Editing Perth Observatory (section)

====Hyman Solomon Spigl====
Curlewis's successor as [[Western Australian Government Astronomer|Government Astronomer]] was Hyman Solomon Spigl between 1940 and 1962. Spigl, who was from a surveying background, progressed rebuilding a post war ravaged Observatory by rejuvenating the time service, seismology services, completing the Astrographic Catalogues, became involved in the [[International Geophysical Year]] by installing a Markowitz Moon camera and restarted the publications for the Royal Astronomical Society. Additionally, through a National Science Foundation of America grant, he was in the process of refurbishing the Observatory's {{convert|6|in|mm|adj=on|order=flip}} meridian transit circle to recommence meridian observations. While he never achieved this before his death, and it was never used again, the instrument sits in the foyer of the Perth Observatory now fully refurbished.

In 1958 Spigl was awarded a [[Robert Gledden|Gledden]] Travelling Fellowship by the [[University of Western Australia]]; Spigl spent 12 months travelling in the US, UK and Europe. Spigl was actively searching for a new site for the Perth Observatory as a result of the decision for it to be relocated as an outcome of the implementation of the 1955 [[Metropolitan Region Scheme|Stephenson-Hepburn Report]]. Spigl spent many years lecturing in surveying at the University of Western Australia and was involved in the Astronomical Society of Western Australia.