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| Brooks, George Roderick (1917 - ) | |
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| Computer engineer | |
| George Roderick Brooks worked at the Adolph Basser Computer Laboratory, School of Physics, University of Sydney during the 1950s-60s on the design, construction and implementation of first generation computer technology, notably SILLIAC, the second stored program electronic computer to be built in Australia. | 
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