{"name":"Died","target":"Russell, Henry Chamberlain","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>22 Feb 1907<\/span>"},"date_start":"1907-02-22","date_end":"1907-02-22"}
{"name":"Commemorated by","target":"Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 16. The Observatory","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null}
William Dawes established the first observatory in Sydney at the western point of Sydney Cove in 1788, not far from the eventual site of Sydney Observatory on the hill above. Built in 1856, the Observatory remained an important contributor to astronomy, as well as shipping and meteorology, until 1982.
