As its name suggests, it was a more technical publication for hobbyists, but it also featured articles on television, optics, music and aviation.
During these years numerous how-to-build articles on high fidelity audio, amateur radio and even electronic organs and television sets were published.
Under newly installed editor Graham Cattley, a change of name to Electronics Australia Today in April 2001 spelt the death knell.
[5] The last issue with Electronics Australia as the main title was published March 2000.
Silicon Chip have not released back issues on CD as they have done with Wireless Weekly and Radio TV&Hobbies due to not having contracts with most of the freelance article contributors over the years, who technically still own copyright on their respective articles and construction projects.