Published Resources Details
Edited Book
- Title
- Computing in Australia: the Development of a Profession
- Imprint
- Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1994, 344 pp
- Format
- Abstract
From the back cover: "From the time the first computer program ran on the Mark I at CSIR (now CSIRO) in 1949, Australian science and industry has been at the forefront of the development of information technology, and of applying it widely throughout Australian society. Alongside the development of the technology came the growth of a profession - the people who designed the computers and the systems that relied on them, and the people who programmed them. New professions and careers appeared, and a new professional society emerged: the Australian Computer Society. Now, after twenty five years as the cornerstone for professional life during the exciting and fomative years of the information technology profession, the Australian Computer Society is one of the largest and most active national computer societies in the world. It's hard to imagine life in the 1990s without information technology. "Computing in Australia" provides interesting insights into how the computing profession developed in Australia, with the rare opportunity of reading first-hand accounts from the pioneers of the profession.'
Related entries
Corporate Bodies
- Australian Computer Society Inc (ACS) (1966 - )
Chapter 13, 'ANCCAC and the formation of the Australian Computer Society' pages 193-198; Chapter 14, 'The Australian Computer Society, a sketch' pages 1999-207; Chapter 15, 'ACS in computer education' pages 208-212
- Weapons Research Establishment, Commonwealth of Australia (1955 - 1978)
Pages 30, 40-43, 46-47, 50, 60, 100, 121-129, 146, 214
Cultural Objects
- CSIRAC (1949 - )
Pages 18, 23, 33-35, 43, 46, 49-51, 66, 83, 122, 187, 213
People
- Bennett, John Makepeace (1921 - 2010)
Editor; Chapter 3, 'Autobiographical snippets' pages 52-58
- Goldsworthy, Ashley William (1935 - )
Chapter 11, 'Unionism and the computer professional' pages 175-182; Chapter 17, 'International associations: IFIP and ICCC' pages 263-268
- Jones, Barry Owen (1932 - )
Chapter 12, 'The impact of computers on society' pages183-192 (with Rosemary Broomham)
- Myers, David Milton (1911 - 1999)
Chapter 1, Early days of computing in Australia: Some reminiscences' pages 9-14
- Pearcey, Trevor (1919 - 1998)
Editor; Chapter 1, 'The origins of modern computing' pages 1-8; Chapter 2, Australia enters the computer age' pages 15-31; Chapters 3, 'Australian computing, the second generation' pages 33-50
- Robinson, Edward Trevor (1922 - 2007)
Chapter 4, 'Government participation in the Australian computer industry' pages 59-64; Chapter 6, 'A way to go' pages 98-104