A001850 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2002-03-27 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-03-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001850b.htm corporateBody Computation Laboratory The University of Melbourne AACR2 1955 1964 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Location Melbourne, Victoria Education Computer Technology or Multimedia The University of Melbourne's Computation Laboratory was established in 1955, when CSIRO transferred their automatic computer to the University. The CSIRAC machine was Australia's first electronic computer and one of the first in the world. The Computation Laboratory was renamed the Department of Computation in 1964. Hirst, Frank (1919 - 2017)

Senior Lecturer the Officer in Charge 1955 - 1969

 Department of Computation, The University of Melbourne (1964 - 1971) Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne (1903 - )

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 'Computation Laboratory', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Computation Laboratory 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 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 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 Journal Article: Collecting computers - and computer users Gillespie, Richard Collecting computers - and computer users 2018 University of Melbourne Collections 22 12-22 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