The Observatory, Mount Stromlo

Place Oceania: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Accession Number ART21392
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 26.1 x 36.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour on paper
Maker Curtis, R Emerson
Place made Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Canberra. The Observatory stands on the crest of a hill on the edge of a large belt of pine, planted under a reforestation scheme, in the heart of the Federal Territory.