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100 years of Physics Building

The School of Physics is celebrating the 100th birthday of the Physics Building - which began construction in 1924.

Link to booklet commemorating this centenary.


























Tony Parkinson has digitised his colour slides.
Narrabri field station 1965 - 1968



ca 1965-1 Pilliga East State Forest



ca 1965-2 our entrance w A-frame hut under construction



ca 1965-3 A-frame huts under construction



ca 1965-4 transmitter mast near huts



ca 1965-5 transmitter mast



ca 1965-6 transmitter mast-detail



ca 1965-7 station hole digging



ca 1965-8 station hole digging



ca 1965-9 Yarrie Lake - dry season!!



ca 1967-1 three A-frame huts - completed but no landscaping!



ca 1967-2 undercover work hut w Toluene drums - no H&S for SUGAR workers



ca 1967-3 work hut w Toluene drums - no H&S for SUGAR workers



ca 1967-4 radio timing transmission mast



ca 1967-5 preparing station tanks



ca 1967-6 preparing station tanks - detail



ca 1968-1 service truck & A-frames - off to work



ca 1968-2 station service tuck w Mike Rathgeber



ca 1968-3 station radio receiver antenna


ca 1968-4 top of buried tank w tape recorder



ca 1968-5 servicing flooded station



ca 1968-6 servicing flooded station - action shot



Catamaran chief engineer Don Melley ca 1964


Catamaran on trailer at Don's place ca 1964



Tonoscope I Rola deck components in lab before installation in service truck ca 1968



Tonoscope I Rola deck w line printer & punched paper tape ca 1968



Tonoscope II Brennel deck front view ca 1968



Tonoscope II Brennel deck rear view ca 1968


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Mick Ryan has provided some vintage photos

 - dating probably from around 1965-66 - 
showing the installation of the first SUGAR tank 
and electronics at the back of the Physics building.










Some personnel from the 346 Club - from Laurie Wilson's collection.
Taken around 1970.

Alan Outhred and Geoff Chapman

Spencer David

and again





SUGAR Pilot Experiment 

setup around Sydney Uni campus
1965 - 1967:














SUGAR base station at Bohena 

and array in Pilliga State Forest - near Narrabri, NSW.


These photos are the result of scans from black and white negatives,
 as I no longer have the actual photos (Leo G).












































Some social gatherings around 1967:










1 comment:

  1. Wonderful memories.
    Thx for posting Mr.Yan, but who are all those young people?
    --TonyP

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