As quoted from Wikipedia, ‘An anvil is a block with a hard surface on which another object is, struck. The block is as massive as it is practical, because the higher the inertia of the anvil, the more efficiently it causes the energy of the striking tool to be transferred to the work piece’. The lightstation’s anvil is a red-painted iron block with a conical beak or horn at one end that was used for hammering curved pieces of metal. It would have stood on a heavy free-standing pedestal, such as a large tree stump, to allow complete access to the item being hammered. Some anvils display the manufacturer’s name in the metal on the side, but this is not the case here, and its age, although unknown appears to be quite old, perhaps c.1900. It appears to have had a lot of use, and although no record of this survives, it is presumed that a forge operated on site for hammering, cutting, shaping and repairing tools such as bolts, nails, hooks, chain segments, pulley blocks, hinges, crow bars, picks, chisels, horseshoes and harness hardware. A hames hook (which forms part of the collar worn by a draught horse) survives at the lightstation as do many other heavy metal tools and pieces of equipment. The anvil is an example of the necessary resourcefulness and self sufficiency practiced by lightkeepers working and living in a remotely located workplace and home, and many of the iron items in the collection may have been repaired or even made on its working surface. As a lightstation manager Chris Richter used the anvil to manufacture pulley blocks for sash windows, repair brass door hinges & sharpen cold chisels, crowbars and picks and other lightkeepers have used this anvil for many fabricating jobs such as manufacturing ducting for the generator room ventilation system."The lightship only came in every three months with supplies and there would have been repairs to do between visits from a blacksmith - who would have had to travel on the ship. Also, the ship was only anchored in the bay long enough to unload supplies and collect and deliver lightkeeping staff – probably not enough time to get much smithy work done – especially if the weather packed it in and the ship had to depart. Lightkeepers in our time had to be self sufficient, resourceful and innovative and I imagine that would have been the case in the past." It has second level contributory significance.Red painted blacksmith's anvil.

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council 11th December 1979 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Representation and Rate Rise Use of Sunshine Tip by City of Brunswick Variation to Agreement Maribyrnong Hall Use of Rooms as an Infant Welfare Centre and Library Acquisition of Lot 7 Van Ness Avenue Hume Pipes Proposed Variation to Separate Awards Proposed Sale of Surplus Land Porter Road Reserve, Raymond Street Reserve, Davey Street Reserve, Lewis Court Reserve, Empress Court / Harwood Close, Hilma Street Being the Discontinued Part of Charlotte Street, Hilma Street Being the Discontinued Part of Nina Street, Hilma Street Being the Discontinued Part of Eva Street, West Street Being the Discontinued Part of McLaughlin Street, West Street Being the Discontinued Part of Maxwell Street, West Street Being the Discontinued Part of Suspension Street, Lot 24 Corner Kosky Street and Killara Street and Land Between Lots 17 and 46 Glindon Avenue Transfer of Land from Council to Maribyrnong Timber & Buildings Supplies Road Construction Agreements Rosamond Road Tennis Club Request to Extend Usable Area Outside Court No 1 Rate Recovery Sale 27 Duke Street Proposed Lease Tottenham Technical School Report of the Rainbow Workshop Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Sunshine Community Newsletter Victorian Housing Policy Review Family Dare Care Programme Community Youth Support Scheme Donation from Invicta Group Industries Pty Ltd for Welfare Projects Emergency Relief Funds West Sunshine Ethnic Community Club Child Care Co-Operative Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Railway Underpass Sunshine Railway Station Hours of Infant & Maternal Child Welfare Centres Health Act Registrations for 1980 Health Act Registrations Late Fee Health Act Registrations for 1979 Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Health Surveyor's Conference Adelaide 1979 Report Report of the Superintendent Traffic & By-Laws Court Proceedings Sunshine Magistrate Court Disposal of Derelict Vehicles Dog Act Report of the City Librarian Bookmobile Sites 1980 Highpoint City Library Staff Hours Melton Library Staff Library Statistics 1st October 1978 to 30th September 1979 Melton Library Annual Report Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer January 1980 Holidays Programme Report of the City Engineer & Planner Alternative Strategies for Metropolitan Melbourne Prospects for Further Development in the Built-Up Areas of Melbourne Maribyrnong River Recreational Development New Anglers Hotel Amendment No 127 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Proposed Amendment No 130 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Planning Permit Application Extensions to Existing Warehouse Lots 6 & 7 Tottenham Parade Footscray West Planning Permit Application Child Care Services Centre Andrea Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application Services Premises Addition to Existing Petrol Filling Station South East Corner Geelong Road and Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Amusement Parlour Highpoint West Shopping Centre Rosamond Road Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Car Sales Yard South West Corner Ballarat Road and Hampshire Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Consulting Room (Dental Clinic) Lots 9, 10 and Part 11 Main Road West St. Albans Planning Permit Warehouse Lot 3 Emu Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application Signs South East Corner Geelong Road and Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Three Villa Units Lot 13 Hertford Road North East Corner of Rawson Avenue Planning Permit Application Kindergarten Rogers Reserve Lot 3 Sonley Street Maidstone Planning Permit Application Access for the Manoeuvring of Historical Military Vehicles Lot 43 Judge Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Detached House Lot 217 Collenso Street Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Panel Beating Works South West Corner Cromer Avenue and Baldwin Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Furniture and Carpet Sales Corner of Geelong Road and Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Office Extension Lot 1 & 2 Ballarat Road Braybrook Planning Permit Application Illuminated Sign Lot 37 Perth Avenue Albion Planning Permit Application Finance Officer Lot 3 Sun Crescent Sunshine Planning Permit Application Factory Lots 42 & 42 Western Avenue South East Corner of Fourth Avenue Sunshine Planning Permit Application Dental Surgery Lot 2 Neale Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Detached House Lot 433 Carroll Street Deer Park Planning Permit Application Transport Depot Lot 2 Geelong Road Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Two Service Premises and Consulting Rooms Lots 2, 3 & 4 Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Office Extension to Transport Depot 1 Alick Road North West Corner of Kalingra Road Tottenham Planning Permit Application Warehouse Lot 7 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Store Extension Lot 1 Suffolk Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Temporary Commercial Vehicle Park Lot 2 Neale Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Extension to Viewing Area of Tennis Courts Robert Barrett Reserve Rosamond Road Maribyrnong for Rosamond Tennis Club Planning Permit Application Amusement Parlour Lot 2 Disraeli Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application New & Used Cars Sales and Service Dealership Corner of Ballarat Road and Ashley Street Consolidation of Title Wattle Road and George Street Maidstone Consolidation of Title Lots 52 & 53 Judge Street Sunshine Plan of Transfer of Land from Council to Sunshine R.S.L. Dickson Street Sunshine Construction Works Corner Furlong Road and St. Albans Road St. Albans Strata Subdivision 86 Phoenix Street Sunshine North Strata Subdivision 136 - 140 Wright Street Sunshine Council Vehicle Fleet Energy and Cost Considerations Traffic Control Items Transport of Wide Loads R.A.A.F. Huts Tottenham to Sunvale Primary School and Sunshine High School Prohibited Parking Ashley Street / Western Highway (Ballarat Road) Braybrook School Crossings Deer Park North Primary School Station Road Widening Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendment No 81 Part 4 88 Station Road Deer Park Traffic Signals Intersection Ashley Street / South Road Braybrook Declaration of Sewerage Area No 3885 Lots 1261 to 1244 Opie Road, Lots 1165 to 1148 Penfold Place, Lots 1174, 2219, 1147 to 135 and Lot 1262 Evergreen Avenue Albanvale Two-Day Hydraulic Course for Mechanics 28th - 29th November 1979 Proposed Pedestrian Operated Signals Western Highway (Ballarat Road) East of Darnley Street Braybrook Commonwealth Offices Near Devonshire Road and Martin Street Sunshine Proposed Traffic Signals Under Statcon Programme Ashley Street / Barkly Street Intersection Footscray West Load Limit Various Roads Stony Creek (Upper) Lysaghts Railway Culvert to Railway Reserve M.M.B.W. Western Reginal Depot St. Albans Road Sunshine North Widening of Carriageway at Entrance Aycliffe Drive Pre-School and Infant Welfare Centre Tenders Depot Amenities Block Anderson Road Sunshine Alterations and Additions Ballarat Road Infant Welfare Centre Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement Lots 37 & 38 Balfour Avenue Sunshine North Building On Flood Prone Land Lot 2 Navigator Street Maribyrnong Installation of Underground Tanks 810 Ballarat Road Deer Park Installation of Underground Tanks 146 Ashley Street Maidstone Siting of Building 17 Chestnut Drive St. Albans Siting of Building Lot 109 Ballarat Road Deer Parkhume pipe company, maribyrnong, rosamond road tennis club, rosamond road, van ness avenue, sunshine tip, maribyrnong hall, raleigh road, porter road reserve, porter road, raymond street reserve, raymond street, sunshine west, davey street reserve, davey street, lewis court reserve, lewis court, empress court, harwood close, hilma street, charlotte street, nina street, eva street, west street, mclaughlin street, maxwell street, ardeer, kosky street, killara street, glindon avenue, st. albans, tottenham technical school, south road, duke street, braybrook, invicta, west sunshine ethnic community club child care co-operative, sunshine railway station underpass, new anglers hotel, tottenham parade, footscray west, andrea street, geelong road, francis street, highpoint west shopping centre, ballarat road, hampshire road, sunshine, main road west, emu road, maidstone, hertford road, rawson avenue, rogers reserve, sonley street, judge street, collenso street, cromer avenue, baldwin avenue, perth avenue, albion, sun crescent, western avenue, fourth avenue, neale road, deer park, carroll street, glengala road, alick road, kalingra road, tottenham, mcintyre road, sunshine north, suffolk road, robert barrett reserve, disraeli street, wattle road, george street, sunshine r.s.l., dickson street, furlong road, st. albans road, phoenix street, wright street, sunvale primary school, sunshine high school, western highway, deer park north primary school, station road, opie road, penfold place, evergreen avenue, albanvale, darnley street, devonshire road, martin street, stony creek, aycliffe drive pre-school and infant welfare centre, aycliffe drive, balfour avenue, navigator street, chestnut drive

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 11th Dec 1979 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Representation and Rate Rise Use of Sunshine Tip by City of Brunswick Variation to Agreement Maribyrnong Hall Use of Rooms as an Infant Welfare Centre and Library Acquisition of Lot 7 Van Ness Avenue Hume Pipes Proposed Variation to Separate Awards Proposed Sale of Surplus Land Porter Road Reserve, Raymond Street Reserve, Davey Street Reserve, Lewis Court Reserve, Empress Court / Harwood Close, Hilma Street Being the Discontinued Part of Charlotte Street, Hilma Street Being the Discontinued Part of Nina Street, Hilma Street Being the Discontinued Part of Eva Street, West Street Being the Discontinued Part of McLaughlin Street, West Street Being the Discontinued Part of Maxwell Street, West Street Being the Discontinued Part of Suspension Street, Lot 24 Corner Kosky Street and Killara Street and Land Between Lots 17 and 46 Glindon Avenue Transfer of Land from Council to Maribyrnong Timber & Buildings Supplies Road Construction Agreements Rosamond Road Tennis Club Request to Extend Usable Area Outside Court No 1 Rate Recovery Sale 27 Duke Street Proposed Lease Tottenham Technical School Report of the Rainbow Workshop Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Sunshine Community Newsletter Victorian Housing Policy Review Family Dare Care Programme Community Youth Support Scheme Donation from Invicta Group Industries Pty Ltd for Welfare Projects Emergency Relief Funds West Sunshine Ethnic Community Club Child Care Co-Operative Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Railway Underpass Sunshine Railway Station Hours of Infant & Maternal Child Welfare Centres Health Act Registrations for 1980 Health Act Registrations Late Fee Health Act Registrations for 1979 Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Health Surveyor's Conference Adelaide 1979 Report Report of the Superintendent Traffic & By-Laws Court Proceedings Sunshine Magistrate Court Disposal of Derelict Vehicles Dog Act Report of the City Librarian Bookmobile Sites 1980 Highpoint City Library Staff Hours Melton Library Staff Library Statistics 1st October 1978 to 30th September 1979 Melton Library Annual Report Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer January 1980 Holidays Programme Report of the City Engineer & Planner Alternative Strategies for Metropolitan Melbourne Prospects for Further Development in the Built-Up Areas of Melbourne Maribyrnong River Recreational Development New Anglers Hotel Amendment No 127 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Proposed Amendment No 130 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Planning Permit Application Extensions to Existing Warehouse Lots 6 & 7 Tottenham Parade Footscray West Planning Permit Application Child Care Services Centre Andrea Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application Services Premises Addition to Existing Petrol Filling Station South East Corner Geelong Road and Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Amusement Parlour Highpoint West Shopping Centre Rosamond Road Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Car Sales Yard South West Corner Ballarat Road and Hampshire Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Consulting Room (Dental Clinic) Lots 9, 10 and Part 11 Main Road West St. Albans Planning Permit Warehouse Lot 3 Emu Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application Signs South East Corner Geelong Road and Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Three Villa Units Lot 13 Hertford Road North East Corner of Rawson Avenue Planning Permit Application Kindergarten Rogers Reserve Lot 3 Sonley Street Maidstone Planning Permit Application Access for the Manoeuvring of Historical Military Vehicles Lot 43 Judge Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Detached House Lot 217 Collenso Street Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Panel Beating Works South West Corner Cromer Avenue and Baldwin Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Furniture and Carpet Sales Corner of Geelong Road and Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Office Extension Lot 1 & 2 Ballarat Road Braybrook Planning Permit Application Illuminated Sign Lot 37 Perth Avenue Albion Planning Permit Application Finance Officer Lot 3 Sun Crescent Sunshine Planning Permit Application Factory Lots 42 & 42 Western Avenue South East Corner of Fourth Avenue Sunshine Planning Permit Application Dental Surgery Lot 2 Neale Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Detached House Lot 433 Carroll Street Deer Park Planning Permit Application Transport Depot Lot 2 Geelong Road Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Two Service Premises and Consulting Rooms Lots 2, 3 & 4 Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Office Extension to Transport Depot 1 Alick Road North West Corner of Kalingra Road Tottenham Planning Permit Application Warehouse Lot 7 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Store Extension Lot 1 Suffolk Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Temporary Commercial Vehicle Park Lot 2 Neale Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Extension to Viewing Area of Tennis Courts Robert Barrett Reserve Rosamond Road Maribyrnong for Rosamond Tennis Club Planning Permit Application Amusement Parlour Lot 2 Disraeli Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application New & Used Cars Sales and Service Dealership Corner of Ballarat Road and Ashley Street Consolidation of Title Wattle Road and George Street Maidstone Consolidation of Title Lots 52 & 53 Judge Street Sunshine Plan of Transfer of Land from Council to Sunshine R.S.L. Dickson Street Sunshine Construction Works Corner Furlong Road and St. Albans Road St. Albans Strata Subdivision 86 Phoenix Street Sunshine North Strata Subdivision 136 - 140 Wright Street Sunshine Council Vehicle Fleet Energy and Cost Considerations Traffic Control Items Transport of Wide Loads R.A.A.F. Huts Tottenham to Sunvale Primary School and Sunshine High School Prohibited Parking Ashley Street / Western Highway (Ballarat Road) Braybrook School Crossings Deer Park North Primary School Station Road Widening Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendment No 81 Part 4 88 Station Road Deer Park Traffic Signals Intersection Ashley Street / South Road Braybrook Declaration of Sewerage Area No 3885 Lots 1261 to 1244 Opie Road, Lots 1165 to 1148 Penfold Place, Lots 1174, 2219, 1147 to 135 and Lot 1262 Evergreen Avenue Albanvale Two-Day Hydraulic Course for Mechanics 28th - 29th November 1979 Proposed Pedestrian Operated Signals Western Highway (Ballarat Road) East of Darnley Street Braybrook Commonwealth Offices Near Devonshire Road and Martin Street Sunshine Proposed Traffic Signals Under Statcon Programme Ashley Street / Barkly Street Intersection Footscray West Load Limit Various Roads Stony Creek (Upper) Lysaghts Railway Culvert to Railway Reserve M.M.B.W. Western Reginal Depot St. Albans Road Sunshine North Widening of Carriageway at Entrance Aycliffe Drive Pre-School and Infant Welfare Centre Tenders Depot Amenities Block Anderson Road Sunshine Alterations and Additions Ballarat Road Infant Welfare Centre Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement Lots 37 & 38 Balfour Avenue Sunshine North Building On Flood Prone Land Lot 2 Navigator Street Maribyrnong Installation of Underground Tanks 810 Ballarat Road Deer Park Installation of Underground Tanks 146 Ashley Street Maidstone Siting of Building 17 Chestnut Drive St. Albans Siting of Building Lot 109 Ballarat Road Deer Park Orders of the Day Accounts for Payment as at 30th November 1979 Extraordinary Business Report of the Town Clerk Lease 2 - 4 Burton Crescent Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Application Factory Extensions Raleigh Road Planning Permit Application Illuminated Sign City Place Planning Permit Application Factory with Garage and Carport Display and Sales McIntyre Road Planning Permit Application Extension to Existing Weighbridge, Security Officer's Shelter and Alteration in the Layput of the Site for the Proposed Trucks Reversing Course to the Off-Load Ramp Planning Permit Application Alterations to Shops St. Albans Road Planning Permit Application Amusement Parlour and Cafe Main Road West Planning Permit Application Place of Worship Vule Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application Factory Site Layout Berkshire Road Sunshine North Plan of Subdivision Gooding Street Planning Permit Application Specialist Stone Services Geelong Road Brookylnmaribyrnong hall, raleigh road, maribyrnong, van ness avenue, rosamond tennis club, rosamond road, duke street, sunshine north, sunshine tip, porter road reserve, porter road, raymond street reserve, raymond street, sunshine west, davey street reserve, davey street, lewis court reserve, lewis court, empress court, harwood close, hilma street, charlotte street, nina street, eva street, west street, mclaughlin street, maxwell street, suspension street, ardeer, kosky street, killara street, glindon avenue, st. albans, tottenham technical school, south road, braybrook, sunshine, invicta, west sunshine ethnic community club child care co-operative, maribyrnong river, anglers hotel, tottenham parade, footscray west, andrea street, geelong road, francis street, highpoint west shopping centre, ballarat road, hampshire road, main road west, emu road, maidstone, hertford road, rogers reserve, sonley street, judge street, collenso street, cromer avenue, baldwin avenue, perth avenue, albion, sun crescent, western avenue, fourth avenue, neale road, deer park, carroll street, glengala road, alick road, kalingra road, tottenham, mcintyre road, suffolk road, robert barrett reserve, disraeli street, ashley street, wattle road, george street, sunshine r.s.l., dickson street, furlong road, st. albans road, phoenix street, wright street, sunvale primary school, sunshine high school, western highway, deer park north primary school, station road, opie road, penfold place, evergreen avenue, albanvale, darnley street, devonshire road, martin street, stony creek, aycliffe drive pre-school and infant welfare centre, aycliffe drive, anderson road, ballarat road infant welfare centre, balfour avenue, navigator street, chestnut drive, city place, burton crescent, vule street, gooding street