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Mount Stromlo (formerly Mount Strom [1] [2] [citation needed]) is a mountain with an elevation of 770 metres (2,530 ft) AHD that is situated in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The mountain is most notable as the location of the Mount Stromlo Observatory .
Mount Stromlo Locality Map. On 18 January 2003, the devastating Canberra firestorm hit Mount Stromlo (which was surrounded by a plantation pine forest), destroying five telescopes, workshops, seven homes, and the heritage-listed administration building. [7] The only telescope to escape the fires was the 1886 15-centimetre Farnham telescope.
Stromlo Forest Park is an outdoor recreation facility supported by the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government. The park is located in western area of the ACT, adjacent to the Molonglo Valley , and about 15 minutes' drive from Canberra's Central Business District .
The first iteration of Edmonton South included the part of Edmonton south of the North Saskatchewan River, which had recently been amalgamated into Edmonton.. The re-created Edmonton-South has the Whitemud Creek and Rabbit Hill Road as its western boundary, the Henday as its northern boundary (except the area between Rabbit Hill Road and the Whitemud Creek south of 23rd Ave NW), 91st St SW and ...
The district of Stromlo was established in 1996 under the Districts Act 1966 No. 5. [5] In 2003, the Stromlo Forest pine plantation and the Mount Stromlo Obseratory were destroyed in the 2003 Canberra bushfires. [6] [7] In 2009, the Stromlo Forest Park was opened as a new recreational precinct. [8]
Observatory Siding Spring Observatory Siding Spring Mountain with Anglo-Australian Telescope dome visible near centre of image. Alternative names sso Organization Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the Australian National University Observatory code 413 Location Siding Spring Mountain /Mount Woorat, near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia Coordinates 31°16′24″S 149°03 ...
Denman Prospect is located to the north of Uriarra Road, west of John Gorton Drive and south of the Molonglo River. Topographically it is north east of Mount Stromlo with a series of valleys draining eastwards towards the Molonglo River in the south of the suburb, and the north east direction in the north. The highest points of the suburb are ...
The 2003 Canberra bushfires caused severe damage to the suburbs and outer areas of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, during 18–22 January 2003.Almost 70% of the Australian Capital Territory's (ACT) pastures, pine plantations, and nature parks were severely damaged, [1] and most of the Mount Stromlo Observatory was destroyed.