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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2003-08-07 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A002234b.htm CA 634 corporateBody Mount Stromlo Observatory Australian National University AACR2 1957 c. 1967 Start Place Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Astronomy or Space Science Observatory The Mount Stromlo Observatory was established in 1957 when the control of the Commonwealth Observatory was transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Australian National University. In the late 1960s the University gained control of the Siding Spring Observatory and began operating the two as integrated observatories. Commonwealth Observatory (c. 1950 - 1957) Eggen, Olin Jeuck (1919 - 1998)

Director 1966 - c. 1967

 Bok, Bart Jan (1906 - 1983)

Director 1957 - 1966

 Hogg, Arthur Robert (1903 - 1966)

Deputy Director 1961 - 1966

 CSIRO Division of Applied Physics [I], Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - 1974) Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Australian National University (c. 1967 - )

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 'Mount Stromlo Observatory', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Mount Stromlo Observatory Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: CSIRO research for Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CSIRO CSIRO research for Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Canberra Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation 1962 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Sherratt, Tim 2004 Historical Records of Australian Science 15 1 121-124 Journal Article: The Mount Stromlo Fires: a Major Heritage Loss for Australian Astronomy Orchiston, Wayne The Mount Stromlo Fires: a Major Heritage Loss for Australian Astronomy 2003 Journal of the British Astronomical Association 113 73-74 Journal Article: Mount Stromlo Observatory: the Modern Years Gascoigne, B. Mount Stromlo Observatory: the Modern Years 1995 Sky and Space 8 1 24-28 Journal Article: Mount Stromlo Observatory: the Early Years Gascoigne, B. Mount Stromlo Observatory: the Early Years 1994 Sky and Space 7 3 18-21 Journal Article: Mount Stromlo Observatory Woolley, Richard van der Riet Mount Stromlo Observatory 1968 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 1 3 53-57 Book Section: Mount Stromlo Observatory Orchiston, W. Mount Stromlo Observatory London 1988 The Astronomy Encyclopaedia P. Moore 276-277 Journal Article: History of Australian Astronomy: Astro-physics at Mount Stromlo, the Woolley Era Gascoigne, S. C. B. History of Australian Astronomy: Astro-physics at Mount Stromlo, the Woolley Era 1984 Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia 5 597-605 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 Book: Stromlo: an Australian Observatory Frame, Tom and Faulkner, Don Stromlo: an Australian Observatory Sydney Allen & Unwin 2003 Review: Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage Orchiston, Wayne 2015 Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 18 1 107-11 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 Journal Article: The Changing Role of the "Catts Telescope": the Life and Times of a Nineteenth Century 20-inch Grubb Reflector Orchiston, Wayne The Changing Role of the "Catts Telescope": the Life and Times of a Nineteenth Century 20-inch Grubb Reflector 2010 Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 13 235-54 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