486 26 Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth

Trevor Robinson contributed to the development of computing in Australia for more than 60 years in many different areas combining good technical knowledge with an understanding of the needs of the computer customers in a rapidly evolving computer industry.
]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/486/Trevor-Robinson-1999.png page https://www.pearcey.org.au/initiatives/computing-history/computer-scientist-businessman-and-government-adviser/ 2026-01-27 01:45:00 484 26 CIRRUS is installed for your viewing pleasure on Level 1 Ingkarni Wardli at Adelaide University. More of her accessories and signage to be displayed in the new year. On behalf of all Australians, our appreciation to the Adelaide University Librarian, Siân Woolcock, and the Library Special Collections team (Fiona Borthwick, Kate Moskwa, Kate Sinclair and Elizabeth Pascale) for their outstanding efforts in restoring and presenting CIRRUS.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/484/Cirrus-12-12-25-527x664.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/snocom-and-cirrus/ 2025-12-20 03:35:00 476 26 Karl von Moller we hear first hand from the people who pioneered this era of modern electronics innovation in Australia.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/476/Oral-History-of-Computing-1-1536x1024.png url https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG6TC16Jt3ifKnjhU7fuOeLkm0U4tBoji&si=BEq9BL6hhLSK_htG 2025-08-21 14:00:00 473 26 Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth

Mary Lee Woods enjoyed a short career in Australia at Mount Stromlo. Her son, Tim Berners-Lee, is known as the “Father of the Web”. Mary accepted the name “Grandmother of the Web’. She should be celebrated for her own career in programming.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/473/Mary-Lee-Berners-Lee-c.1940s-377x456.png page https://www.pearcey.org.au/initiatives/computing-history/grandmother-of-the-web/ 2025-06-22 14:00:00 466 75
]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/466/Trevor-Pearcey-1984-Monash-Archives-246x349.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/initiatives/computing-history/biography-trevor-pearcey/ 2024-11-11 06:15:00 337 26 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/337/Edit-Property-100.png none 2021-12-27 01:50:05 328 71 stored program, electronic, computers.

Prior to 1948 various electromechanical machines (non-electronic computers) were built in USA and Germany. Early electronic, but not stored program machines, were ENIAC (USA) and numerous Colossuses (Colossi?) at Bletchley Park (UK).]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/328/Pearcey-CSIR-Mk1-1952.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/initiatives/csirac/csirac-among-the-first-electronic-stored-program-computers/ 2021-12-23 02:48:00 338 26 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/338/aarnet.png page https://www.pearcey.org.au/initiatives/computing-history/early-australian-internet/ 2021-11-29 23:04:00 3 71 Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth

On June 14, 1956 the computer CSIRAC was officially recommissioned at the new Computation Laboratory at the University of Melbourne.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/3/pearcey-blog-csirac-computer-plaque-for-opening-ceremony-1080x610px.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2021/csirac-how-to-name-your-computer/ 2021-06-15 00:00:00 339 26 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/339/acm.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/initiatives/computing-history/connections-in-the-history-of-australian-computing/ 2020-11-29 23:04:00 433 45 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/433/dss.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/the-worlds-biggest-non-ibm-ibm-network/ 2020-11-26 02:37:00 375 22 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/375/conv-sep20-wifi.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/events/conversations/conversation-the-history-and-future-of-wi-fi/ 2020-09-30 06:00:00 17 26 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/17/heritage-project-feature-image-australias-first-computer-conference-proceedings-510x288px.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/initiatives/computing-history/australias-first-computer-conference/ 2020-05-27 00:00:00 382 36 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/382/2019-csirac-70th-anniversary.png page https://www.pearcey.org.au/events/special-events/2019-csirac-70th-anniversary/ 2019-11-14 02:00:00 24 71 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/24/heritage-project-2020-blog-csirac-play-music.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2019/2019-abc-science-show-csirac-the-first-computer-to-play-music/ 2019-06-22 00:00:00 329 26 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/329/Geoff-Hill-and-Trevor-Pearcey-in-1952-with-the-CSIR-Mk1.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/initiatives/csirac/how-australia-played-the-worlds-first-music-on-a-computer/ 2016-06-27 12:45:00 331 26
It gathers data on traffic, schedules deliveries and tracks parcels. It is embedded in cameras, remote controls, air-conditioners, and even toasters. It matches us to partners, suggests our purchases, and tracks our fitness. And so much more. ]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/331/smartphone.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/initiatives/csirac/the-birth-of-the-computer-revolution/ 2016-06-15 07:26:00 333 26 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/333/CSIRAC-Uni-of-Melb.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/initiatives/csirac/todays-smart-machines-owe-much-to-australias-first-computer/ 2015-10-22 07:45:00 357 26 th August 2011, at IDG's offices in North Sydney by Mr Davey Adams, current CEO of IDG Australia, officially passed to the Pearcey Foundation an important portrait of Dr Trevor Pearcey.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/357/pearcey-portrait-handover.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/initiatives/computing-history/trevor-pearcey-portrait/ 2011-08-24 05:57:00