Sydney Observatory was built on the site in 1858 to provide accurate time readings for the colony and to observe stars in the southern sky.

He subsequently moved to Sydney and became a messenger at the Sydney Observatory.

The Sydney Observatory sent an observing party to Goulburn in Australia.

Russell joined the staff of the Sydney Observatory under William Scott who resigned in 1862.

It was formally launched on 12 September 2011, at Sydney Observatory.

When he went back to England, he left his books, telescopes and other equipment behind as gift, and these were the beginnings of the Sydney Observatory.

It was released in November 2002 at the Sydney Observatory.

It incorporated the Sydney Observatory in 1982.

Following its closure as a working observatory in 1982, Sydney Observatory was incorporated into the Powerhouse Museum.

Though denied a full secondary education, at the age of sixteen he was found a job at the Sydney Observatory.