Summary
Oddie 9 inch refractor telescope by Grubb, Dublin, at Melbourne Observatory. The telescope had been donated by amateur astronomer James Oddie to the Commonwealth Government, to assist in the establishment of a commonwealth observatory.
Melbourne Observatory astronomers Pietro Baracchi and Joseph Baldwin spent one week each month at Mount Stromlo with the Oddie telescope, testing the suitability of the site for a permanent observatory.
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Oddie 9 inch refractor telescope, erected at Melbourne Observatory, circa 1912.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Office of Trade Measurement (formerly Weights & Measures Branch), Victoria: Local Government Department, Melbourne Observatory, by 1988
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Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1911
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Glass Negative, Black & White
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