This paper investigates the development of courses in computing and use of computers in education in universities (from the 1930s) and schools (from the 1970s) in Victoria, Australia. The paper describes the significant events of the era and investigates the relationship between the development of courses in the universities and the more vocationally oriented Colleges of Advanced Education (CAE): did one follow from the other? It also investigates the extent of the influence of the universities and CAEs on school computing.