Corporate Body
Computation Laboratory (1955 - 1964)
The University of Melbourne
- From
- 1955
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1964
- Functions
- Education and Computer Technology or Multimedia
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria
Summary
The University of Melbourne's Computation Laboratory was established in 1955, when CSIRO transferred their automatic computer to the University. The CSIRAC machine was Australia's first electronic computer and one of the first in the world. The Computation Laboratory was renamed the Department of Computation in 1964.
Related entries
Timeline
1955 - 1964 Computation Laboratory
1964 - 1971 Department of Computation
1971 - 1976 Department of Information Science
1976 - 1990s Department of Computer Science
1999 - Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Superior
Published resources
Books
- McCann, Doug and Thorne, Peter, The Last of the First CSIRAC: Australia's First Computer (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), 196 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Gillespie, Richard, 'Collecting computers - and computer users', University of Melbourne Collections, 22 (2018), 12-22. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474117. Details
- Ron Bowles; Jurij Semkiwj; John Spencer; and Judith Hughes, CSIRAC archives guide to records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/csrc/csirac.htm. Details
Resource Sections
- Anon., 'Passing of Frank Hirst: Computer pioneer Professor Frank Hirst close collaborator with Trevor Pearcey & CSIRAC passes', in Vale 2017, Pearcey Foundation, Pearcey Foundation, 2 July 2017. https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2017/passing-of-frank-hirst/. Details
- Demand, David, 'Frank Hirst, Computer Scientist & CSIRAC Specialist (1919-2017)', in Museums Victoria collections, 2007. https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/1964. Details
- Pollitt, Edward, 'Vale Frank Hirst: Remembering an Australian computing pioneer.', in ACS Information Age [ACS News], Australian Computer Society, 6 July 2017, 12:15pm. https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2017/vale-frank-hirst.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 27 March 2002, Last modified: 4 May 2006