P004104
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AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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Person
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2001-12-21
human
updated
2018-03-02
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person
Brooks
George Roderick
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1917
Computer engineer
George Brooks worked at the Adolph Basser Computer Laboratory, School of Physics, University of Sydney during the 1950s-1960s on the design, construction and implementation of first generation computer technology, notably SILLIAC, the second stored program electronic computer to be built in Australia.
Brooks, George Roderick (1917-)
Trove
'Brooks, George Roderick', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Brooks, George Roderick
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Brooks, George Roderick (1917 - )
Powerhouse Museum
Brooks, George Roderick (1917 - )
97/203/1
1932 - 1970
Records relating to the design, construction and installation of the SILLIAC computer at the Adolph Basser Computer Laboratory, School of Physics, University of Sydney in the 1950s. SILLIAC was the second stored program electronic computer to be built
in Australia. The records consist of a folder of diagrams of the computer,
1952-61, 1970; microfilm copies of diagrams of the computer, 1950-63, manuals,
1957-67; log books, 1957-59; the magnetic tape store development log, 1959-62;
files re the construction and maintenance of the computer, 1932, 1948-65;
University of Illinois publications about the ILLIAC computer, 1952-61; and
folders of diagrams of various computers, 1962-68.