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Auke
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Thanks, Jonathan! That was quick!
So the first three images show Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, 1960s.

P6734 is shown on the Australian National University Archives Facebook page
https://m.facebook.com/ANUArchives/photos/pcb.2309864485701313/2309813749039720/?type=3&source=49&__tn__=EHH-R
captioned: “Siding Spring Observatory’s 40-inch Telescope, circa 1960s (ANUA16-190).”

Jonathan identified the vehicle in P6734 as a Ford Falcon – you can just about make out some of the letters on the back. Here’s a similar vehicle (1963 Ford XL Falcon Delux station wagon) from Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1963_Ford_XL_Falcon_Deluxe_station_wagon_(6048851350).jpg

I wonder what’s in the other dome?

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