Centennial Parklands
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Historic Weather Station to be restored
16 June 2008
The Centennial Parklands Foundation has been awarded a grant through the NSW Heritage Office’s 2008-09 Heritage Grants Program to restore the Centennial Park Round House Weather Station. The disassembled weather station was uncovered in 2006 in Centennial Park’s Bird Sanctuary. It was revealed as the only surviving example of a rarer type of weather station known as a ‘round house’.
Funding will be used to reconstruct the Weather Station retaining much of the original fabric, detail and construction techniques. The funding will also be used to tell the fascinating story of the Weather Station, providing insight into methods of weather, air temperature and humidity measurement during the early 1900s. The Foundation would like to acknowledge the support of the Bureau of Meteorology during the application process.
Contact: Julie Hunter Ward
Phone: (02) 9339 6699
