Southern Sky Planisphere from Melbourne Observatory (1881)
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Celestial Map: 'Planisphere Of The Southern Sky' Constructed at the Melbourne Observatory; printed by John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne for the Government of Tasmania. Special edition for the Board of Education Tasmania, engraved by William Slight, circa 1881. 47 cm x 47 cm, The Melbourne Observatory was one of the most significant scientific enterprises undertaken in colonial Victoria. The Observatory was originally established in 1853 at Williamstown, later moving to its site at the Royal Botanic Gardens. From 1869 it housed the Great Melbourne Telescope an internationally significant instrument and the last major speculum reflecting telescope ever produced. Although the Observatory was not principally a research institution it contributed to practical matters in the colony such as timekeeping, navigation and surveying. I
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