[LINK] Australian online news history

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Hi Fiona,

A couple of suggestions about the potential distribution networks.

CSIRONET provided services to Australian Government Agencies upto the early 1980s, when I was
involved in a migration from CSIRONET bureau services to inhouse "mini" computers. I don't recall
but expect there may been some form of newsletter - distributed electronically.
> CSIRO Computing Services (CSIRONET). Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. (1963-1985) 
http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1480331

Another lead may be the High Temperature Semi-conductors (early 1990s). The Physics/Research
community was chattering on a pre Internet Network - perhaps through Usenet Newsgroups. Sadly, my
association was only through second hand conversation, but connecting to such a network became my
holy grail...
> A Usenet newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from many users in different locations. The term may be confusing to some, because it is in fact a discussion group....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_newsgroup

Marghanita

Fiona Martin wrote:
> Dear Linkers,
> 
> I'm doing my annual de-lurk to ask an Australian net history question for the forthcoming Companion to Australian Media  http://www.scholarly.info/media/
> 
> Bridget Griffin Foley's asked me to write a 1500 entry about online news media, covering key historical events and shifts � but most of the material I have collected is about post-1994 web news titles/sites and and news apps.
> 
> I have very little on locally produced, pre-internet and pre-web news publications or services � and would like to include mention of examples of both specialist and generalist news sources from this period.
> 
> So my question is - apart from Chips n' Bits magazine and this list, did anyone host or use any significant pre-1994 Australian based BBS news services, news groups, listservs or email newsletters?
> 
> I'm looking for titles/services that were groundbreaking not only in technological terms but had measurable social, political or economic impact.  Any suggestions for people to track down and talk to would also be welcome.
> 
> So far I've I've drawn on Roger Clarke's archive, early Internet Australasia editions, Goggin et al's Virtual Nation and Petrie's Clever Country, Paul Budde's 1990 report on value added networks, Trove and Pandora searches � but I don't doubt I've got a bit of leg work to do here.
> 
> I'm happy to take posts off-list, but let me know if you'd like any background detail on the entry.
> 
> I'll post the full entry for comment at the end of the month.
> 
> And thanks again to you all for the wealth of comment and debate during the year!
> 
> cheers,
> Fiona
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