[Startrek (Martin)]

Originally Posted by PaulSthcoast

For those who may be interested

Information in regards to the Parramatta Observatory
and The Parramatta Catalogue in links below.

https://monumentaustralia.org.au/the...0s-observatory

https://www.southastrodel.com/Page032.htm

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...hd_XLTwQ3ngwjT

Paul.

Thanks Paul
Great research
To be honest I probably drove past that obelisk a dozen times and the remnants of the observatory piers etc…
However there’s no plaque or monument of James Dunlop, only Sir Thomas Brisbane who chartered the observatory and the work. James did most of the leg work observing the skies and documenting his findings over 20 years under candle light or oil lamp I suspect.
The only plaque or monument that I can find is his headstone at St Paul’s Anglican Church Kincumber on the NSW Central Coast

https://centralcoast.contentdm.oclc....coll17/id/592/

If he were “Sir James Dunlop” then most probably a monument or plaque would have been built in Parramatta Park honouring his name and his work

Cheers
Martin