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Home   About DigiArts   Media arts   Music using technology   Regional networking   Training   UNESCO Digital Arts Award   Young Digital Creators		Hill    Mr. Geoff Hill Australia's first software engineer (Geoff Hill), who worked with CSIRAC from 1948, came from a musical background and he programmed the computer to play music. This was publicly demonstrated in 1951, making CSIRAC the first computer in the worked to play music Bio     Geoff Hill, a mathematician who assisted with the logical design, came from a musical family, programmed the CSIR Mk1 to play popular musical melodies from the very early 1950s. CSIRAC was Australia's first computer and it was the fifth all-electronic digital computer in the world. Developed by the CSIRO, it was designed and constructed to assist scientists with the enormous calculations of modern physics.   Software engineer.	Culture All Unesco Advanced Search Resources
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