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Computing Departments at the University of Melbourne, a brief history 1956-1996
Image: Computation laboratory original door, University of Melbourne, 1956 - 64
Source: Museum Victoria
The Computation Department of the University of Melbourne was formally established in 1962. Its former name was the Computation Laboratory. The Laboratory was opened on the 14th June 1956.
The Department, which operated and maintained CSIRAC, provided a computing service to the University in addition to the academic functions of research and teaching.
In 1969 these functions were separated. The computing service was transferred to the newly created Computer Centre and the academic functions were continued in the Department of Information Science within the Science Faculty. Following the appointment of the foundation professor in 1975 the department was renamed the Department of Computer Science. The department transferred to the Faculty of Engineering in 1989 and became the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering in 2000.
The archival material retained when CSIRAC was decommissioned by the Computation Department in 1964 was preserved within the academic Department. The Department of Computer Science was instrumental in 1996 in establishing the project which has resulted in the collection and cataloguing of documents, artefacts and images relating to the CSIR Mk1 (CSIRAC).
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Correspondence - CSIRAC Computer, Staffing, Engineer In Charge, 1954
Correspondence relating to the appointment by the University of an Engineer in Charge for CSIRAC. The letters contain opinions about possible candidates for the position. Correspondents ...
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Documents - CSIRAC Computer, Published Papers & Reports, 1948-1984
Selection of published papers and reports from a series of archival material containing newspaper clippings, published papers and reports. The majority of the material is written by T. ...
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Notes & Correspondence - CSIRAC Computer, Ferranti, 1957
File containing letters between Thomas Cherry and Dr S Gill of Ferranti Ltd, London. The principal subject of the correspondence is the purchase of a high speed 5 hole tape reader for t ...
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Notes & Correspondence - CSIRAC Computer, Miscellaneous, Principles & Operation of Compute ...
Item containing a paper and a photocopied extract. The undated paper is entitled 'Principles and Operation of Electronic Digital Computer' by Frank Hirst. It provides a history of the d ...
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Published Papers & Reports - CSIRAC Computer, Electronic Computer, 1952
Two copies of a paper by M Beard entitled 'Electronic Computer' and published by the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, Sydney, in September 1952. The paper describes the structure and bas ...
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Published Papers & Reports - CSIRAC Computer, The Design of the Mk.I Automatic Computer, 1 ...
Two copies of a paper by T Pearcey. The paper is entitled 'Automatic Computation, The Design of the Mk. 1 Automatic Computer' and was published by the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, Sy ...
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Published Papers & Reports - CSIRAC Computer, Programmes for an Automatic Computer, 1951
Paper by T Pearcey entitled 'Automatic Computation, Part II, Programmes for an Automatic Computer', published by the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, Sydney, in July 1951. The paper cont ...
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Published Papers & Reports - CSIRAC Computer, Use of Punched Cards for Fourier Synthesis, ...
Paper by T Pearcey entitled 'Use of Punched Cards for Fourier Synthesis', published by the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, Sydney, in November 1953. The cover is inscribed with the name ...
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Published Papers & Reports - CSIRAC Computer, Programmes for the Mk.I Computer: Pt. I, 195 ...
Paper by T Pearcey entitled 'Automatic Computation, Part III, Programmes for the Mk. I Computer: Pt. I', it was published by the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, Sydney, in August 1953. ...
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Published Papers & Reports - CSIRAC Computer, Computer Conventions in Programme Design, 19 ...
Two copies of an extract from the Australian Journal of Physics, Volume 6, Number 3, pages 316-334. The extract was reprinted for the CSIRO and contains a paper by T Pearcey and GW Hill ...
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