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Includes correspondence, insurance papers, reports, financial papers, notebooks, photographs, slides, audio-visual material, publications, annual reports, visitor books, blueprints and architectural plans related to Mount Stromlo Observatory (and its predecessor the Commonwealth Solar Observatory. This includes blueprints and drawings related to the design and construction of various telescopes and equipment at the Mount Stromlo site. The collection includes a large number of records related to the 2003 fire which destroyed much of the observatory and the subsequent insurance claims.

Folder 2 Sections 8-9 relate to Woolley and Duffield Buildings and multiple building costs.

Folder 1 Sections 1-7 relate to 74-inch Telescope, 50-inch Telescope, 30-inch Telescope, Yale-Columbia Telescope, Uppsala Schmidt Telescope, Oddie Telescope and Tardis Shelter.

Folder 3 Section 10 relates to additional increased costs of working.

Folder 5 Section 11 relates to optical workshop.

Folder 7 Section 12 relates to the mechanical workshop.

Folder 4 Section 10 relates to additional increased costs of working.

Folder 9 Section 13 relates to the electronics workshop.

Folder 6 Section 11 relates to optical workshop.

Folder 8 Section 12 relates to the mechanical workshop.

Folder 10 Sections 14-16 relate to the administration building, rebuild of NIFS and third party items.

Report No 2003/C105 R1.0 May 2003 prepared by Stephen Grubits & Associates (ACT) Pty Ltd.

Second copy with different handwritten notes.

Draft report prepared by Aon Risk Accounting for Brian Burke and Susan Maloney.

Costing assessment prepared by Scenic Landscape Architecture; Related correspondence.

Report prepared by Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Proposal prepared by Simone Hunter and Michael Hoorweg of Scope.

Correspondence; meeting papers; reports.

Correspondence; meeting papers; reports.

Reports and proposals.

Report prepared by Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Report prepared by GHD Pty Ltd.

Report prepared by Robson Laboratories Pty Ltd for GHD Pty Ltd.

Submission prepared by G E Shaw & Associates (ACT) Pty Ltd.

Action plan; maps; correspondence; general papers.

Correspondence and information about counselling services.

Correspondence; meeting papers; reports.

Correspondence; meeting papers; reports.

Application; articles; correspondence.

Includes blank cards sent by Mount Stromlo Observatory and cards received.

Architect's plans; architect's reports; heritage publications; newspaper clippings; report by Ruth Watson relating to Between Light and Dark Matters installation; correspondence.

Letters of support; condolences; general offers of assistance.

Copy of Joan Duffield's 'Recollections of an astronomer's daughter' with related papers and correspondence; obituary of William Buscombe and related papers; Copy of SCB Gascoigne's 'Astrophysics at Mount Stromlo (1924-1956)'.

Plans, reports and correspondence relating to Mount Stromlo Observatory site management.

Includes photocopy of staff photograph sent with letters and address list of recipients.

Media clippings; media plan; insurance reports; correspondence.

Correspondence; media releases; publications; printed material; information relating to events.

Notebook belonging to Prof. Penny Sackett.

Notebook belonging to Prof. Penny Sackett.

Includes detailed reports of events on 18 January 2003 and papers relating to ongoing insurance claim with Chubb.

Notebook belonging to Prof. Penny Sackett.

Includes related correspondence and reports.

Mostly clippings and photocopies of articles from the Canberra Times.

Notebook belonging to Prof. Penny Sackett.

With related correspondence.

With related correspondence.

With related correspondence.

With related correspondence.

With related correspondence.

Correspondence; reports; financial papers.

Articles, reports and media clippings relating to achievements and work of observatory and staff. Originally housed in box labelled 'Boast Box'.

With related correspondence.

With related correspondence.

With related correspondence.

Background papers; correspondence; reports; financial papers.

Media clippings; reports; articles; correspondence; data; photographs.

Correspondence; media clippings; articles; photographs.

Correspondence.

Correspondence; newspaper clippings; photograph; information relating to funeral; work papers.