At the 1863 conference of the Principal Officers of Marine Departments of the Australian Colonies, Captain Francis Hixson (President of the Marine Board of NSW and the Superintendent of Pilots, Lighthouses & Harbours) proclaimed that he wanted the NSW coastline "illuminated like a street with lamps" (NPWS "Lighthouse Keeping (Part A)", p15). At the southernmost tip of the state, Hixson recommended the placement and construction of the Green Cape Lightstation – considered to be an important element in the NSW "highway of lights".