Documenting the Computer History of Australia

Hi everyone, My name is Bronte Howell and I am trying to help Karl von Moller to raise funds for the documentary series entitled "The Computer History of Australia" via our Youtube Channel "State of Electronics". For the past 10 plus years, Karl has been documenting the history of Australian technology by interviewing a hundred plus individuals who have been personally involved in developing everything from the Cochlear Implant, Fairlight Synthesiser, the founders of Dick Smith and Jaycar Electronics, and most recently Australian computer pioneers who developed such systems as CSIRAC, CIRRUS, the Microbee, the worlds first true laptop - the Dulmont Magnum plus many more.

We need your help to tell these stories for the purpose of buying the rights to use stock and or archival footage held by individuals, companies and organisations who deal in licenseable footage approximately $500 per episode. Some more others may be less depending on the length. While all effort has been made to negotiate or waiver these fees, many of these organisations will not supply the required footage without some form of payment. The State of Electronics channel provides all the information for free and there is no return from Youtube that amounts to anything tangible to help with this problem, so we are now appealing for help from the community to solve this issue. Anything you can do will help record and replay the Computer History of Australia for all to see.

Currently, at the time of writing, 2 episodes have already been released plus a trailer. There is a total of 17 episodes planned with one episode to be released per month which will detail everything from CSIR MARK1 to Quantum Computing.

We hope this work will be incredibly useful to educate a new generation and be a fantastic resource for researchers and educators everywhere.

Sincere thanks

Bronte Howell on behalf of Karl von Moller