Biographical entry Cooke, William Ernest (1863 - 1947)

Summary

William Ernest Cooke became the first government astronomer of Western Australia in 1896 and until 1908 was also government meteorologist. In 1912 Cooke then became both government astronomer of New South Wales and Professor of Astronomy, University of Sydney until the 1930s.

Archival resources

Perth Observatory

• William Ernest Cooke - Records, 1896 - 1912; Perth Observatory. Details

Private hands (Cooke, M.G.)

• William Ernest Cooke - Records, 1863 - 1947; Private hands (Cooke, M.G.). Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Hutchison, D. E., 'Cooke, William Ernest (1863-1947)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 102-103. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080113b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Edgeloe, V. A., 'Four Nineteenth Century Graduates', Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, vol. 14, 1986, pp. 137-148. Details
• Hutchison, David, 'William Ernest Cooke: First Government Astronomer [in Western Australia]', Early Days, vol. 8, no. 4, 1890, pp. 93-114. Details
• Hutchison, David E., 'William Ernest Cooke, Astronomer 1863-1947', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 2, 1981, pp. 58-77. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9810520058.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Cooke, William Ernest', 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/P001030p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Cooke, W Ernest', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-624416. Details

See also

• Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P001030. Details