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69 photos and 12 illustrations tagged observatory, from 15 members of Flickr Commons.
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Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 14, 1930 from State Library of Queensland uploaded May 2023
John Melton Black's residence, the first home in Townsville, built around 1865 from State Library of Queensland uploaded February 2023
Old Melbourne Observatory, Melbourne, taken from Government House tower from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2022
Observatory, Armagh from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded March 2022
Panorama of Brisbane taken from the Observatory, 1920 from State Library of Queensland uploaded December 2021
Dr W. E. McFarlane, medical doctor and astronomer from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2020
Irvinebank Observatory ca. 1910 from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2020
Experiments at Wickham Terrace Observatory from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2020
Meteorological observatory on Wickham Terrace Brisbane ca. 1900 from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2020
View of Brisbane from the Old Windmill Observatory in Brisbane from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2020
Weather Bureau and Astronomical Observatory in Brisbane City from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2020
Wickham Terrace, Brisbane from the Observatory in 1863 from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2020
Observatory, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1908 from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2020
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Dr W. E. McFarlane, medical doctor and astronomer
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Vesna Verencevic said:
Skilled in using stethoscopes as well as telescopes, but singing, dancing, and playing the piano make him a superhero doctor.
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Vesna Verencevic said:
"The town's doctor was of vital importance for his medical work but Dr McFarlane had other talents as well. The newspapers of the time record him playing the organ for a Masonic function and appearing in a local variety show singing comic songs and accompanying himself on the piano. He built a small roller-skating rink under his house for the use of the local children and was also a keen amateur astronomer. In 1910 he purchased a fine 7 inch refracting telescope and built an observatory with rotating dome to house it behind his house on Hospital Hill.
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Vesna Verencevic said:
From: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/country-doctor-and-exploding-star
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Annette Cadell said:
Died of influenza in 1919.
Brisbane in 1880, looking west from the Observatory
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Vesna Verencevic said:
Old days city view.