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Sydney Observatory, Sydney 1872

By
Charles Percy Pickering
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a1107018 / PXD 524, 16]

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Pickering, Charles Percy

State Library of New South Wales

Sydney Observatory building

William Dawes established the first observatory in Sydney at the western point of Sydney Cove in 1788, not far from the eventual site of Sydney Observatory on the hill above. Built in 1856, the Observatory remained an important contributor to astronomy, as well as shipping and meteorology, until 1982.

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Scientific observation station built on Sydney's highest point.