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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Cultural Object created 2001-11-01 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-03-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001636b.htm culturalArtefact CSIRAC AACR2 1949 Start Place Australia Computer Technology or Multimedia In the late 1940s Australian scientists embarked on an ambitious project to design and build, from the ground up, a programmable digital computer. They succeeded. The computer they created was not only the first computer in Australia, it was one of the very first in the world. This was the CSIR Mk 1 computer (later renamed CSIRAC). It provided a computing service through the 1950s and well into the 1960s. Furthermore, it survives intact and is now considered to be the oldest survivor of the machines which started the digital revolution. Hirst, Frank (1919 - 2017) Pearcey, Trevor (1919 - 1998)

Maston Beard and Trevor Pearcey were involved together in the development of CSIRAC

 Beard, Maston (1917 - 2000)

Maston Beard and Trevor Pearcey were involved together in the development of CSIRAC

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 'CSIRAC', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology CSIRAC Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Passing of Frank Hirst: Computer pioneer Professor Frank Hirst close collaborator with Trevor Pearcey & CSIRAC passes Anon. Passing of Frank Hirst: Computer pioneer Professor Frank Hirst close collaborator with Trevor Pearcey & CSIRAC passes Pearcey Foundation 2017 Vale 2017, Pearcey Foundation Resource Section: Vale Frank Hirst: Remembering an Australian computing pioneer. Pollitt, Edward Vale Frank Hirst: Remembering an Australian computing pioneer. Australian Computer Society 2017 ACS Information Age [ACS News] Resource Section: Frank Hirst, Computer Scientist & CSIRAC Specialist (1919-2017) Demand, David Frank Hirst, Computer Scientist & CSIRAC Specialist (1919-2017) Melbourne Museums Victoria 2007 Museum Victoria collections - articles Journal Article: Pioneering of numerical weather prediction in Australia: Dick Jenssen, Uwe Radok and CSIRAC Bourke, William Pioneering of numerical weather prediction in Australia: Dick Jenssen, Uwe Radok and CSIRAC 2021 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 133 1 67-81 Newspaper Article: Death of Geoff Hill Anon. Death of Geoff Hill Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation 1983 CoResearch 259 5 Edited Book: Computing in Australia: the Development of a Profession Bennett, J. M.; Broomham, Rosemary; Murton, P. M.; Pearcey, T.; Rutledge, R. W. Computing in Australia: the Development of a Profession Sydney Hale and Iremonger 1994 Book: The Music of CSIRAC: Australia's first computer music Doornbusch, Paul The Music of CSIRAC: Australia's first computer music Melbourne Common Ground Publishing 2005 Book: The Last of the First CSIRAC: Australia's First Computer McCann, Doug and Thorne, Peter The Last of the First CSIRAC: Australia's First Computer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Resource: CSIRACEM - a CSIRAC Emulator Spencer, John W. CSIRACEM - a CSIRAC Emulator Australian Computer Museum Society Inc 2001 Resource: CSIRAC archives guide to records Ron Bowles; Jurij Semkiwj; John Spencer; and Judith Hughes CSIRAC archives guide to records Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2002 Resource: CSIRAC: Australia's first computer in 1949 Pass, Steven CSIRAC: Australia's first computer in 1949 Computer Science and Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne 2000 Journal Article: Collecting computers - and computer users Gillespie, Richard Collecting computers - and computer users 2018 University of Melbourne Collections 22 12-22 Book: The Music of CSIRAC: Australia's first computer music Doornbusch, Paul The Music of CSIRAC: Australia's first computer music Australia Common Ground Publishing 2005 Journal Article: The Genesis of an Early Stored-Program Computer: CSIRAC Beard, M.; Pearcey, T. The Genesis of an Early Stored-Program Computer: CSIRAC 1984 Annals of the History of Computing 6 2 106-115 Edited Book: Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Engineers Australia Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Barton, Australian Capital Territory Institution of Engineers, Australia 2019 Records of CSIRAC Museum Victoria Records of CSIRAC 1940 - 2002 Overview of the collection: Title : Records of CSIRAC Archives Date Range: 1940 - 2002 Creator : CSIRAC (1949 - 1971) Extent : 1.22 metres (1,134 items) Repository: Melbourne Museum, Museum of Victoria Abstract: CSIRAC, designed and built by CSIR scientists, was the first stored-memory electronic computer in Australia. 1.22 m, 1134 items