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Old Perth Observatory (The)
4 Havelock Street, The National Trust of Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6872, Australia
+61 8 9321 6088
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Visit this significant heritage site located on Mount Eliza (opposite Parliament House). The Old Perth Observatory, a beautiful old brick and wood building, contains a number of interesting interior features. It was built in 1897 as an office and residence for Perth's first astronomer. In the 1960s, the observatory section was dismantled when a new one was built in the Perth hills. The Old Observatory is now home to the Western Australian branch of the National Trust.

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