Album info

  • Title: The First 100 Years
  • Description: This album contains photographs and images that survived or have been donated from private collections. Photographs and images that survived or have been donated from private collections. Most of the site images prior to 1990 were taken by Stromlo photographers Vince Hunt or Keith Smith. Other photographers are noted where known. Captions will appear in due course. If you can identify times or people, your input will be appreciated. Note: some of the nested albums that started out in this album have been moved to the "Stromlo Reconstruction" album.

    NOTE: All images and movies are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission.

The First 100 Years

  • Building the walls - 1925

    • Duffield collection
    • Views: 12527

  • 1977

    • Mt Stromlo Observatory - General views
    • Views: 143962

  • Oddie - 1986

    • The 9" Oddie refractor, 188?-2003
    • Views: 52307

  • Stibbs

    • The Commonwealth Solar Observatory building a…
    • Views: 67167

  • Heliostat drive

    • The Commonwealth Solar Telescope
    • Views: 13921

  • Farnham (Schmidt)

    • The 6" Farnham refractor
    • Views: 13683

  • 50 REBM

    • Workshops and computer labs
    • Views: 37839

  • A series of images from Hermann Wehner, showing the telescope in its original state, before re-engineering in the 1970s

    • The 30" Reynolds reflector, 1917-2003
    • Views: 34751

  • Aluminium dome burned, steel work slumped

    • The 50" Great Melbourne Telescope, 1868-…
    • Views: 97418