URI(s)
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- Adelaide (S.A.). Adelaide Observatory
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
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Descriptor
- Astronomical observatories
Associated Locale
- Australia
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Report of the Government Astronomer to the Board of Visitors of the Adelaide Observatory, 1915 :t.p. (Adelaide Observatory)
- found: The Adelaide Observatory!, via SA life website, September 23, 2013(in 1860, the Adelaide Observatory was commissioned for one of the state's great visionaries, Sir Charles Todd, first Government Astronomer; the double whammy of a depression then a world war bought the life of the Adelaide Observatory to an end and the building was demolished in the late 1940's) - http://www.salife7.com.au/adelaide/places/historical/the-adelaide-observatory
- found: Adelaide Park Lands website, September 23, 2013:History & Heritage > Cultural Heritage Places > Old Adelaide Observatory site (The Adelaide Observatory stood on the north-eastern corner of Wirraninthi (Park 23) from 1860 to 1952. It existed on Latitude 34°55ʹ38ʺS and Longitude 138°34ʹ58ʺE, and was the standard geodetic survey point for South Australia.) - http://adelaideparklands.com.au/history-heritage/old-adelaide-observatory-site
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Change Notes
- 2008-03-28: new
- 2013-09-24: revised
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