Peter Thorne interviewed by David Demant in the History of ICT in Australia oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 6157512
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Thorne, Peter George, 1940-, interviewee
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- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2012
- 3 sound files (ca. 268 min.)
- Series:
- History of ICT in Australia oral history project.
- Summary:
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Peter Thorne, born in London, England, talks about his childhood; migrating to Australia; his family; his schooling and education; his interest in science; University of Melbourne, Computation Laboratory; his marriages and his children; the Wade House Case; Dr Frank Hirst; his motivations, belief and life philosophy; computers and politics; being a Chairman of Victorian Institute of Colleges; Consultant to the Tax office; intellectual property and contract litigation cases; restoration of CSIRAC (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Automatic Computer); recreation of CSIRAC's music; Burke and Wills; analogue computers; MUDPAC; his research and PhD; demonstrated physics; examining tertiary education methods; Barbara Falk; mercury delay lines; supervising postgraduates; planning of education facilities; being a computer litigation consultant; management; Trevor Robinson; Labor Senator and Minister John Button; National Procurement Board; social and professional applications and implications of computers; COALA Project; Pentridge Prison; principles of purchasing; Julian Burnside; Autodesk Inc. vs. Dyason and Kelly; establishing Computer Forensic Services; Computer Crime Squad, Victoria Police; Robert Elz; domain names; Melbourne University Private; his consultancy work; Royal Society of Victoria; gender and computing; computers and society; democratisation of information; technology and oral histories.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 6 and 12 November 2012 in Melbourne, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (10 pages)
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Demant, David, interviewer
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This belongs to the History of ICT in Australia oral history project.
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