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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2025-08-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001410b.htm person Baracchi Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto AACR2 25 February 1851 23 July 1926 Place of Birth Florence, Italy Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Astronomer Pietro Baracchi was Government Astronomer of Victoria 1900-1915. He established a small observatory on Mount Stromlo in 1910 for the Commonwealth government.

Educated in civil engineering, Florence (?). Engineer, Italian Army; assistant, Melbourne Observatory 1876-77; draftsman, Victorian Lands & Survey Department 1877-82; passed land surveyor's examination with credit 1880; assistant, Melbourne Observatory 1882-83; third assistant, in charge of the Great Melbourne Telescope 1883-92; first assistant 1892-95; acting government astronomer 1895-1900; government astronomer 1900-15. Order of Knight Commander of the Crown of Italy 1897. President, Royal Society of Victoria 1908-09.

1884 1926 Award - Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom 1887 1926 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Victoria 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1895 1895 Life event - Naturalised as an Australian citizen 1897 1897 Award - Order of Knight Commander of the Crown of Italy 1898 1898 Career position - President, Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics and Physics), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1900 1915 Career position - Director, Melbourne Observatory, and Victoria Government Astronomer 1902 1902 Career event - Gave evidence to the "Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray" 1908 1909 Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria 1910 1910 Career position - Leader, expedition to observe solar eclipses, Bruny Island, Tasmania 1911 1911 Career position - Leader, expedition to observe solar eclipses, Tongan archipelago 1914 1922 Career position - Trustee, Royal Society of Victoria Mar 1916 Mar 1916 Award - Honorary Member, Victorian Institute of Engineers Melbourne Observatory, Colony and State of Victoria (1863 - 1944)

Director of the Observatory and Victorian Government Astronomer 1900 - 1915 (Acting 1895 - 1900)

 Kernot, William Charles (1845 - 1909)

Pietro Baracchi was a pall-bearer at Professor Kernot's funeral, 1909

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

President 1908 - 1909

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics and Physics) 1898; Original [founding] member 1888 -

 Wallaby Club (1894 - )

President 1904 - 1905

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 'Baracchi, Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Baracchi, Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Parliamentary paper: Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray, representing the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia : Report of the Commissioners, with minutes of evidence, appendices and plans Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray, representing the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia : Report of the Commissioners, with minutes of evidence, appendices and plans Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide 1902 Newspaper Article: Funeral of Professor Kernot Funeral of Professor Kernot 1909 The Age 7 Journal Article: On the rainfall of the State of Victoria (Paper & Discussion) Baracchi, Pietro On the rainfall of the State of Victoria (Paper & Discussion) 1906 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. VI 97-118, 120-129 Book Section: Baracchi, Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto (1851-1926), astronomer Perdrix, J. L. Baracchi, Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto (1851-1926), astronomer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 166-167 Resource Section: Baracchi, Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto Baracchi, Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Magnetic work in Australia Baracchi, P. Magnetic work in Australia 1896 Terrestrial magnetism 1 191-6 Journal Article: Spectra of southern stars observed at the Melbourne Observatory with the MacLean direct-vision spectroscope attached to the southern equatorial Baracchi, P. Spectra of southern stars observed at the Melbourne Observatory with the MacLean direct-vision spectroscope attached to the southern equatorial 1889 Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 50 66-71 Book Section: Astronomy and geodesy in Australia Baracchi, P. Astronomy and geodesy in Australia Melbourne Government Printer 1914 Federal handbook prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science held in Australia 1914 Knibbs, G. H. 326-90 Journal Article: Comets and Communication: Amateur-Professional Tension in Australian Astronomy Orchiston, Wayne Comets and Communication: Amateur-Professional Tension in Australian Astronomy 1999 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 16 212-221 Journal Article: The Great Melbourne Telescope and Other 19th Century Reflectors Gascoigne, S. C. B. The Great Melbourne Telescope and Other 19th Century Reflectors 1995 Historical Records of Australian Science 10 3 223-245 Journal Article: Pietro Baracchi and His Sojourn in Port Darwin Smith, Robyn Pietro Baracchi and His Sojourn in Port Darwin 2011 Journal of Northern Territory History 22 89-96 Journal Article: The Great Melbourne Telescope and Other 19th Century Reflectors Gascoigne, S. C. B. The Great Melbourne Telescope and Other 19th Century Reflectors 1996 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 37 101-128 Thesis: Measuring the stars and observing the less visible: Australia's participation in the Astrographic Catalogue and Carte du Ciel Stevenson, T. Measuring the stars and observing the less visible: Australia's participation in the Astrographic Catalogue and Carte du Ciel University of Sydney 2015 Book: From Tuscany to Victoria: the life and work of Pietro Baracchi, Carlo Catani, Ettore Cecchi Volpe, Daniela From Tuscany to Victoria: the life and work of Pietro Baracchi, Carlo Catani, Ettore Cecchi Melbourne Italian Australian Institute 2005 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001 Book: The Cyclopedia of Victoria: an historical and commercial review: descriptive and biographical, facts, figures and illustrations: an epitome of progress Smith, James, ed. The Cyclopedia of Victoria: an historical and commercial review: descriptive and biographical, facts, figures and illustrations: an epitome of progress Melbourne Cyclopedia Co 1903-1905 Edited Book: Eclipse chasers Lomb, Nick; and Stevenson, Toner Eclipse chasers Clayton South, Vic CSIRO Publishing 2023 Journal Article: The Last Great Speculum: the 48-inch Great Melbourne Telescope Perdrix, John The Last Great Speculum: the 48-inch Great Melbourne Telescope 1992 Australian Journal of Astronomy 4 3 149-163 Baracchi, Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto Portrait Baracchi, Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto Portrait Royal Society of Victoria Presidential Portrait

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