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Fix this textTHE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Fix this textSite selected for the Field Station of Mount Stromlo Observatory
Fix this textThe choice of a site for the Field Station of the Mount Stromlo
Fix this textObservatory in the Australian National University was announced today by
Fix this textthe Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor L.G.H. Huxley.
Fix this textProfessor Huxley said the Field Station would be located at the Woorut
Fix this textTrigonometrical Station (Siding Spring Mountain), fifteen miles from
Fix this textCoonabarabran, New South Wales. The selection of the Siding Spring site,
Fix this text(3820 feet above sea level), would be subject to final agreement by the New
Fix this textSouth Wales Lands Department.
Fix this textWork on the Field Station, which would be equipped at the outset with
Fix this texta new 40-inch Reflector on order from the United States, would begin shortly.
Fix this textSeveral other telescopes would later be transferred to the Siding Spring site.
Fix this textProfessor Huxley added, however, that the headquarters of the Department of
Fix this textAstronomy would remain at Mount Stromlo.
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Fix this text(Further information is available from Professor Bart J. Bok, Director of the
Fix this textMount Stromlo Observatory, telephone 706-511).
Fix this textOffice of the Registrar,
Fix this textThe Australian National University,
Fix this textCANBERRA, A.C.T.
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