List of telescopes of Australia
The list below is split between telescopes located in Australia, and telescopes sponsored by Australia such as a space telescope or foreign installation.
Australia can access the Southern skies, which was a popular trend in the 20th century. The third largest optical telescope in the world in 1974 was Anglo-Australian Telescope, one of the really large telescopes of that time and built in Australia. There are several radio telescopes also, and Sydney Observatory has taken observations for over a century.
One of the largest telescopes of the 19th century was the Great Melbourne Telescope, one of the last big metal mirror reflecting telescopes before the silver-on-glass designs came to predominate; this was purchased with money from an Australian Gold boom.
In country optical telescopes
- Anglo-Australian Telescope
- Automated Patrol Telescope
- Faulkes Telescope South
- SkyMapper
- UTas H127
- Great Melbourne Telescope
- Siding Spring 2.3 m Telescope
- Sydney Observatory instruments
- Mt. Kent Observatory - Shared Skies
- Penrith Observatory
- Perth-Lowell Telescope
- Mt. Kent Observatory - Shared Skies
- Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope