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Hi Glenn,
Thanks for posting such a detailed historical reference document on the early pioneers of astronomy.
I’ve had a particular interest in James Dunlop and have read some well documented historical literature about his life and times as an astronomer in the Parramatta area.
My eldest son lived in Dunlop St North Parramatta for a number of years and we often took the grandkids to Parramatta Park, the site of James Dunlop’s observatory.
Dunlop is buried in the grounds of St Paul’s Anglican Church Kincumber on the Central Coast NSW. I think his headstone is still intact.
Although a significant amount of Dunlops work was amended or updated by other astronomers 40 to 60 years later , he was the first astronomer to discover many of our Southern Hemisphere objects we observe and image today.
Thanks for posting
Martin
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