[LINK] FW: RFI: 'The First Internet Cafe'

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Check out
<http://web.archive.org/web/19961224153032/http://www.digikaf.com.au/>
Marghanita
Paul Koerbin wrote:
> This conference paper dated 1995 mentions Remo's in George Street Sydney and the Netcafe in St Kilda. 
> http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-25488-20020625-0000-www.nla.gov.au/niac/meetings/npo95ca.html
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> The Netcafe in St Kilda may have had a website and although Wayback confirms a URL from August 2000 it provides no content. http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.ozonline.com.au/netcafe/
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> Scot Balson's News of the Day in March 1998 mentions the Hub Internet Café in Margaret Street Brisbane
> http://pandora.nla.gov.au/nph-arch/1999/Z1999-Jan-8/http://www.gwb.com.au/gwb/news/198/1903.html
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> Paul
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> Paul Koerbin | Manager Web Archiving | National Library of Australia
> Ph: (02) 6262 1411 | Email: pkoerbin at nla.gov.au
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Roger Clarke
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 October 2010 10:46 PM
> To: link at anu.edu.au
> Subject: [LINK] RFI: 'The First Internet Cafe'
> 
> A while back, linkers assisted when I was trying to work out who were 
> the first Internet ISPs in Oz:
> http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/OzI04.html#CIAP
> 
> For my sins, I've had an enquiry about the first Internet cafe in Oz. 
> (Well, in Sydney, but if we can get a very early mover anywhere, 
> we'll have the year prettymuch nailed down).
> 
> This offers 'firsts' internationally in 1991/94/95/97:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_café
> 
> The Wikipedia article mentions Cyberia Cafe in London's West End, in 
> 1994, the significance being that it was run by an Australian:
> http://web.archive.org/web/20080308202721/http://www.xs4all.nl/~sjongens/cyberia/
> 
> This undated claim falls over because there's no date, and the domain 
> is no more:
> http://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/melbourne_details.php?id=1616
> http://www.internet-cafe.org/cybernet
> 
> Any assistance with Australian early movers much appreciated!
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