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\nTrevor Robinson<\/strong> contributed to the development of computing in Australia for more than 60 years in many different areas\ncombining good technical knowledge with an understanding of the needs of the computer customers in a rapidly evolving computer industry.
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\nMary Lee Woods<\/strong> enjoyed a short career in Australia at Mount\nStromlo. Her son, Tim Berners-Lee, is known as the “Father of the Web”. Mary accepted the name “Grandmother of the Web’. She should be\ncelebrated for her own career in programming.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/473\/Mary-Lee-Berners-Lee-c.1940s-377x456.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/initiatives\/computing-history\/grandmother-of-the-web\/", "post_date": "2025-06-22 14:00:00" }, { "post_id": "1", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "Who came to the first computer conference?", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth<\/em>\n

\n\tIn August 1951, a group of scientists gathered at the University of Sydney to attend the first Australian conference on automatic computing\n\tmachines.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/1\/pearcey-blog-feature-image-csiro-radiophysics-staff-510x288px.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2021\/who-came-to-the-first-computer-conference\/", "post_date": "2021-07-19 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "2", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "The beginning of a new science in Australia", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth<\/em>
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\nIn 1951 there was a major conference held at the University of Sydney which marked the beginning of a new science in Australia, Computer\nScience.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/2\/pearcey-blog-csirac-newspaper-photograph-1080x610px.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2021\/the-beginning-of-a-new-science-in-australia\/", "post_date": "2021-07-06 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "3", "post_category_id": "71", "post_title": "CSIRAC: How to name your computer", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth<\/em>
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\nOn June 14, 1956 the computer CSIRAC was officially recommissioned at the new Computation Laboratory at the University of Melbourne.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/3\/pearcey-blog-csirac-computer-plaque-for-opening-ceremony-1080x610px.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2021\/csirac-how-to-name-your-computer\/", "post_date": "2021-06-15 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "4", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "The media takes a ride on the digital superhighway", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Helen Meredith<\/em>
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\nThe recent publication of A Vision Splendid – The History of Australian Computing is a timely reminder of the seventy years or so\nAustralia has been involved in the digital revolution.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/4\/pearcey-2021-speakers-helen-meredith-500px.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2021\/the-media-takes-a-ride-on-the-digital-superhighway\/", "post_date": "2021-04-08 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "8", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "A letter to my younger self, Helen Vorrath", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Helen Vorrath
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\nSo you’ve decided to become an IT professional when you grow up? Good choice! You’ve already discovered the satisfaction of getting a\nprogram to work – that will continue to excite you for the rest of your life. You’ll also find that debugging the things that don’t work is\nequally rewarding.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/8\/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-Helen-Vorrath.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-helen-vorrath\/", "post_date": "2020-10-12 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "7", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "A letter to my younger self, Ann Moffatt", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Ann Moffatt
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\nThis is an extract from Ann Moffatt’s book, The IT Girl, which is to be published in November 2020.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/7\/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-Ann-Moffatt.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-ann-moffatt\/", "post_date": "2020-10-12 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "11", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "The rise and fall of semiconductor manufacturing in Australia", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Bernie O’Shannessy
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\nFollowing the invention and development of the transistor in the late1940’s in the USA, the CSIRO began research into semiconductors.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/11\/40c82fc7-d72d-43c4-bbc6-86dc024e9093.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/the-rise-and-fall-of-semiconductor-manufacturing-in-australia\/", "post_date": "2020-09-22 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "13", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "The Role of the ICT Community in the Future Resilience and Self-Reliance of Australia", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Jordan Green
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\nOn August 9th the Pearcey Foundation hosted a Conversation on the Role of the ICT Community in the Future Resilience and Self-reliance of\nAustralia.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/13\/pearcey-2020-socials-monthly-convo-jul-2020-speakers-1200x628px.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/the-role-of-the-ict-community-in-the-future-resilience-and-self-reliance-of-australia\/", "post_date": "2020-09-03 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "16", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "Book Review – A Thread Across The Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable. By John Steele Gordon", "post_content_short": "Guest Blog by Sonja Bernhardt OAM<\/em>\n

\n\tA gripping, masterly telling of a vastly important, but oft forgotten part of our technological history. This is a story of a monumental\n\ttechnological and engineering feat that set the stage for international infrastructure and communications, yet today many do not even think\n\thow or why it happened.\n\n
", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/16\/heritage-project-feature-image-a-thread-across-the-ocean-500x300px.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/book-review-a-thread-across-the-ocean-the-heroic-story-of-the-transatlantic-cable-by-john-steele-gordon\/", "post_date": "2020-06-16 00:00:00" } ]