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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2003-08-07 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-30 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A002233b.htm CA 634 corporateBody Commonwealth Observatory AACR2 Mount Stromlo Observatory c. 1950 1957 Start Place Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Astronomy or Space Science Observatory The Commonwealth Solar Observatory changed its name to the Commonwealth Observatory in the middle of the twentieth century. The Observatory continued its focus on the study of solar phenomena as well as allied stellar and spectroscopic research. In 1952 the Observatory's workshop was destroyed in a bushfire, although the main astronomical observatory received little damage. The control of the Observatory was transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Australian National University in 1957. It became known as the Mount Stromlo Observatory. Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Commonwealth of Australia (1924 - c. 1950) Woolley, Richard van der Riet (1906 - 1986)

Director c.1950 - 1955

 Gascoigne, Sidney Charles Bartholemew (1915 - 2010)

Principal Scientific Officer 1951 -1957

 Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australian National University (1957 - c. 1967)

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 'Commonwealth Observatory', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Commonwealth Observatory Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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: The Genesis of Solar Radio Astronomy in Australia Orchiston, Wayne, Slee, Bruce and Burman, Ron The Genesis of Solar Radio Astronomy in Australia 2006 Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 9 1 35-56 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 Book: Stromlo: an Australian Observatory Frame, Tom and Faulkner, Don Stromlo: an Australian Observatory Sydney Allen & Unwin 2003 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 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