Computerbank is still operating today with a great team (always had a great team) and has now distributed over 10,000 computers. See their current website at https://www.computerbank.org.au for more info.
From April 2015, found via the wayback machine internet archive, the text below is copied from: https://web.archive.org/web/20150411132207/http://www.computerbank.org.au/about (I edited instances of we and replaced with 'Computerbank')
Computerbank is an independent not for profit organisation run by volunteers. Computerbank reuses donated computers and refurbishes them with quality free software. These computers are offered to disadvantaged individuals and community groups. Older and broken equipment is responsibly recycled and does not end up in landfill and is not sent to unsafe dismantling plants in third world countries. Computerbank have distributed over 5000 computers to individuals, families, and community groups since 1998.
Computerbank installs a free version of Ubuntu Linux operating system on our computers. The system is customised to run efficiently on P4 and faster hardware.
Some of the community groups to receive computers and networks from Computerbank include:
Filipino Community Council of Victoria in Footscray (our first network!),
Virtual Moreland,
Autism Victoria (World Autism Conference),
The Bridge Health Centre (Footscray),
Dole Avenue Kindergarten,
Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO),
Green Net,
Linux Users of Victoria (LUV),
The Victorian Rainforest Network,
Indymedia Burma,
Indymedia India,
Christian Blind Mission (computers to Liberia),
People First Network in the Solomon Islands,
Altona Green Neighbourhood House,
Footscray Library in Maribyrnong City,
Bikash Womens Centre in Bangladesh,
Dilli University in East Timor,
Jabiluka Action Group (JAG),
Methodist Ladies College in Fiji,
Dalkusha Primary School in Fiji,
Central Hume Support Services in Wodonga,
Computers for Aged and Disabled Seniors (CADS),
Langwarrin Basketball Club,
Westgate Community Initiatives Group (WCIG),
Engineers Without Borders,
'Connectivity for Refugees' program,
Refugees in Shepparton,
Friends of Sian,
Berwick Senior Citizens,
Victorian Artists Society,
Mindaribba Aboriginal Land Council in NSW,
Darebin Aged Housing Services (public access networks),
Wombat Housing
Mens Shed
Pet Ambulance Victoria
Asylum Seekers Resource Center (ASRC)
Red Cross (Asylum Seeker Assistance Scheme)
Western Region Health (public access networks) to name a few.
Chin Community
Geelong Lions Club
Victorian Writers Fellowship
Salvation Army Housing Services (Melrose St)
RMIT Students Accounting Association
Victorian Public Tenants Association (VPTA)
Coburg Neighbourhood House
Morwell Neighbourhood House
Computerbank have also sent computers to groups in Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Ecuador, Swaziland, Kenya, Mozambique, Burma and Indonesia.
Computerbank has helped facilitate the placement of more than 1650 computers within the South Pacific Region, in conjunction with the ANZ bank. As ANZ upgraded computers across the South Pacific, Computerbank liased with community groups and schools across such places as Samoa, Papua New Guinea, The Solomon Islands, and Fiji.
Computerbank has shown more than 500 unemployed open source software, hardware, and recycling via our Award winning (search for Computerbank), and very popular, Commonwealth Government funded Work for the Dole Program. In addition to Work for the Dole volunteers another 175 people have helped out at Computerbank.
Computerbank have recycled more than 25,000 broken and non-usable items through the introduction of effective e-waste recycling techniques.
Media Coverage (online/offline), links may have disappeared. I will try and sort this in date order...eventually...
Technogaze Joy FM Radio. July. 2013.
Computerworld: Computerbank installs Ubuntu on recycled PCs. November. 2009.
Fair Trade, This article appeared in The Age Greenguide, 18th October, 2007.
Cyber Junk's Second Life. Archived by Www.Recycles.Org. This article appeared in the Australian IT on August 7th, 2005.
Green Machines, an article about recycling computers. The Age. July 14. 2005.
The Buzz Radio Program, an interview by Geoff Tregenza of Computerbank Hunter and Computerbank NSW. Saturday 14 February 2004.
The Age: Kylie was nominated for an AUUG open source award for "outstanding contribution in making Linux widely available through the Computerbank Project". October 29, 2004.
The Age Q+A section in the Technology Resources Section.
Linux Thin Clients at the Footscray Library A Demonstration Low Cost Public Access Network by Computerbank Victoria (2004). This is a PDF file.
Rubbish to Riches by By Nick Galvin, November 13, 2004.
30 computers found for Zapotillo (Ecuador)! from NABUUR.com on December 14, 2004.
Vic Greens set to complete Linux switch by year-end by Sam Varghese in the SMH on 6th August, 2003. Cached through Google.
Can't get work experience? Volunteer in IT, on Brainbox. Thursday, 7th August 2003.
ABC Feature on E-waste. Published November 6th, 2003.
The Age/SMH - Bring out your dead: By Graeme Philipson. March 19 2002 in the Next section cached through google. The article provides a table of recycling organisations in most states of Australia. It gets the Computerbank listings wrong some of the time.
Catalyst ABC - Techno Trash appeared on Thursday, 25th April 2002.
Bangladesh News - 26th May, 2002. Old PCs can give schools new life Computer Bank Australia.
Tech Soup. Old Computers Give New Life to the Mudgee Youth Cafe. February 25th 2002.
We have appeared in the Melbourne Times twice in 2002. Copies of the Melbourne Times Press are available in the office.
Work for the Dole Achievement Awards 2001
Ms Megabyte Feature on the today show in May 2001.
The Age/SMH - Charity PC recycler plans national spread, by Jennifer Foreshew. May 22, 2001.
The Prime Ministers Business Partnership Awards 2001. A Computerbank Australia case study about our partnership with BP Australia - Look under C to find Computerbank - the title of the casestudy is "Computers for everyone"
South Australia - in a newsletter - Article is called: How to get a computer without breaking the bank. It was published in the November 2001 newsletter of CISA.
Revealed: Why octogenarians love Mozilla , by Linda Harrison Posted: 24/08/2001 at 12:13 GMT on the Register at a response to the PC's for Kids vs Microsoft media.
The Age/SMH -The People's Revolution: By Eric Wilson. October 6 1998. Full article is captured in a mailing list archive online.
Cyber Junk's Second Life. Archived by Www.Recycles.Org. This article appeared in the Australian IT on August 7th, 2005.
Green Machines, an article about recycling computers. The Age. July 14. 2005.
The Buzz Radio Program, an interview by Geoff Tregenza of Computerbank Hunter and Computerbank NSW. Saturday 14 February 2004.
The Age: Kylie was nominated for an AUUG open source award for "outstanding contribution in making Linux widely available through the Computerbank Project". October 29, 2004.
The Age Q+A section in the Technology Resources Section.
Linux Thin Clients at the Footscray Library A Demonstration Low Cost Public Access Network by Computerbank Victoria (2004). This is a PDF file.
Rubbish to Riches by By Nick Galvin, November 13, 2004.
30 computers found for Zapotillo (Ecuador)! from NABUUR.com on December 14, 2004.
Vic Greens set to complete Linux switch by year-end by Sam Varghese in the SMH on 6th August, 2003. Cached through Google.
Can't get work experience? Volunteer in IT, on Brainbox. Thursday, 7th August 2003.
ABC Feature on E-waste. Published November 6th, 2003.
The Age/SMH - Bring out your dead: By Graeme Philipson. March 19 2002 in the Next section cached through google. The article provides a table of recycling organisations in most states of Australia. It gets the Computerbank listings wrong some of the time.
Catalyst ABC - Techno Trash appeared on Thursday, 25th April 2002.
Bangladesh News - 26th May, 2002. Old PCs can give schools new life Computer Bank Australia.
Tech Soup. Old Computers Give New Life to the Mudgee Youth Cafe. February 25th 2002.
We have appeared in the Melbourne Times twice in 2002. Copies of the Melbourne Times Press are available in the office.
Work for the Dole Achievement Awards 2001
Ms Megabyte Feature on the today show in May 2001.
The Age/SMH - Charity PC recycler plans national spread, by Jennifer Foreshew. May 22, 2001.
The Prime Ministers Business Partnership Awards 2001. A Computerbank Australia case study about our partnership with BP Australia - Look under C to find Computerbank - the title of the casestudy is "Computers for everyone"
South Australia - in a newsletter - Article is called: How to get a computer without breaking the bank. It was published in the November 2001 newsletter of CISA.
Revealed: Why octogenarians love Mozilla , by Linda Harrison Posted: 24/08/2001 at 12:13 GMT on the Register at a response to the PC's for Kids vs Microsoft media.
The Age/SMH -The People's Revolution: By Eric Wilson. October 6 1998. Full article is captured in a mailing list archive online.
-- From April 2015 snapshot via the wayback machine.
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