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The opening of the Goverment Meteorological Department by Lord Milner.
Source: MNASSA.

The Goverment Meteorological Department in 1905, better known as Union Observatory. Later renamed to Republic Observatory.
Courtesy Africana Museum. Source: Moore

26-inch Telescope Dome and Library at the Republic Observatory.
Source: A.S.S.A. Archives: Peter Smits Collection.

Republic Observatory.
Source: A.S.S.A. Archives: Peter Smits Collection.

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