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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-06-18 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-03-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000960b.htm CA 634 corporateBody Commonwealth Solar Observatory Commonwealth of Australia AACR2 Mount Stromlo Observatory 1 January 1924 c. 1950 Start Place Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Location Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Astronomy or Space Science Observatory The Commonwealth Solar Observatory was established in January 1924, one of its purposes being the study of solar phenomena. By 1950 the Observatory's name had changed, becoming the Commonwealth Observatory. Woolley, Richard van der Riet (1906 - 1986)

Director 1939 - c.1950

 Rimmer, William Bolton (1882 - 1943)

Acting Officer-in-Charge 1929 - 1939

 Duffield, Walter Geoffrey (1879 - 1929)

Director 1924 - 1929

 Vonwiller, Oscar Ulrich (1882 - 1972)

Commonwealth Solar Observatory - Member, Board of Visitors 1944 - 1955

 Allen, Clabon Walter (1904 - 1987)

Assistant 1926 - c.1950

 Mellor, David Paver (1903 - 1980)

Research Fellow 1928.

 Gottlieb, Kurt (1910 - 1995)

Appointed to the technical staff c.1941

 Commonwealth Observatory (c. 1950 - 1957)

Trove

 'Commonwealth Solar Observatory', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Commonwealth Solar Observatory Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Beginnings of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory Allen, C. W. The Beginnings of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory 1979 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 4 1 27-49 Journal Article: Science and Government in Australia 1905-14: Geoffrey Duffield and the Foundation of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory Love, Rosaleen Science and Government in Australia 1905-14: Geoffrey Duffield and the Foundation of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory 1985 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 2 171-189 Resource Section: Primary description of agency CA 634; Commonwealth Solar Observatory/ (by 1950) Commonwealth Observatory/ (from 1957) Mount Stromlo Observatory/ (by 1967) Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Registration of entity: 22 March 1982 Primary description of agency CA 634; Commonwealth Solar Observatory/ (by 1950) Commonwealth Observatory/ (from 1957) Mount Stromlo Observatory/ (by 1967) Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Registration of entity: 22 March 1982 National Archives of Australia 2000 RecordSearch Journal Article: Astrophysics at Mount Stromlo: the Woolley Era Gascoigne, S. C. B. Astrophysics at Mount Stromlo: the Woolley Era 1984 Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia 5 597-605 Book: Mount Stromlo Observatory: a history and description of the Observatory; its work, and its equipment Lojkine, A. K. Mount Stromlo Observatory: a history and description of the Observatory; its work, and its equipment Canberra Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University 1957 Journal Article: Mary Proctor and the Cawthron observatory project: a lost history of the Mount Stromlo Observatory Bush, Martin Mary Proctor and the Cawthron observatory project: a lost history of the Mount Stromlo Observatory 2022 Historical Records of Australian Science 33 1 12-22 Book: Mt Stromlo Observatory: From Bush Observatory to the Nobel Prize Bhathal, Ragbir, Sutherland, Ralph and Butcher, Harvey Mt Stromlo Observatory: From Bush Observatory to the Nobel Prize Collingwood (Vic.) CSIRO 2013 Book: Stromlo: an Australian Observatory Frame, Tom and Faulkner, Don Stromlo: an Australian Observatory Sydney Allen & Unwin 2003 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Journal Article: How Mount Stromlo Observatory shed its imperial beginnings Bhathal, Ragbir How Mount Stromlo Observatory shed its imperial beginnings 2014 A&G: News and Reviews in Astronomy & Geophysics 55 6 6.33-6.35 Mount Stromlo Observatory Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Mount Stromlo Observatory MS 037 1936 - 1956 Report of the Board of Visitors of the Commonwealth Observatory, 1940-1954; MS diary kept at the Observatory by W. B. Rimmer, 1936-1950; MS diary kept by A. R. Hogg and C. W. Allen, 1951-1956; two photographs of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory, 1940; letter, photograph of W. G. Duffield, to A. R. Hogg. 0.16 m, 2 boxes Walter Geoffrey Duffield - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Walter Geoffrey Duffield - Records MS 095 1880 - 1987 Personal records 1880-1983, most 1890s-1920s including biographical material 1896-1983; published articles and other writings 1894-1928; family records 1906-60; material on the Solar Physics Observatory, Mt Stromlo 1880-1967; University of Reading 1910-1983; notes, correspondence and press cuttings 1906-27; photographs 1880-1920; audio recording 1987 [116 cm, MS 95]. 1.16 m, 10 boxes Audio, Photographs