Request for information about Camera Obscuras

Julian Holland has passed on to HASN a letter from Mike Feist, who is attempting to assemble a complete list of working and lost camera obscura around the world. For Australia and New Zealand he has the following information:

Toowoomba, Qld. The only definite working camera obscura in Australia.
Dromana, Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula. Reported up to about 1966 but probably now gone.
Sydney, Manly Beach. Built 1890. Now gone.
Possibly one at The Powerhouse Museum. (They did not reply to my letter)
Ms Irene Goard of Photantique, 117 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst, NSW may have one. (No reply received)
Napier, New Zealand. Often reported and in an aquarium. Still require some real facts.
Palmerston North, Old Science Museum, North Island, NZ. (No proper address - no reply)

Can HASN readers provide further information? Mike Feist 's address is: Foredown Tower Camera Obscura, Foredown Road, Portslade, BN41 2EW, East Sussex, England.

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