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Author
Gillespie, Richard
Title
A computer server and Indigenous reconciliation
In
Dhoombak goobgoowana: a history of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne - Volume 1: The Truth
Editors
Ross L. Jones, James Waghorne and Marcia Langton
Imprint
Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 2024, pp. 67-68
ISBN/ISSN
9780522881059
Url
https://www.mup.com.au/books/dhoombak-goobgoowana-paperback-softback
Format
Print
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Abstract

Quote, page 67: "The word munnari, which means 'sleepy lizard' in the Ngarrindjeri language of South Australia, was applied to the largest computer in Computer Science, the VAX 11/780. It has become a legendary name in Australian internet history. Australia's connection to the internet was achieved on 24 June 1989 through a permanent satellite link connecting Munnari to a computer at the University of Hawaii and hence to emerging academic computer networks in the United States This was the birth of the internet in Australia, and all internet traffic would subsequently be directed through Munnari. The network would evolve into the Australian Academic and Research Network [AARNET] in 1990"

Source
ASBS15132

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