Parkes 30th anniversary


 

On 22nd November 1991, around a hundred people attended a symposium to celebrate the 30th birthday of the Parkes Observatory.

Talks given were assembled into a commemorative book, “Parkes: Thirty Years of Radio Astronomy”, edited by D.E. Goddard and D.K. Milne, CSIRO, 1994. ISBN 0 643 05547 9.

 

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This print of the group photo was preserved by Mike Dinn.

Founding Director, Dr. John Bolton, is in the front row, fourth from the left. It was his last visit to the Observatory.

Scan: Colin Mackellar.


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While at Parkes, Mike Dinn makes a presentation to David Cooke to say thank you to Parkes for the support of NASA missions over the years.