This window symbolises Australian nationalist feeling, with the rising Sun representing a new century, Federation and the resurgence of the Observatory. This window by Stansfield and Smith was the first installed at the Observatory when John Brittain began a major redevelopment of the Observatory in 1914. It consists of three separately designed panels of rich and varied lead-light glass. In addition to the astronomical objects and the Australian scene, it depicts the crest of the Town of Ballarat East, in which the Observatory was located. The turbulence of the early gold mining area is reflected in this crest - the Eureka flag, symbols of local industries and democratic mottos. The Observatory was only a kilometre or so from some of the richest mines in the Ballarat region.