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Radio astronomers at Sydney University for the 1952 URSI General Assembly

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[Astronomy and Space Science Historical Photographic Archive B2842-43]

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Little, Alec G Payne-Scott, Ruby

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CSIRO

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Radar

Radar research in Sydney was spurred by World War II and produced air warning systems for Sydney, and innovative portable technology used throughout the Pacific.

Astronomy

University of Sydney

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First proposed by William Wentworth in 1848 as an expansion of Sydney College, the university was established via the passage of the University of Sydney Act in 1850 and inaugurated in 1852 before moving to Camperdown in 1859. It is the oldest university in Australia.

Payne-Scott, Ruby

Radiophysicist and mathematician who benefited from increased opportunities for women scientists at the outbreak of war but was still forced to resign when she became pregnant.

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Little, Alec G

Radiophysicist.

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