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Photograph - Survey Tower, possibly Mount Macedon, Victoria, circa 1900
Reg. No: MM 040164
- Summary:
- Survey tower erected for the Geodetic Survey of Victoria. This is possibly the tower on Mount Macedon.
A sketch of the tower at Mount Macedon by Samuel Calvert is printed in Illustrated Australian News, 25 Feb 1874.
Photograph in a photograph album used at Melbourne Observatory, late 19th century. The photographs show the main Melbourne Observatory building, Great Melbourne Telescope, 8 inch transit telescope, recording equipment, observatories in other cities and countries, astronomers, astronomical photographs of sun and stars.
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | astronomy, geodetic surveys, observatories, surveying |
| Themes this item is part of: | Melbourne Observatory Collection, Science & Measurement Collection |
| Primary Classification: | SURVEYING & NAVIGATION |
| Secondary Classification: | Optical - Surveying |
| Tertiary Classification: | angular measurement |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place Depicted: | Mount Macedon, Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia |
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