P007366 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2024-03-27 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-05-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007366b.htm State Records Office of WA Agency ID: AU WA A1005 corporateBody Perth Observatory Colony of Western Australia AACR2 1896 Start Place Mt Eliza, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Location 337 Walnut Road, Bickley, Perth, Western Australia Astronomy or Space Science Meteorology Observatory A Government Astronomer was first appointed in 1896. Shortly after that the foundation stone for an Observatory was laid. This building was opened at Mt Eliza in 1900. The Observatory remained there until 1966 when it moved to a new Observatory site at Bickley Brookin the Darling Range.

It was operated by the State Government until 2015 when its management was passed to the Perth Observatory Volunteer Group to run it as a astronomical outreach, education and heritage conservation facility.

 Nikoloff, Ivan (Iwan) (1921 - 2015)

Government Astronomer 1979 - 1985

 Candy, Michael Philip (1928 - 1994)

Government Astronomer / Director 1984 - 1993; Astronomer 1969 - 1984.

 Harris, Bertrand John (1925 - 1974)

Government Astronomer 1963 - c1974; Assistant Government Astronomer 1957 - 1963

 Spigl, Hyman Solomon (1911 - 1962)

Government Astronomer 1940 - 1962

 Cooke, William Ernest (1863 - 1947)

Government Astronomer 1896 - 1912; Government Meteorologist 1896 - 1908

 Curlewis, Harold Burnham (1874 - 1968)

Government Astronomer 1920 - 1940; Acting Government Astronomer and Meteorologist 1912 - 1920; Astronomical Computer and Observer 1898 - c1912

 Watheroo Magnetic Observatory (1919 - 1957) Birch, Peter Vaughan (1949 - )

Commneced work in 1970

 Joscelyne, Henry Maurice Johns, G.F. Nossiter, Clive (1877 - 1935)

Photographer and clerk from January 1901; Astronomical Observer and Computer from 1908;

 Colony of Western Australia (1829 - 1901) State of Western Australia (1901 - ) 'Perth Observatory', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Perth Observatory Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Cook's Perth Observatory Utting, M. Cook's Perth Observatory Perth Perth Observatory 1989 Book: Aspects of the History of Perth Observatory Clark, M. L. Aspects of the History of Perth Observatory Melbourne Astronomical Society of Australia 1987 Thesis: The scientific history of the Perth Observatory from 1960 to 1993 Bowers, Craig Lambert The scientific history of the Perth Observatory from 1960 to 1993 Perth Murdoch University 2017 Journal Article: Perth Observatory - 100 Years of Astronomy Birch, P.V. Perth Observatory - 100 Years of Astronomy 1996 Sky and Space 9 1 20-23 Newspaper Article: Perth Observatory. Mr Curlewis's Work Perth Observatory. Mr Curlewis's Work 1940 The West Australian 3