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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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Manuals - CSIRAC Computer, Programming, University of Melbourne, August 1959
Ten CSIRAC Programming Manuals. Originals of drawings for 1960 Programming Manual and various copies of them. Programming Manual for the Automatic Electronic Computer, CSIRAC, August ...
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Manuals - CSIRAC Computer, Interprogram, 1960
Eight copies of a programming manual for the CSIRAC computer, written by GW Hill, CSIRO Division of Mathematical Statistics for the Computation Laboratory University of Melbourne. The ...
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Exercises and Notes - CSIRAC Computer, Programming, E. O. Hercus, 1961
CSIRAC programming exercises and specimen answers by Dr. E.O. Hercus 1961. Notes on digital computing - CSIRAC (original with some handwritten additions and 3 copies). Interpretive pr ...
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Manual Drafts - CSIRAC Computer, Interprogram, 1960
Various drafts of a programming manual for the CSIRAC computer, written by GW Hill, CSIRO Division of Mathematical Statistics for the Computation Laboratory University of Melbourne. T ...
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Manual - CSIRAC Computer, Programming, First, University of Melbourne, 1956
Programming Manual for the Automatic Electronic Computer, CSIRAC, August 1956. The manual was produced to guide expert users of CSIRAC in programming the machine. The manual was produ ...
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Correspondence & Notes - CSIRAC Computer, Programming Courses, 1956-1961
Correspondence concerning attendance and interest in the University of Melbourne programming courses for the electronic computer as well as copies of course notices being held by the Un ...
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Annual Reports & Correspondence - CSIRAC Computer, Computation Laboratory, 1956-1965
Comprises material related to computational developments in Australia during the 1950s. The greater part of the material comprises University of Melbourne Computational Laboratory Ann ...
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Correspondence - CSIRAC Computer, Staffing, Miscellaneous, 1955-1963
Correspondence, references, and personnel instructions for staff of the Computation Laboratory. Correspondence details: 21/11/55 E.A. Cornish/CSIRO to T.M. Cherry Geoff Hill's Melb date ...
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Correspondence, Reports, Manuals - CSIRAC Computer,"Non CSIRAC", 1951-1967
Correspondence about computing courses and developments, conferences and lectures, costs, proposed papers, publications; Tables from CSIRO Division of Mathematical Statistics - Arctanh. ...
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Documents - CSIRAC Computer, Establishment at Universirty of Melbourne, Victoria, 1948-196 ...
A number of published and miscellaneous papers relating to the establishment of CSIRAC in Melbourne. (1) 1948 "Delays in the Flow of Air Traffic" by E.G. Bowen and T. Pearcey reprinted ...
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