AUSTRALIA
Opened 1993
PRIVATE/COMML
7m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2011
Capacity 50, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2011
Planetarium
Western Sydney University
Second Avenue
Kingswood, New South Wales
2747 AUSTRALIA
+61 2 9852 5222
UNIV/COLLEGE
8.0m tilt Avela Geo-GoDome
Capacity 75, portable
Custom
Opened 1989
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
Laser projector Observatory: 16 inch DFM telescope
Operated by University of Wollongong
Physical address: Squires Way, Wollongong
Starr's Planetarium
Planetarium Education Group
2/33 Malabar Road
South Coogee, New South Wales
2034 AUSTRALIA
+61 411 478 367
www.planetarium.com.au
PRIVATE/COMML
6m
Capacity 30, portable
Custom Mirror
8m
Capacity 70, portable
Custom Mirror
Opened 1978
GOVT/MUNICIPALPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
12.5m Astro-Tec, installed 1978
Capacity 130, concentric; attendance: 59,000 (2012)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 6, installed 2019
6x Sony GTZ 280, 6.9K resolution
Ohira Tech MEGASTAR-IIB, installed 2013
SPICE Automation.
Mark T. Rigby, Curator, retired
Duncan Waldron, Planetarium Support Officer
Peter Frankland, Planetarium Program Officer
Planetarium
Charleville Cosmos Centre
1 Milky Wy
Charleville, Queensland 4470
AUSTRALIA
+61 7 4656 8377
www.cosmoscentre.com/
OBSERV/ASTRO
12m , installed 2020
Capacity 100, movable
Custom, installed 2020
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
6.0m
Custom
Dome Theatre/Planetarium
Prosperine 360
Faust Building, 27 Main Street
Proserpine, Queensland 4800
AUSTRALIA
Opened 2020
PRIVATE/COMML
12.0m Fulldome.pro
Custom NEC
8.0m
Capacity 30
Custom NEC
Planetarium
Hamilton Secondary College
815 Marion Road, Mitchell Park
Adelaide, South Australia 5043
AUSTRALIA
UNIV/COLLEGE
8.0m , installed 2021
Capacity 30, movable
Custom Fisheye, installed 2021
Barco F80 4K12
Dr. Sarah J. Baker, Assistant Principal
Space, STEM and Innovation
Ms. Peta Kourbelis, Principal
Opened 1972
UNIV/COLLEGEPUBLIC SHOWS
8.0m Zeiss, installed 1972
Capacity 45, concentric; attendance: 14,500 (2014)
Zeiss ZKP 1, installed 1971
Custom Fisheye, installed 2022
2400px by Paul Bourke
Public astronomy education. Live narratives teaching constellation and
planet identification. School groups during the week. Public sessions
weekends and holidays. Evening astronomy courses such as Night Sky, Stars
and Planets, Ethno-astronomy, All About Telescopes and more.
Digital Starlab Planetarium
SciWorld
P. O. Box 155
Mount Barker, South Australia
5251 AUSTRALIA
+61 8 8302 3046
www.sciworld.org.au
Opened 2007
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
5.0m STARLAB
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB Digital Starlab
Brian Haddy, General Manager
Planetarium
SkyWatch Astronomy Education
40 Kauri Parade
Seacliff, South Australia 5049
AUSTRALIA
+61 8 8298 6523 vox/fax
www.skywatch.com.au
Opened 2007
PRIVATE/COMML
5m Avela Go-dome, installed 2009
Capacity 30, portable
Swinburne MirrorDome, installed 2009
Dean Davidson, Director
+61 4 1303 9477 vox/fax
Opened 2017
PRIVATE/COMML
7.0m Avela Go-Dome 4-ring, installed 2017
Capacity 60, portable
Custom Mirror, installed 2017
Opened 1967
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWS
9.8m tilt, installed 1967
Capacity 35, unidirectl; annual attendance: 8,500
Fulldome.pro , installed 2021
Peter Daalder, Publicity Officer
Chris Arkless
Opened 2021
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
9.5m 15°, installed 2021
Capacity 35, unidirectl; attendance: 6,000 (2024)
Fulldome.pro ScreenBerry 360, installed 2021
Craig Kendal, Planetarium Coordinator
Jonathan Ridnell, Manager
+61 3 5444 4400
Phil Spark, Educ. Officer, Plt. Presenter
Sally Buttle
Mobile Planetarium
32 Hastings Street
Rhyll, Victoria 3923
AUSTRALIA
PRIVATE/COMML
installed 2017
Custom Mirror, installed 2017
Opened 1965
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
16m, installed 1999
Capacity 150, unidirectl; attendance: 140,000 (2017)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 6, installed 2019
Sony laser
Melbourne Planetarium shows produced in-house. Open 7 days, with shows for
schools (Preps - Yr 10) and the general public. See webpage for show details
and session times.
Dr. Tanya Hill, Planetarium Manager
Monica Zetlin, Production Manager
Warik Lawrance, Production Designer
Planetarium
Red Shift
1475 Glen Forrest Drive
Glen Forrest
Western Australia 6071 AUSTRALIA
PRIVATE/COMML
Avela Go-Dome installed 2007
portable
Swinburne MirrorDome, installed 2007
Planetarium, SciTech Discovery
Centre, City West Centre, Cor.
Railway and Sutherland Streets
West Perth, Western Australia
6005 AUSTRALIA
+61 8 9215 0700 info
+61 8 9321 1455 fax
www.scitech.org.au
Opened 2004
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWS
18m 30°, installed 2004
Capacity 177, unidirectl; attendance: 135,000 (2017)
Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2013
Sony T420, 4K resolution
Sky-Skan SPICE Automation, surround sound system. Open 7 days a week for
schools and public audiences. Produce inhouse realtime visualizations.
See the webpage for more information on show details and session times
Leon Smith, Planetarium Coordinator
+61 8 9215 0855
Denham Dunstall, Manager of Technology Dept.
Nick Wood, CEO
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