At the time of commissioning it was the second largest telescope operating in the world, after Lord Rosse’s 6 foot reflector at Birr, Ireland.
Melbourne | Great Britain | Great Depression | Alexander the Great | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | University of Melbourne | Kingdom of Great Britain | Great Western Railway | Great Yarmouth | Peter the Great | Great Lakes | Frederick the Great | Melbourne Cricket Ground | The Great Gatsby | Great Fire of London | George II of Great Britain | Catherine the Great | Great Central Railway | Great Plains | Great Barrier Reef | Parliament of Great Britain | Hubble Space Telescope | Alfred the Great | South Melbourne | Great Falls, Montana | Great Eastern Railway | Great Expectations | Anne, Queen of Great Britain | Great Wall of China | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra |
The telescope and its camera were built by the ANU as a successor to the Great Melbourne Telescope at Mount Stromlo after that telescope was burnt in the 2003 Canberra bushfires.