Editing Perth Observatory (section)

===New observatory at Bickley===
In the 1960s, light pollution from the city of [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] and a small part of the implementation of the 1955 plan by Stephenson-Hepburn Report saw the land where the Perth Observatory resided make way for what was to initially be five government office blocks, however there was only one ever built, [[Dumas House]]. After nearly being closed by the State Government, the Observatory was moved to its current site at [[Bickley, Western Australia|Bickley]] near Mount Gungin in the [[Darling Range]]. Construction of the new observatory cost $600,000, and it was opened by the Premier Sir David Brand on 30 September 1966.