Reserves under the Nature Conservation Act 2002
Historic Sites
Under the terms of the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002, the name "Historic Site" is applied to an area of land of significance for historic cultural heritage.
Management Objectives
- to conserve sites or areas of historic cultural significance;
- to conserve natural biological diversity;
- to conserve geological diversity;
- to preserve the quality of water and protect catchments;
- to encourage education based on the purposes of reservation and the natural or cultural values of the historic site, or both;
- to encourage research, particularly that which furthers the purposes of reservation;
- to protect the historic site against, and rehabilitate the historic site following, adverse impacts such as those of fire, introduced species, diseases and soil erosion on the historic site's natural and cultural values and on assets within and adjacent to the historic site;
- to encourage tourism, recreational use and enjoyment consistent with the conservation of the historic site's natural and cultural values;
- to encourage cooperative management programs with Aboriginal people in areas of significance to them in a manner consistent with the purposes of reservation and the other management objectives.
| Name |
IUCN Category |
Area (ha) |
Date of Current Entity |
Location |
Notes |
Earliest Reservation Date |
| Batchelors Grave |
V |
0.004 |
6-Sep-1967 |
Taroona |
Historic grave |
6-Sep-1967 |
| Callington Mill |
V |
0.46 |
8-Feb-1978 |
Oatlands |
Grain mill complex |
8-Feb-1978 |
| Cape Sorell |
V |
93.30 |
13-Dec-2000 |
West Coast |
Historic lightstation |
13-Dec-2000 |
| Coal Mines |
V |
217 |
9-Nov-1966 |
Tasman Peninsula |
Convict mine |
9-Nov-1966 |
| Currie Lightkeepers Residence |
V |
0.61 |
25-Mar-1981 |
King Island |
Local museum |
25-Mar-1981 |
| Eddystone Point Lighthouse |
V |
10.43 |
26-Jun-2002 |
North-east |
Historic lightstation |
26-Jun-2002 |
| D'Entrecasteaux Monument |
V |
0.39 |
26-Jan-1944 |
South |
Explorers monument |
26-Jan-1944 |
| D'Entrecasteaux Watering Place |
V |
2.25 |
21-May-1952 |
South |
Early landing place |
21-May-1952 |
| Eaglehawk Neck |
V |
8 |
4-Jul-1995 |
Tasman Peninsula |
Convict station |
28-Jun-1938 |
| Entally House |
V |
29.70 |
1-Dec-1948 |
Hadspen |
Historic home |
1-Dec-1948 |
| Female Factory |
V |
0.26 |
14-Apr-1976 |
South Hobart |
Prison site |
14-Apr-1976 |
| George III Monument |
V |
14.40 |
26-Apr-1939 |
South |
Shipwreck memorial |
26-Apr-1939 |
| Highfield |
V |
3.87 |
7-Dec-1983 |
Stanley |
V.D.L. Co. house |
7-Dec-1983 |
| Kangaroo Bluff |
V |
3.12 |
13-Dec-1961 |
Bellerive |
Historic fort |
13-Dec-1961 |
| Low Head Historic Site |
V |
18.70 |
13-Dec-2000 |
East Tamar |
Historic lightstation |
13-Dec-2000 |
| Lyons Cottage |
V |
0.10 |
5-Apr-1978 |
Stanley |
P.M.'s birthplace |
5-Apr-1978 |
| Macquarie Harbour* |
II |
15,300 |
27-Jun-1990 |
West Coast |
Convict & early settlements |
19-May-1954 |
| Mount Direction |
V |
180.00 |
18-Apr-1984 |
East Tamar |
Semaphore station site |
18-Apr-1984 |
| Old Trinity Church-Criminal Courts |
V |
0.18 |
12-Dec-1984 |
Hobart city |
Convict church/courts |
12-Dec-1984 |
| Port Arthur |
V |
125.60 |
29-Aug-1916 |
Tasman Peninsula |
Convict settlement |
29-Aug-1916 |
| Richmond Gaol |
V |
0.79 |
26-Dec-1945 |
South-east |
Convict gaol |
26-Dec-1945 |
| Ross Female Convict Station |
V |
1.08 |
22-Oct-1980 |
Ross |
Convict station |
22-Oct-1980 |
| Shot Tower |
V |
3.20 |
8-Aug-1956 |
Taroona |
Shot-making tower |
8-Aug-1956 |
| Strahan Customs House |
V |
0.38 |
24-Jun-1981 |
West Coast |
Historic building |
24-Jun-1981 |
| Sydney Cove |
V |
53.00 |
6-Apr-1977 |
Furneaux Group |
Early shipwreck |
6-Apr-1977 |
| Tasman Monument |
V |
0.008 |
3-Mar-1943 |
Dunalley |
Discoverer's monument |
3-Mar-1943 |
| Toll House |
V |
0.066 |
14-Jun-1961 |
New Norfolk |
Historic toll house |
14-Jun-1961 |
| Waubadebars Grave |
V |
0.00 |
21-Aug-1957 |
Bicheno |
Aboriginal grave |
21-Aug-1957 |
| Yorktown |
V |
8.20 |
26-Nov-1951 |
North Tamar |
Early settlement site |
26-Nov-1951 |
Total area of the 29 Historic Sites is 16 075 hectares, or about 0.24% of State area
* Constitute Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, from 12.12.82, extended 15.12.89