Astronomical and Meteorological Workers in New South Wales
Introduction
Lieutenant Dawes
Captain Flinders
Admiral Phillip Parker King
Sir Thomas MacDougall Brisbane
Dr. Charles Stargard Rumker
James Dunlop
P. E. De Strzelecki
Captain J. C. Wickham
Rev. W. B. Clarke, M.A.
Rev. A. Glennie
E. C. Close
Sir William Macarthur
J. Boucher
S. H. Officer
John Wyndham
William Stanley Jevons
Establishment of Meteorological Observatories
Votes and Proceedings, N.S.W., 1848.
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Government House,
16th July, 1829.Let it be notified that the Secretary of State has been pleased to confirm the appointment of Mr. Rumker, as Government Astronomer, with a salary at the rate of £300 a year; and also sanctions the expense which may be incurred in providing Mr. Rumker with accommodation at the Observatory.
(Signed) R. A. DARLING.
Rumker's last work at Parramatta was in December, 1828, and it would appear that he then left the Colony to go to England and get instrument for the Trigonometrical Survey.
Minute, 130.1st September, 1830.
The Secretary of State having signified his desire (Mr. Twiss' letter, 21st December, 1827), that accommodation for the Colonial Astronomer, proposed to be added to the Observatory, should be expedited s Mr. Rumker was preparing to return and resume the duties of his situation. Let the Director of Public Works Captain Dumaresque and Forbes be requested to proceed to Paramatta and examine the Observatory, so as to ascertain whether the building is sufficiently good to have the proposed additions made to it. If not, let them examine whether there is any more eligible site in the neighbourhood for establishing the Observatory.
(Signed) R. A. DARLING.
It will be observed that so late as September 1st, 1830, Rumker was preparing to return.
Government House
22nd April, 1831.Let it be notified that the Secretary of State has been pleased to appoint Mr. James Dunlop, Superintendent of the Government Observatory at Parramatta, with a salary of £300. Mr. Dunlop will be allowed one-half salary from the date of his embarkation.
(Signed) R. A. DARLING.
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