Cape Inscription Lighthouse & Quarters

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

03261

Location

Cape Inscription Dirk Hartog Island

Location Details

NB: old horse paddock, fmr winch structure & cable railway and loc of ramwa from off loading jetty at Turtle Bay to lighthouse - inc in Reserve 14918 therefore covered by registration

Other Name(s)

Dirk Hartog Island
inc Landing site

Local Government

Shark Bay

Region

Gascoyne

Construction Date

Constructed from 1910

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
National Heritage List YES 07 Apr 2006
State Register Registered 30 Aug 2001 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Classified by the National Trust Classified 11 Dec 2000
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register Permanent
Register of the National Estate Registered 21 Mar 1978
Lighthouses Survey Completed 01 May 2000

Parent Place or Precinct

07402 Dirk Hartog Island

Child Places

  • 23848 Cape Inscription Landing Site
  • 24591 Cape Inscription Lighthouse & Buildings

Condition

fairly good condition

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
4687 The Australian Maritime Safety Authority : lighthouse conservation assessment : Cape Inscription : Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia. Heritage Study {Other} 2000
7042 Cape Inscription lighthouse keeper's quarters, Dirk hartog Island, Shark Bay : conservation management plan. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2004
5942 Conservation analysis of 13 lighthouse properties. C D Rom 2000
7183 Lighthouses of Australia : images from the end of an era. Book 2001
6575 Lighthouse keeper's quarters and associated buildings : architectural evaluation. Heritage Study {Other} 1991
8551 Report on the 2006 Western Australian Museum, Department of Maritime Archaelogy, Cape Inscription national heritage listing archaeological survey. Report 2007
6911 Cape Inscription Lightkeepers Quarters, Dirk Hartog Island, Shark Bay, Western Australia : conservation and management plan. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1996

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use Transport\Communications Water: Housing or Quarters
Present Use Transport\Communications Water: Lighthouse
Original Use Transport\Communications Water: Lighthouse

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall CONCRETE Concrete Block

Historic Themes

General Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS River & sea transport
OCCUPATIONS Technology & technological change
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict}

Creation Date

03 Aug 1992

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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