Image: Dollond Telescope, 1923. Arthurs' Seat McCrae Homestead

Description: Photograph by John W Twycross from glass plate, 1923. Taken at McCrae Homestead, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. Dollond telescope ca 1840. Made by "G. Dollond, Optical, Mathematical and Philosophical, Telescope Maker to the Queen". It enabled the viewer to see the names of ships passing by in the channel that runs through Port Phillip Bay to Melbourne. On the homestead verandah it was often slung from a wire to steady it over its five foot three inch length. The original brass telescope is on display in the Burrell-Twycross Gallery at the McCrae Homestead. [1]
Title: Dollond Telescope, 1923. Arthurs' Seat McCrae Homestead
Credit: Taken by my grandfather at Mc Crae homestead, Australia of his son, also named John.
Author: John W Twycross
Usage Terms: Fair use of copyrighted material in the context of McCrae Homestead
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