The history of exploration and navigation to Australia has been inextricably linked to astronomy. Astronomy was vital to eighteeth and nineteenth century European navigation, and the charting of eastern Australia by James Cook in 1770 was incidental to an astronomical expedition to observe the transit of Venus at Tahiti. Aborigines were keen observers of the sun, moon and stars, and knowledge of the heavens was an important part of their spiritual belief. Much has been written on the subject and its importance in the history of Australia so the list of citations provided is a mere starting point for research into this subject.
Scope: The intention of the main bibliography is to reflect the historical development of the science of astronomy in Australia and does not cover frontline research of modern observatories in this country. Citations selected will include general works covering the more historical aspects of the development of the science; there are those which are related to significant persons (professional and amateur) responsible for the development of astronomy and citations which relate to the building of observatories and instrumentation in Australia.
Although extensive, this bibliography is necessarily a work in progress, and it is hoped that readers will advise the National Museum of Australia Library of omissions or deficiencies. All such communications should be addressed to National Museum of Australia library.
Some hyperlinks are to subscription services available in the NMA Library. Readers at NMA can access them directly by clicking on the link. External readers can only do this if their institution also has a subscription to the relevant service.
Compiled by: Robyn Shobbrook - February, 2007.
Dawes, Glenn, Ken Wallace and Peter Northfield, Astronomy 2007 Australia /, (Georges Hall, NSW : Quasar Publishing, 2006) , 152 p.
Doogue, Geraldine and ABC-TV ( Australia ), A Sidewalk Astronomer, A Sidewalk Astronomer, 2006, 1 videodisc (30 min.)
" John Dobson is an eccentric philosopher and a man of the people who popularised the amateur telescope. John takes to the streets with his telescope revealing sublime images of the moon and the planets to passers by, and he is not backwards in sharing his theories about the universe and its origins either." --Website.
Orchiston, Wayne, W. T. Sullivan and J. Chapman, The early development of Australian Radio Astronomy, (New York: Springer, 2006) .
Australian Academy of Science. National Committee for Astronomy and Australian Academy of Science. National Committee for Astronomy, New horizons : a decadal plan for Australian Astronomy 2006 - 2015 /, ([Canberra] : Australian Academy of Science, 2005) , 48 p.
Colless, Matthew and R. S. Bhathal, Matthew Colless Interviewed by Ragbir Bhathal in the Australian Astronomers Oral History Project, Matthew Colless Interviewed by Ragbir Bhathal in the Australian Astronomers Oral History Project, 2005, 3 digital audio tapes (ca. 195 min.) pp.
Matthew Colless, born 1960 in Grafton, talks about his family background and childhood; his education and undergraduate days at Sydney University; Dick Hunstead; Hanbury Brown; Bernie Mills; his postgraduate years at Cambridge University; Martin Rees; Donald Lynden-Bell; Richard Ellis; his interest in cosmology and large scale structure; Paul Hewitt; his early work on multi-object spectroscopy; his working life and postdoctoral years at Durham University in the UK and Kitt Peak National Observatory in the US; the influences on his development as an astronomer; his Junior Research Fellowship at Cambridge University; coming back to Australia as Research Fellow at ANU Mount Stromlo Observatory; forming a team to do the 2dF survey; wide field spectroscopy and the importance of remaining competitive.; Colless discusses research at Mount Stromlo Observatory; his appointment as Director of the Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO) and his motivation for taking up the job; his vision for AAO; wide-field spectrograph; extra-solar planets; the achievements of the AAO; observational cosmology; the use of multi-object spectrograph to map out galaxy distribution; Low Dispersion Survey Spectrograph (LDSS); Coma cluster; galaxy formation; the autofib redshift survey, 2dF survey and the 6dF spectrograph; his research strategies; his postgraduate students; his role in astronomical societies; his views on Australian astronomy ; conditions for research in Australia , Europe and the US; elite astronomers; the Extremely Large Telescope and how Australia can participate in the project; the Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope, mentioned in the US Decadal Plan; his Australian Science Laureate Award; his family; his major achievement in life to date.
Kellerman, KI, W Orchiston and B Slee, 'Gordon James Stanley and the Early Development of Radio Astronomy in Australia and California.', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia v.22 2005, pp.1-22.
Orchiston, Wayne, 'James Cook's 1769 Transit of Venus Expedition to Tahiti.', In Transits of Venus : New Views of the Solar System and Galaxy, Kurtz,DW( and GE( Bromage. Preston, Lancashire, UK (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).
Orchiston, Wayne,ed., The new astronomy : opening the electromagnetic window and expanding our view of planet Earth. (Dordrecht: Springer, 2005) .
Orchiston, W and A Brewer, 'David Ross and the Development of Amateur Astronomy in Victoria', Journal of the British Astronomical Association v.100 2005, pp.173-181.
Pepin, M. B., Care of astronomical telescopes and accessories : a manual for the astronomical observer and amateur telescope maker, (London: Springer-Verlag, 2005) .
Cairns, Hugh and Yidumduma Bill Harney, Dark sparklers : Yidumduma's Wardaman Aboriginal astronomy night skies Northern Australia /, (Merimbula, N.S.W. : H.C. Cairns, 2004) , 226 p.
Clark, BAJ and W Orchistron, 'The Melbourne Observatory Dallmeyer Photoheliograph and the 1874 Transit of Venus.', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage v.7 2004, pp.44-49.
Di Marzio, F, 'The 4 1/2 Inch Cooke Refractor of the Old Melbourne Observatory', Victorian Historical Journal v.75(1), April 2004, pp.73-87.
Lomb, N, 'The Instruments from Parramatta Observatory', Historical Records of Australian Science v.15(2), 2004, pp.211-222.
Lomb, Nick, Transit of Venus : the scientific event that led Captain Cook to Australia /, (Sydney : Powerhouse Publishing, 2004) , 24 p.
Orchiston, W, 'John Tebbutt and Observational Astronomy at Windsor Observatory', Journal of the British Astronomical Association v.114 2004, pp.141-154.
Orchiston, W, 'Highlighting the History of Nineteenth Century Australian Astronomy : The Tebbutt Collection in the Mitchell Library.', Journal of Astronomical Data v.10 2004, pp.77-103.
Orchiston, W, 'An Introduction to the Astronomical Archives of Australia and New Zealand.', Journal of Astronomical Data v.10 2004, pp.67-76.
Orchiston, W, 'New South Wales Observations of the 1874 Transit of Venus.', AAO Newsletter v.104 2004, pp.12-14.
Orchiston, W, 'The Nineteenth Century Transits of Venus: An Australian and New Zealand Overview.', Journal of Astronomical Data v.10 2004, pp.219-308.
Orchiston, W, ''the Grange', Tasmania : Survival of a Unique Suite of 1874 Transit of Venus Relics.', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage v.7 2004, pp.34-43.
Orchiston, Wayne (. and others, Astronomical instruments and archives from the Asia-Pacific Region. (Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 2004) , 202 pp.
Saunders, S, 'Sir Thomas Brisbane's Legacy to Colonial Science: Colonial Astronomy at the Parramatta Observatory, 1822-1848.', Historical Records of Australian Science v.15(2), 2004, pp.177-209.
Cole, M, 'Engineering the Square Kilometre Array', Engineers Australia v.75(1), 2003, pp.28-29.
Frame, Thomas R., Mike Bessell and Donald Faulkner, Stromlo : an Australian observatory, (Crows Nest, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2003) .
Munns, David P. D. and The Johns Hopkins University, ''Wizards of the micro-waves': A history of the radio astronomy community (great britain, australia , united states)', 2003), 262 pp.
This thesis examines the formation of a community of radio astronomers. The radio astronomer emerged out of the negotiated space created in the intersection of radio physical instrumentation and astronomical practice. Examining the radio astronomy community highlights the significance of scientific coalescence and cooperation in the production of scientific knowledge. The practitioners of radio astronomy coalesced locally around the large centerpiece instruments that became landmarks, significant reference points for the community as a whole. Networks of professional and personal contact and exchange formed between these landmarks, enabling apprentices, the first generation of 'radio astronomers' to be trained in a multifaceted endeavor that crossed disciplinary and national boundaries very easily.; Important to this study is the international context of radio astronomy's growth and development both locally in Britain, Australia , and the United States as well as the substantial interchange between each country and each site within each country. The emergence of commonality, cooperation, and the ability of practitioners to trade expertise between sites of scientific work designed to be individually unique is fundamental to an understanding of community as an activity. While the radio practitioners, their electronics, and their laboratories became astronomers, telescopes, and observatories, it was largely traditional astronomers' altered conception of astronomy that permitted the space in which the radio astronomy community grew.
Orchiston, W, 'Amateur Telescope Making in Australia. an Historical Perspective.', The Best of Amateur Telescope Making Journal. v.2 2003, pp.208-239.
Orchiston, W, 'Australia's Earliest Planispheres.', Journal of the British Astronomical Association v.113 2003, pp.329-332.
Bowen, JE and MJ Bowen, 'Quest for the Great South Land', 'Quest for the Great South Land', The Great Barrier Reef : History, Science, Heritage, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002 pp.11-26.
Brown, Robert H., Boffin - a personal story of the early days of radar, radio astronomy and quantum optics. (Bristol: Philadelphia Institute of Physics Publishing, 2002) .
Menzies, Gavin, 1421 : the year China discovered the world /, (London : Bantam Press, 2002) , 520 p., [32] p. of plates
"On 8 February 1421 the largest fleet the world had ever seen sailed from its base in China. The ships, 500 foot long junks made from the finest teak and mahogany, were led by Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. Their mission was "to proceed all the way to the end of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas" and unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. Their journey would last over two years and circle the entire globe. When they returned Zhu Di had fallen from power and China was beginning its long, self-imposed isolation from the world it had so recently embraced. The great ships rotted at their moorings and the records of their journeys were destroyed. Lost was the knowledge that Chinese ships had reached America 70 years before Columbus and circumnavigated the globe a century before Magellan. They has also discovered Antarctica, reached Australia 350 years before Cook and solved the problem of longitude 300 years before the Europeans. Gavin Menzies has spent 15 years tracing the astonishing voyages of the Chinese fleet. In this historical detective story, he shares the account of his discoveries and the incontrovertible evidence to support them. His narrative brings together ancient maps, precise navigational knowledge, astronomy and the surviving accounts by Chinese explorers and the later European navigators. It brings to light the artefacts and inscribed standing stones left behind by the Emperor's fleet, the evidence of sunken junks along its route and the ornate votive offerings left by the Chinese sailors wherever they landed, in thanks to Shao Lin, goddess of the sea." -- BOOK JACKET.
Orchiston, W, 'Joseph Ward : Pioneer New Zealand Telescope-Maker.', Southern Stars v.41(2), 2002, pp.13-21.
Orchiston, Wayne and S. M. R. (ed) Ansari, 'Tebbutt Vs Russell : Passion, Power and Politics in Nineteenth Century Australian Astronomy', In History of Oriental Astronomy, Anonymous (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2002), 169-201 pp.
Lomb, Nick and Charles Pickett, Observer and observed : a pictorial history of Sydney Observatory and Observatory Hill, (Haymarket, Sydney: Powerhouse Museum, 2001) .
Mould, J, 'Expectations of Astronomy in Australia - Alfred Deakin Lecture, Melbourne, 2001', 'Expectations of Astronomy in Australia - Alfred Deakin Lecture, Melbourne, 2001', Ideas for the Future of a Civil Society, 2001 pp.209-214.
Orchiston, W, 'From Amateur Astronomer to Observatory Director : The Curious Case of R.T.A. Innes.', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia v.18 2001, pp.317-327.
Orchiston, W, 'Henry Severn : Thames' Other Nineteenth Century Astronomer.', Southern Stars v.40(2), 2001, pp.8-10.
Orchiston, W, 'STephen Carkeek and New Zealand's Oldest Surviving Observatory.', Journal of the Antique Telescope v.20 2001, pp.19-24.
Orchiston, W, 'The Thames Observatories of John Grigg.', Southern Stars v.40(3), 2001, pp.14-22.
Orchiston, W, 'Wellington Astronomers of the 1840's.', Southern Stars v.40(4), 2001, pp.5-7.
Orchiston, W, 'William John Macdonnell and the Development of Astronomy in New South Wales', Journal of the British Astronomical Association v.111 2001, pp.13-25.
Orchiston, W, 'The English Equatorial Mounting and the History of the Fletcher Telescope.', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage v.4 2001, pp.29-42.
Orchiston, W, 'Focus on the History of Australian Radio Astronomy.', ATNF News v.45 2001, pp.12-15.
Orchiston, W, ''Sentinel of the Heavens' : The Windsor Observatory of John Tebbutt.', Journal of the Antique Telescope Society v.21 2001, pp.11-23.
Orchiston, W, 'John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales ; a Pioneer Southern Hemisphere Variable Star Observer.', Irish Astronomical Journal v.27 2000, pp.47-54.
Orchiston, W, 'Amateur Telescope-Making in Australia : An Historical Perspective.', Amateur Telescope Making Journal v.15 2000, pp.10-26.
Orchiston, W, 'Illuminating Incidents in Antipodean Astronomy: H.C. Russell and the Origin of the Palomar-Type Mounting.', Journal of the Antique Telescope Society v.19 2000, pp.13-15.
Orchiston, W and D Howse, 'From Transit of Venus to Teaching Navigation : The Work of William Wales.', Journal of Navigation v.53 2000, pp.156-166.
Testa, A, 'John Tebbutt - the $100 Man Who Saw Stars', Australian Coin Review(426), 2000, pp.18-19.
Orchiston, W, 'Australian Aboriginal, Polynesian and Maori Astronomy.', Walker,Ceed. , InAstronomy before the Telescope. (London: British Museum, 1999 2nd ed pp.318-328.
'Dawes Point: A Place of Significant Engineering and Cultural Heritage', Engineering Heritage Australia(9), Oct 1999, pp.1,3.
Brook, S, 'Masters of the Universe - Australians in Astronomy and Cosmology', Australian, 3-4 July 1999, p. 21.
Orchiston, W, 'Cook, Banks and the Gregorian Telescope in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa', Journal of the Antique Telescope Society v.18 1999, pp.4-9 (Front Cover).
Spinks, Peter, Wizards of Oz : recent breakthroughs by Australian scientists. 1999) , 243p pp.
Dick, SJ, W Orchiston and T Love, 'Simon Newcomb, William Harkness and the Nineteenth Century American Transit of Venus Expeditions.', Journal for the History of Astronomy v.29 1998, pp.221-255.
Orchiston, W, 'Illuminating Incidents in Antipodean Astronomy: John Tebbutt and the Great Comet of 1861', Irish Astronomical Journal v.25 1998, pp.167-178.
Orchiston, W, 'Mission Impossible : William Scott and the First Sydney Observatory Directorship', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage v.1 1998, pp.21-43.
Orchiston, W, 'Amateur-Professional Collaboration in Australian Science ; the Earliest Astronomical Groups and Societies', Historical Records of Australian Science(2), 1998, pp.163-182. <http://search.informit.com.au/fullText; res=APAFT; dn=990606543>.
Orchiston, Wayne, Nautical astronomy in New Zealand. The voyages of James Cook. (Wellington: Carter Observatory, 1998) , p131 pp.
Orchiston, W, 'From the South Seas to the Sun: The Astronomy of Cook's Voyages.', Lincoln,Meed. , InScience and Exploration in the Pacific. European Voyages to the Southern Oceans in the Eighteenth Century. (Woodbridge: Boydell Press in association with the National Maritime Museum, 1998 pp.55-72.
Clarke, PA, 'The Aboriginal Cosmic Landscape of Southern South Australia', Records of the South Australian Museum v.29(2), 1997, pp.125-145.
Glass, I. S., Victorian telescope makers : the lives and letters of Thomas and Howard Grubb, (Bristol, Philadelphia: Institute of Physics, 1997) , 279p pp.
Heritage Council of Western Australia, Investigating Old Perth Observatory. Vol 1: A teacher resource book; Vol 2: Student materials, (Perth?: Heritage Council of Western Australia, 1997) .
Orchiston, W, 'Ken Beames; Australian Telescope-Maker Extraordinaire', Journal of the British Astronomical Association v.107 1997, pp.83-87.
Orchiston, W, 'The Role of the Amateur in Popularising Astronomy : An Australian Case Study.', Australian Journal of Astronomy v.7 1997, pp.33-36.
Orchiston, W, 'The Role of the Large Refracting Telescope in Australian Amateur Astronomy: An Historical Perspective.', Australian Journal of Astronomy v.7 1997, pp.89-114.
Orchiston, W, 'The "Tyranny of Distance" and Antipodean Cometary Astronomy.', Australian Journal of Astronomy v.7 1997, pp.115-126.
Bhathal, Ragbir, Australian astronomers : achievements at the frontiers of astronomy, (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1996) , 236p pp.
Gillespie, R, 'The Melbourne Observatory', View Australia(5), 1996, pp.60-65.
Haynes, Raymond, Explorers of the southern sky : a history of Australian astronomy, (Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996) , 506 pp.
Gascoigne, SCB, 'The Great Melbourne Telescope and Other 19th Century Reflectors', Historical Records of Australian Science v.10(3), 1995, pp.223-245.
Orchiston, W, 'Dr William Ian Axford 1995 "New Zealander of the Year"', Australian Journal of Astronomy v.6 1995, pp.75-79.
Orchiston, W, 'John Grigg, and the Development of Astrophotography Iin New Zealand', Australian Journal of Astronomy v.6 1995, pp.1-14.
Orchiston, W and C Bembrick, 'The Role of the Large Reflecting Telescope in Amateur Astronomy : An Australian Case Study.', Australian Journal of Astronomy v.6 1995, pp.53-74.
Dolan, David, 'Victorian Rooms with Celestial Views : Architectural Settings for Science in Nineteeth Century Australia. Australasian Victorian Studies Association. Conference Papers.', In Australasian Victorian Studies Association. Conference Papers, Anonymous 1994), 160-162 pp.
Goddard, D. E. (. and D. K. (ed) Milne, Parkes ; thirty years of radio astronomy, (East Melbourne: CSIRO, 1994) , 162p pp.
Gould, R, 'The Founding of Siding Spring Observatory', Southern Sky(4), Mar/Apr 1994, pp.19-23.
Marx, S, 'Georg Von Neumayer (1826/1909) and His Astronomical Activity in Australia', 'Georg Von Neumayer (1826/1909) and His Astronomical Activity in Australia', Australia : Studies on the History of Discovery and Exploration, 1994 pp.93-97.
Orchiston, W, 'John Bolton, Discrete Sources, and the New Zealand Fieldtrip of 1948', Australian Journal of Physics v.47 1994, pp.541-547.
Banks, Joseph S.,1743-1820, The History of Science and Technology (Microform). Series 2, the Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820. Part 1, Correspondence and Papers Relating to Voyages of Discovery, 1740-1805, from the British Library, London.The History of Science and Technology (Microform). Series 2, the Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820. Part 1, Correspondence and Papers Relating to Voyages of Discovery, 1740-1805, from the British Library, London.Anonymous , (Marlborough, England: Adam Matthew Publications, 1993.
Nelmes, M, 'Mr Oddie's Legacy. - Mount Stromlo's 'Oddie' 9 Inch Refracting Telescope', Southern Sky(2), Nov/Dec 1993, pp.22-27.
Orchiston, W, 'John Grigg, and the Genesis of Cometary Astronomy in New Zealand.', Journal of the British Astronomical Association v.103 1993, pp.67-76.
Proudfoot, H, 'The Stars and the Town: William Dawes, Greenwich and the Naval Tradition', Freestone,Reed. , InThe Australian Planner, 1993 pp.25-31.
Rodgers, A. W., Report on the Restoration of the Oddie Telescope at Mount Stromlo ObservatoryReport on the Restoration of the Oddie Telescope at Mount Stromlo ObservatoryAnonymous , (Canberra: Mount Stromlo Observatory, 1993.
Sandilands, B, 'On a Collision Course with Earth. Astronomers in NSW are Tracking a Comet that may be a Science Fiction Nightmare Come True.', Bulletin (Sydney)12 Jan 1993, pp.30-33.
Serle, P, 'James Dunlop, Astronomer, Died at Brisbane Water, NSW Aged 54', ADB v.14 Aug 1993, pp.338.
Shobbrook, R. M. c., Robert R. comp Shobbrook and International Astronomical Union, Astronomy thesaurus (Version 1.1), (Smithfield, Sydney: Image Output for the International Astronomical Union, 1993) , 115p pp. <http://msowww.anu.edu/research/library/thesaurus/index.php>.
Gascoigne, SCB, 'Bok, Woolley and Australian Astronomy', Historical Records of Australian Science v.9(2), 1992, pp.119-126.
Gascoigne, SCB, 'Robert L.J. Ellery, His Life and Times', Proceedings (Astronomical Society of Australia) v.10(2), 1992, pp.170-176.
Hanbury Brown, R, HC Minnett and FWG White, 'Edward George Bowen 1911/1991.', Historical Records of Australian Science v.9(2), 1992, pp.151-166.
Orchiston, W, 'The Contribution of Francis Abbott to Tasmanian and Australian Astronomy.', Vistas in Astronomy v.35 1992, pp.315-344.
Robertson, Peter, Beyond Southern skies : radio astronomy and the Parkes telescope. (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992) , 357p pp.
Bhathal, R, 'Henry Chamberlain Russell : 19th Century Astronomer, Meteorologist and Organizer of Australian Science', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales v.124(359-362), 1991, pp.1-21.
Bhathal, R and G White, 'Amateur Astronomer, John Tebbutt, First Detected the Great Comet of 1861 from His Farm at Windsor, NSW', 'Amateur Astronomer, John Tebbutt, First Detected the Great Comet of 1861 from His Farm at Windsor, NSW', Under the Southern Cross : A Brief History of Astronomy in Australia, 1991 pp.36-40.
Dickinson, T, 'Our Window to the Universe. -the Anglo Australian Telescope', Australian Geographic(22), Apr/June 1991, pp.58+.
Eckersley, H, 'The Former Melbourne Observatory. -Melbourne Astronomical and Magnetic Observatory', Botanic Magazine v.4 1991, pp.1-3.
Kerr, J. S., Sydney Observatory : A Conservation Plan for the Site and its Structures.Sydney Observatory : A Conservation Plan for the Site and its Structures.Anonymous , (Sydney: Sydney, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, 1991 pp. 60p.
National Trust of Australia (WA), Conservation Study for the Old Observatory, West PerthConservation Study for the Old Observatory, West PerthAnonymous ,1991 pp. 60p.
Robertson, JG, 'The MOST -Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope and Other Radio Telescopes.-Paper Presented at Molonglo Observatory Symposium (25th: 1990: Sydney, NSW)', Australian Journal of Physics v.44(6), 1991, pp.729-742.
Utting, Muriel, Windows to the southern skies. Murdoch University and Perth Observatory, 1991) , 44p pp.
Ward, PJ, 'SUSI - Sydney University Stellar Interferometer-: A New Breed of Telescope.', Southern Astronomy v.4(4), Sept/Oct 1991, pp.18-20.
Gascoigne, SCB, 'Australian Astronomy since the Second World War', Australian Science in the Making 1990, pp.3435-373.
Gascoigne, S. C. B., K. M. Proust and M. O. Robins, The creation of the Anglo-Australian observatory, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990) , 301p pp.
Haynes, RD, 'The Astronomy of the Australian Aborigines', Astronomy Quarterly v.7(4), 1990, pp.193-217.
Orchiston, W, 'The End of an Era: Dr Con Tenukest and Amateur Astronomy in Australia', Australian Journal of Astronomy v.3(4), 1990, pp.145-155.
Orchiston, W and J Perdrix, 'The British Astronomical Association in Australia ; a Centennial Prespective', Australian Journal of Astronomy v.3(4), Oct 1990, pp.163-170.
Utting, Muriel, Cooke's Perth Observatory, Perth Observatory, 1989?) .
Blair, DGea, 'Should Australia have a Gravity Telescope? : Proposal for a Gravity Telescope in Western Australia.', Search (Sydney) v.20(4), July/August 1989, pp.119-122.
Morris-Kennedy, P, 'A Celestial Centenary. - Oddie Telescope at Mount Stromlo Observatory', Southern Astronomy v.2(1), 1989, pp.30-34.
Orchiston, W, 'The Role of the Amateur in Early Australian Astronomy', Search (Sydney) v.20(1), Jan/Feb 1989, pp.16-23.
Orchiston, W, 'Astrophysics and the Evolution of Twentieth Century Australian Astronomy.', Search (Sydney) v.20 1989, pp.198-202.
Orchiston, W, 'Linden Observatory, New South Wales : One Man's Dream.', Australian Journal of Astronomy v.3 1989, pp.63-74.
Tooth, T, 'How the Chronometer Put Australia on the Map', Navigation v.8(2), Dec 1989, pp.1491-1497.
'Wilbur Norman Christiansen', Who's Who in Australia, 1988.
'The $50 Million Australian Telescope, a Network of Eight Separate Radio Telescope Dishes, was Opened by the Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, at Culgoora, NSW.', Sydney Morning Herald, 1/9 1988, Supplement 3/9/1988;31,.
'Sydney Observatory', Heritage Conservation News v.5(1), 1988, pp.10.
Avery, H, 'The Australia Telescope', Australian Science Mag(4), Oct 1988, pp.60-65.
Bhathal, R and I Sansom, 'Sydney Observatory: Scientific Institution, Museum and National Heritage. -Address to Seminar on Problems and Prospects of Preserving the Portable Scientific and Technological Heritage', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales v.121(3), 1988, pp.67-75.
Bowen, EG, 'From Wartime Radar to Postwar Radio Astronomy in Australia', Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Australia v.8(1), 1988, pp.1-11.
Christiansen, W. N., 'History and Propaganda in Astronomy. Paper Presented at the ANZAAS Centenary Congress, Sydney.', Anonymous 1988), 1-11 pp.
Evans, David S., Under Capricorn : a history of southern hemisphere astronomy, (Bristol England: A.Hilger, 1988) , 351p pp.
Fletcher, Neville H., 'The History of Radioastronomy : An Australian Perspective - Paper Presented at the ANZAAS Centenary Congress, Sydney.', Anonymous 1988), Paper 438: 1-18 pp.
McCrea, W,Sir, 'Richard Van Der Reit -i.e. Riet-Woolley 1906/86', Historical Records of Australian Science v.7(3), 1988, pp.315-345.
Orchiston, W, 'Illuminating Incidents in Antipodean Astronomy : John Tebbutt and the Founding of the Windsor Observatory', Journal of the British Astronomical Association v.98 1988, pp.287-293.
Orchiston, W, 'Illuminating Incidents in Antipodean Astronomy : John Tebbutt and the Sydney Observatory Directorship of 1862', Australian Journal of Astronomy v.2 1988, pp.149-158.
Orchiston, W, 'Illuminating Incidents in Antipodean Astronomy : Phillip Parker King and the Founding of Sydney Observatory', Vistas in Astronomy v.32 1988, pp.285-301.
Orchiston, W, 'John Tebbutt: An Australian Astronomer of Note.', Astronomy Now v.2(5), 1988, pp.11-16.
Orchiston, W, 'The Emergence of Professional Astronomy in Nineteenth Century Australia', Search (Sydney) v.19(2), Mar/Apr 1988, pp.76-81.
Orchiston, W, 'From Research to Recreation : The Rise and Fall of Sydney Observatory.', Vistas in Astronomy v.32 1988, pp.49-63.
Robertson, JG, 'Two Hundred Years of Astronomy in Australia', Journal of the British Interplanetary Society v.41(12), Dec 1988, pp.567-580.
Whiteoak, JB, 'The Australia Telescope : A New Era for Radio Astronomy', Australian Physicist v.25(7), Aug 1988, pp.174-177.
Martin, D and W Orchiston, 'Observatories of Victoria. 2. the Historic Bendigo Observatories of J.Nelson Jones and John Beebe.', Astronomical Society of Victoria. Historical Notes. v.No 4 1987, pp.12.
Orchiston, W, 'John Tebbutt: Australian Astronomer Extraordinaire', Australian Journal of Astronomy v.2(1), 1987, pp.44-46.
Orchiston, W, 'Dr William Bone, and the Role of the Amateur Observatory in Australian Astronomy.', Souther Stars v.32 1987, pp.111-128.
Wild, JP, 'History of Australian Astronomy : The Beginnings of Radio Astronomy in Australia', Proceedings Astronomical Society of Australia v.7(1), 1987, pp.95-102.
Balderstone, S. and H. Eckersley, Former Melbourne observatory, The Domain : heritage study prepared for the Museum of Victoria, 1986) .
Hamilton, PA, 'Mt.Pleasant Observatory', Togatus v.57(3), 1986, pp.6-7.
Orchiston, W, 'Observatories of Victoria. 1: Dr William Bone and the Castlemaine Observatory.', Astronomical Society of Victoria (Historical Notes)(3), 1986, pp.17.
Robertson, P, 'Grote Reber : Last of the Lone Mavericks', Search (Sydney) v.17May-June 1986, pp.118-121.
Travis Partners, Observatory Hill Management Plan: AppendicesObservatory Hill Management Plan: AppendicesAnonymous ,1986.
Deane, John, R. X. McGee and John Masterson, A picture history of CSIRO Radiophysics 1939-1984, (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1985) , 62p pp.
Love, R, 'Science and Government in Australia 1905/1914 : Geoffrey Duffield and the Foundation of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory. - Mt Stromlo Observatory', Historical Records of Australian Science v.6(2), 1985, pp.171-188.
Orchiston, W, 'Life History of a Telescope : The 17.8cm Refractor at the Riverview Observatory in Sydney.', Australian Journal of Astronomy v.1(2), Oct 1985, pp.57-80.
Orchiston, W and CB( Tassell, 'The Contribution of Alfred Barrett Biggs to Australian and Tasmanian Astronomy.', Records of the Queen Victoria Museum v.89 1985, pp.1-28.
Bleeze, M, 'Starlab: Its Role in Australia's Space and Remote Sensing Futures', VISTA 1984, pp.137-144.
Hawke, B, 'High Technology : Siding Spring Mountain Observatory : Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr Bob Hawke, MP, at the Opening of Siding Spring Observatory on 16 may.', Australian Foreign Affairs Record v.55(5), 1984, pp.467-470.
Newell, B, 'Astronomy is Looking Up at MSSSO - Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories', Australian Foreign Affairs Record v.55(7), July 1984, pp.700-706.
Orchiston, W, 'The Astronomical Activities of Alfred Barrett Biggs of Launceston.', 'The Astronomical Activities of Alfred Barrett Biggs of Launceston.', Earth Tremors, (Launceston: Royal Society of Tasmania (Northern Branch), 1984 pp.11-27.
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WEB LINKS
For more detail related to modern observatories and services some useful Web Links are listed. Only a select list is provided, however from most of the pages listed are links to many other useful sources of information related to the field of astronomy.
Anglo-Australian Observatory
This page is the gateway to a unique collection of astronomical resources including wide-field astronomical photographs, mostly made with the telescopes of the Anglo-Australian Observatory by David Malin. Visit their library for access to many databases.
Astronomy & Space Facilities CSIRO provides facilities for scientists from Australia and around the world to explore our solar system and beyond.They have expertise in materials, precision manufacturing, sensor technologies and specialised areas of radio communication for space-based and astronomical systems. Astrophysics is the attempt to understand the physical processes at work in the Universe.
Satellites and Earth Observation Helping manage Australia's satellite imagery infrastructure and exploring better ways to use remote sensing data.
Australian Astronomy is an official web site of the Astronomical Society of Australia featuring extensive links to astronomical research, teaching, and public education facilities and activities in Australia.
Australian National University. Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories.
Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS), 11 rue de l'Université, 67000 Strasbourg, France. For a comprehensive listing of astronomy journals, catalogues and other publications see: AstroWeb a collection of pointers to astronomically relevant Internet resources, maintained by the AstroWeb Consortium. The present pages, based on the data shared by all the sites contributing to AstroWeb, are part of the CDS yellow-page services. .
The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental, European organisation for astronomical research. It has eleven member countries. ESO operates astronomical observatories in Chile and has its headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany. .