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 01:45:00 473 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 1 3 Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth

In August 1951, a group of scientists gathered at the University of Sydney to attend the first Australian conference on automatic computing machines. ]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/1/pearcey-blog-feature-image-csiro-radiophysics-staff-510x288px.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2021/who-came-to-the-first-computer-conference/ 2021-07-19 00:00:00 2 3 Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth

In 1951 there was a major conference held at the University of Sydney which marked the beginning of a new science in Australia, Computer Science.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/2/pearcey-blog-csirac-newspaper-photograph-1080x610px.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2021/the-beginning-of-a-new-science-in-australia/ 2021-07-06 00:00:00 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 4 3 Guest blog by Helen Meredith

The recent publication of A Vision Splendid – The History of Australian Computing is a timely reminder of the seventy years or so Australia has been involved in the digital revolution.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/4/pearcey-2021-speakers-helen-meredith-500px.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2021/the-media-takes-a-ride-on-the-digital-superhighway/ 2021-04-08 00:00:00 8 3 Guest blog by Helen Vorrath

So you’ve decided to become an IT professional when you grow up? Good choice! You’ve already discovered the satisfaction of getting a program 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 equally rewarding.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/8/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-Helen-Vorrath.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-helen-vorrath/ 2020-10-12 00:00:00 7 3 Guest blog by Ann Moffatt

This is an extract from Ann Moffatt’s book, The IT Girl, which is to be published in November 2020.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/7/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-Ann-Moffatt.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-ann-moffatt/ 2020-10-12 00:00:00 11 3 Guest blog by Bernie O’Shannessy

Following the invention and development of the transistor in the late1940’s in the USA, the CSIRO began research into semiconductors.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/11/40c82fc7-d72d-43c4-bbc6-86dc024e9093.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/the-rise-and-fall-of-semiconductor-manufacturing-in-australia/ 2020-09-22 00:00:00 13 3 Guest blog by Jordan Green

On August 9th the Pearcey Foundation hosted a Conversation on the Role of the ICT Community in the Future Resilience and Self-reliance of Australia.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/13/pearcey-2020-socials-monthly-convo-jul-2020-speakers-1200x628px.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/the-role-of-the-ict-community-in-the-future-resilience-and-self-reliance-of-australia/ 2020-09-03 00:00:00 16 3 Guest Blog by Sonja Bernhardt OAM

A gripping, masterly telling of a vastly important, but oft forgotten part of our technological history. This is a story of a monumental technological and engineering feat that set the stage for international infrastructure and communications, yet today many do not even think how or why it happened.
]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/16/heritage-project-feature-image-a-thread-across-the-ocean-500x300px.jpg page 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/ 2020-06-16 00:00:00