▁Ast ro graph ic ▁Catalog ues , ▁became ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁International ▁Ge oph ys ical ▁Year ▁by ▁installing ▁a ▁Mark ow itz ▁Moon ▁camera ▁and ▁restart ed ▁the ▁publications ▁for ▁the ▁Royal ▁Astronom ical ▁Society . ▁Additionally , ▁through ▁a ▁National ▁Science ▁Foundation ▁of ▁America ▁grant , ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁ref urb ishing ▁the ▁Observ atory ' s ▁ 6 - inch ▁mer id ian ▁trans it ▁circle ▁to ▁recomm ence ▁mer id ian ▁observations . ▁While ▁he ▁never ▁achieved ▁this ▁before ▁his ▁death , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁never ▁used ▁again , ▁the ▁instrument ▁s its ▁in ▁the ▁fo yer ▁of ▁the ▁Per th ▁Observ atory ▁now ▁fully ▁ref urb ished . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁Sp ig l ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁G led den ▁Tra v elling ▁Fellow ship ▁by ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Western ▁Australia ; ▁Sp ig l ▁spent ▁ 1 2 ▁months ▁trav elling ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁UK ▁and ▁Europe . ▁Sp ig l ▁was ▁act ively ▁searching ▁for ▁a ▁new ▁site ▁for ▁the ▁Per th ▁Observ atory ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁decision ▁for ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁re located ▁as ▁an ▁outcome ▁of ▁the ▁implementation ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁Steph enson - H ep burn ▁Report . ▁Sp ig l ▁spent ▁many ▁years ▁lect uring ▁in ▁surve ying ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Western ▁Australia ▁and ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁Astronom ical ▁Society ▁of ▁Western ▁Australia . ▁ ▁John ▁Ber tr and ▁Harris ▁Upon ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Sp ig