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Biographical entry Smalley, George Robarts (1822 - 1870)
- Born
- 1822
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England - Died
- 11 July 1870
New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Astronomer
Summary
George Robarts Smalley was government astronomer at the Sydney Observatory 1864-70.
Archival resources
Powerhouse Museum
- George Robarts Smalley - Records, 1864 - 1870; Powerhouse Museum. Details
Published resources
Books
- Wood, H. W., Sydney Observatory, 1858 to 1958, Sydney, 1958. Details
Book Sections
- Wood, Harley, 'Smalley, George Robarts (1822-1870), astronomer', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, pp. 136-137. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060156b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- 'Smalley, George Robarts', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000131p.htm. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Smalley, George Robarts', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468068. Details
See also
- Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P000131. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 4 February 2010
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