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Observatory House, Adelaide

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Adelaide’s Observatory House, located at 84–86 Flinders Street, Adelaide, was constructed in 1906 for Otto Boettger, who was known for making scientific instruments and tools

Boettger was born in eastern Germany in 1842, not far from Cologne. He spent time as an apprentice for

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