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Originally Posted by ngcles
Hi Gary,
A possible correction:
As I understand it Lawrence Hargrave came to Sydney Observatory in 1878 after his arrival from England a few years earlier.
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Thanks Les,
When I made the original post, I was hoping you might know more
because of your connection to the observatory.
I came across brief narratives about the friction between Russell and
some of the other workers including the letter bomb.
Who would have thought? The dog eat dog world of corporate intrigue
at the Sydney Observatory.
Do you happen to know anything more about the Goondiwindi eclipse,
the moving of the astrograph there and what became of the instrument
after it was supposedly moved back from Pennant Hills to Sydney
Observatory?
It is remarkable when you consider the time it was there on that
little triangle of land on Pennant Hills Road that it would have seen
the arrival of motor cars, then aeroplanes and all the changes that came
with that. It probably use to be quite a nice, peaceful place to observe.