Former Orroral Valley Tracking Station

Australia / Australian Capital Territory / Canberra /
 NASA, satellite/space tracking station
The Orroral Valley Tracking Station was a part of STADAN - the Satellite Tracking and Data Acquisition Network which was run by NASA and was one of only three such locations around the world. The station operated from 1967 until 1981.

honeysucklecreek.net/other_stations/orroral/index.html

The 26 m telescope was moved in 1985 to Tasmania, Australia, and now forms the core of the Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory run by the School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Tasmania.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orroral_Valley_Tracking_Station
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Coordinates:   35°37'39"S   148°57'20"E
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