Bowen Mountain, New South Wales
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Bowen Mountain is a small township in New South Wales
, Australia
, in the City of Hawkesbury
. It is in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. The population of the town is 1,438 (Census 2006).
It is home to the Crago Observatory
. The observatory consists of a high quality 16” ƒ/7 Dobsonian telescope
, housed in a large rotating dome. The telescope is equipped with a wide range of eyepieces, and gives good views of the sky.
Married - 57.6%
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, in the City of Hawkesbury
City of Hawkesbury
The City of Hawkesbury is a Local Government Area of New South Wales, Australia, part of which is at the fringe of the Sydney metropolitan area, about 50 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district...
. It is in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. The population of the town is 1,438 (Census 2006).
It is home to the Crago Observatory
Crago Observatory
Crago Observatory is the astronomical observatory of the Astronomical Society of New South Wales. It is located on Bowen Mountain, near North Richmond, around from Sydney in Australia ....
. The observatory consists of a high quality 16” ƒ/7 Dobsonian telescope
Dobsonian telescope
A Dobsonian telescope is an alt-azimuth mounted newtonian telescope design popularized by the amateur astronomer John Dobson starting in the 1960s. Dobson's telescopes featured a simplified mechanical design that was easy to manufacture from readily available components to create a large, portable,...
, housed in a large rotating dome. The telescope is equipped with a wide range of eyepieces, and gives good views of the sky.
Demographics
Population (July 2006): 1,438.| Age | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 14 | 373 | 25.9 |
| 15 to 64 | 987 | 68.7 |
| 65+ | 77 | 5.4 |
Married - 57.6%
| Religion | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| Anglican | 388 | 27 |
| Catholic | 313 | 21.8 |
| Uniting Church | 65 | 4.5 |
| Christian, unspecified | 61 | 4.2 |
| None | 268 | 18.6 |