Conservation management and cultural tourism plan for NPWS lighthouses

In 1997, agreement was reached to transfer nine historic lighthouses from the Commonwealth to the NSW Government. Although the lighthouses are owned by the NPWS, the operation of the lamps is still managed by NSW Waterways and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

The NPWS has developed a conservation management and cultural tourism plan for the lighthouses. This plan will ensure that the lighthouses are conserved and visitors can enjoy the full cultural and heritage values of these powerful monuments.

Documents to download

The conservation management and cultural tourism plan is a large document, and has been split into sections for ease of download:

• Contents (PDF - 207KB)
• Executive summary (PDF - 515KB )
• Part A: Introduction (PDF - 519KB)
• Part B: Understanding the resource
  • The coastal edge (PDF -218KB )
  • Headlands and islands (PDF - 423KB )
  • Beacons of light (PDF - 1.6MB)
  • The constructed image (PDF - 689KB)
  • Heritage significance (PDF - 607KB )
• Part C: Constraints and opportunities
  • Obligations arising from significance (PDF - 651KB)
  • Conserving the cultural resources (PDF - 899KB)
  • Adapting to a new direction (PDF - 693KB )
  • NPWS management (PDF - 513KB)
  • Interpreting the collective resource (PDF - 59KB)
  • Managing the tourism experience (PDF - 1.4MB)
• Part D: Conservation policies for the collective resource
  • Primary conservation policies for NPWS lighthouses (PDF - 186KB)
  • NPWS operational management policies (PDF - 402KB)
  • Aboriginal heritage conservation and management policies (PDF - 137KB)
  • Landscape conservation management policies (PDF - 167KB)
  • Built environment conservation management policies (PDF - 396KB)
  • Historical archaeology conservation management policies (PDF - 95KB)
  • Conservation policies for managing the character of the lighthouse precinct (PDF - 153KB )
  • Conservation policies for adapting to the future (PDF - 116KB)
  • Policies for interpreting significance (PDF - 124KB)
  • Cultural tourism policies (PDF - 268KB)
• Part E: Implementing the plan (PDF - 570KB)
• Part F: Supporting material (PDF - 731KB)
• Part G: Collective resource interpretation plan (PDF - 1.3MB)
• Part H: Supplementary information
  • Cape Byron Lighthouse (PDF - 2MB)
  • South Solitary Island Lighthouse (PDF - 2MB)
  • Smoky Cape Lighthouse (PDF - 2.4MB)
  • Point Stephens Lighthouse (PDF - 2.1MB)
  • Barrenjoey Lighthouse (PDF - 2.1MB)
  • Hornby Lighthouse and Inner South Head Cottages (PDF - 1.9MB)
  • Cape Baily Lighthouse (PDF - 2.1MB)
  • Montague Island Lighthouse (PDF - 2MB)
  • Green Cape Lighthouse (PDF - 1.8MB)
    

Page last updated: 26 February 2011