This is a new website devoted to the history of Australian astronomy.

The opening of the Australia Telescope in September 1988. Photo Nick Lomb The opening of the Australia Telescope in 1988 was very important to the further development in radio astronomy in Australia. The core of the radio telescope is the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) at Narrabri, NSW. Four of ATCA’s six 22-m dishes are shown in the image above taken at the opening of the telescope by then Prime Minister Bob Hawke. To find out more about how Astronomy changed in Au

The 3.9 Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory pictured in 2012. Photo Nick Lomb This telescope, built jointly by the...

Ballarat Observatory. Photo Nick Lomb. Ballarat observatory, in the state of Victoria, opened in 1886 as the first municipal...