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In 1950 Jones gave the northern part of his farm to the Queensland Government on the condition he and his wife could continue to live on the property until their deaths. This land is now part of the Crohamhurst State Forest.
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of mathematicians, and Inigo attributed his interest in meteorology and astronomy to this background. Upon his death, his cousin, Archibald Bernoulli, of Melbourne, placed a notice in
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hearing was told in 1938 that Jones was a "wonderful patriot" and that he was "held in the highest esteem by the big man and also the small man on the land".
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expanded Jones' theories and continued marketing long range forecasts until 2000, when he passed the business over to his son
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in eastern Queensland. He became interested in meteorology while working on the family farm. The property was named after
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was so impressed with Inigo's ability as a schoolboy that he recruited him as an assistant in 1888.
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Inigo Jones became a full-time forecaster and lecturer in 1927 and founded the privately operated
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In 1874 Jones's parents migrated to Australia, settling on a property called Crohamhurst in the
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Jones died at home on his farm at Crohamhurst, Queensland and was buried in the nearby
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Inigo and Marion Jones in their garden at Crohamhurst, ca 1935
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Steele, John (1983). "Inigo Owen Jones (1872–1954)".
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Steele, John (1983). "Inigo Owen Jones (1872–1954)".
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Inigo Jones

Queensland
Croydon
Surrey
Inigo Jones
Bernoulli family
The Argus
Glass House Mountains
Brisbane
Croham Hurst
Surrey
Lord Goschen
Brisbane diocese of the Church of England
Queensland Government
Clement Lindley Wragge
sunspot
Eduard Bruckner
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Crohamhurst Observatory
Queensland
Colonial Sugar Refining Company
Australian Senate
Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
Edward Kidson

Peachester

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