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Humans have been fascinated by the moon for centuries and in 1969 we even visited for the first time . No one really knew what to expect when the first lunar rocks were retuned to Earth in 1969 and when they were first analysed in the Johnson Space Centre in Houston the findings were quite surprising . A postal service commenced in 1841 and dairying , soon to become a staple industry of the region , was established the following year . It was converted to electricity in 1969 and extends its beams to a distance of 27 km . In 20 or 50 or 100 years down the road , if this region really reaches a situation of conflict resolution , of something which we euphemistically call peace , and we go two or three generations without conflict , then we may talk even here about getting rid of boundaries and sharing space . Major Thomas Mitchell passed through the area in 1846 . If you follow this road a short distance you will come to an intersection where you will find the gravesite of John Coppock who , in 1846 , became the first European settler in the Rainbow area . The speediest option , a $ 40 express ticket , guarantees that you 'll be at the top in 20 minutes once you have a ticket in hand ( though you still have to clear security , then purchase your ticket — express passes are not available online ) . The town achieved a brief moment of notoriety in 1969 when the local council decided to levy ratepayers to help pay for the cost of All Saints Church , an inter-denominational building which the council argued was a community service . Since the beginning of the atomic age in 1945 , the possession and deployment of nuclear weapons has become the dominant factor in the international system . It is likely that the Ngadjuri Aborigines lived in the district before European settlement which began to occur with the granting of the first pastoral lease in 1841 to a man named John Bristow Hughes who named his property ' Bundaleer ' . After graduating with a BA and MA from University College London , he came to the ANU where he completed his PhD in 1969 .