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Conclusions
In this review, I have highlighted the major pulsar searches undertaken using the Parkes 64-m radio telescope. Numerous other smaller-scale searches have taken place over the years, many of which have produced important results. A recent notable example is the survey being undertaken by Russell Edwards and his colleagues from Swinburne University of Technology using the multibeam receiver. The Swinburne survey complements the Parkes multibeam survey, covering higher latitudes with 
and has discovered 55 pulsars including eight MSPs (Edwards 2000). All in all, the Parkes telescope has discovered just under two thirds of all known pulsars, nearly twice as many as all the other telescopes in the world combined! And the most successful of these surveys, the Parkes multibeam survey is not yet finished. By a large margin, the Parkes telescope is the most successful telescope in the world at finding pulsars. This success is due to several factors, principally the large size of the telescope, its southern location (making it ideal for Galactic surveys) and the excellent performance and innovative design of the receiver systems installed on it. I have to say that the stamina of the astronomers responsible for these surveys is also a significant factor.
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