NSW.</span></p></td><td style="width:300.25pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eff9fe"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:3.65pt; margin-right:3.4pt; line-height:106%; font-size:9pt"><span>The Montague lighthouse, constructed of granite quarried on the island, with its tapering walls and outward curving upper platform and </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">curved </span><span>balustrade,</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.85pt"> </span><span>is</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.85pt"> </span><span>a</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.8pt"> </span><span>well-proportioned</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.85pt"> </span><span>structure</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.8pt"> </span><span>displaying</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.85pt"> </span><span>very</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.8pt"> </span><span>fine</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.85pt"> </span><span>elements</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.85pt"> </span><span>of design and</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span><span>craftsmanship.</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:5.8pt; margin-right:15.45pt; line-height:106%; font-size:9pt"><span>The</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt"> </span><span>tower</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt"> </span><span>provides</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt"> </span><span>a</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt"> </span><span>strong</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span><span>visual</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt"> </span><span>contrast</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt"> </span><span>to</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt"> </span><span>the</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt"> </span><span>rounded</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span><span>granite</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt"> </span><span>slabs and sparse vegetation topography of the</span><span style="letter-spacing:-1.65pt"> </span><span>Island.</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:5.7pt; margin-right:4.45pt; line-height:106%; font-size:9pt"><span>The</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.7pt"> </span><span>white</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.7pt"> </span><span>painted</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.7pt"> </span><span>buildings</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.7pt"> </span><span>with</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.7pt"> </span><span>their</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt"> </span><span>collection</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.7pt"> </span><span>of</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.7pt"> </span><span>chimneys,</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.7pt"> </span><span>pitched</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">roofs, </span><span>verandahs and enclosed courtyards clustered on the highest point of </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">the </span><span>Island</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span><span>present</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span><span>a</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span><span>visual</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span><span>unity</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span><span>and</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span><span>harmony</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span><span>in</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span><span>form,</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span><span>style</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span><span>and</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span><span>materials.</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">The </span><span>residences</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span><span>are</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span><span>a</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span><span>strong</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span><span>reminder</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span><span>of</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span><span>the</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span><span>era</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span><span>of</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span><span>manned</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span><span>lightstations</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span><span>on</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">the </span><span>coast of</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.95pt"> </span><span>Australia.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>