Discover the letter from Joseph Dagelet, astronomer from 1788 Lapérouse Expedition, to William Dawes, astronomer to the First Fleet and British Settlement at Port Jackson, that provides advice on building the colony’s first observatory. Continue reading
Objects Through Time: science
Discover the Louis Bleriot airplane, made by Bleriot Aeronautique, Levallois, Paris, France, 1914. It was flown by Maurice Guillaux with the first Australian airmail from Melbourne to Sydney in 1914. Continue reading
The wax casts are historically significant because they interpret the story and provide evidence of the experience of those quarantined at the North Head Quarantine Station. Continue reading
The North Head Quarantine Station post office stamp is historically significant because it is evidence of the experience of those quarantined at the North Head Quarantine Station. Continue reading
Discover the Sextant used by Captain James Cook on his third Pacific voyage that is from the British National Maritime Museum, London, UK. Continue reading