Perth Observatory
The Perth Observatory is the name of two astronomical observatories located in Western Australia. In 1896, the original observatory was founded in West Perth on Mount Eliza overlooking the city of Perth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hacketts Gully and Carmel.
Hacketts Gully
Suburb
Hacketts Gully is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kalamunda. It was officially named in 1972 and commemorates an early settler and market gardener, Thomas Hackett. Hacketts Gully is situated 3½ km northwest of Perth Observatory.
Carmel
Suburb
Bickley
Suburb
Bickley, formerly known as Heidelberg HY-dəl-berk), is a suburb located within the City of Kalamunda, in Perth, Western Australia. It is situated on the Darling Scarp and is known for the brook of the same name. Bickley is situated 4 km west of Perth Observatory.
Perth Observatory
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: observatory in Bickley, Western Australia
- Categories: astronomical observatory, heritage site, and tourism
- Location: City of Kalamunda, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-32.00773° or 32° 0′ 28″ south
Longitude
116.13545° or 116° 8′ 8″ east
Open location code
4PVRX4RP+W5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Perth Observatory” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Observatori de Perth”
- Chinese: “伯斯天文台”
- Chinese: “珀斯天文台”
- Dutch: “Perth Observatorium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد بيرث”
- Esperanto: “Observatorio de Perto”
- French: “observatoire de Perth”
- French: “Observatoire de Perth”
- German: “Perth-Observatorium”
- Italian: “osservatorio di Perth”
- Italian: “Osservatorio di Perth”
- Japanese: “パース天文台”
- Luxembourgish: “Perth-Observatoire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Perth Observatory”
- Norwegian: “Perthobservatoriet”
- Polish: “Obserwatorium w Perth”
- Portuguese: “Observatório de Perth”
- Portuguese: “Observatório Perth”
- Russian: “Пертская обсерватория”
- Swedish: “Perth Observatory”
- Swedish: “Perth-observatoriet”
- Swedish: “Perths observatorium”
- Urdu: “پرتھ رصدگاہ”
- Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Perth”
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