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Copies of papers regarding the Anglo-Australian Telescope Board, including letters on various subjects, such as proposals, reviews and staff; material regarding the twenty-second meeting of the Board, including the provisional agenda; and various reports, including 'Astronomy in Australia. Developments in the 1980s. The First Report by the Astronomy Advisory Committee to the Minister for Science and the Environment', July 1980.

Scope and Contents The bulk of the papers in RGO 47 date from the mid 1960s-mid 1970s beginning with the papers of a UK Department of Scientific and Industrial Research funded feasibility study for the building project. The class is an artificial, and indeed unofficial, one consisting of records derived from a variety of sources. Primary depositors were the RGO staff who had been closely involved in planning or construction of the telescope. Members of the RGO staff were formally seconded to work on the...

Scope and Contents A collection of correspondence, drawings, photographs and other items accumulated over the course of Redman's career. Much of the material relates to the design and construction of telescopes. This includes committee minutes, reports, plans, specifications, and tender and contract documents. The collection is broadly divided into the following series:RGO 37/1-664: Correspondence: Personal (RGO 37/1/-13); Isaac Newton Telescope (RGO 37/14-69); European Southern Observatory (RGO...