Mark Robison, of Sebastopol, pleaded guilty to knowingly possessing child pornography at Ballarat Magistrates Court in April.
Magistrate Kay Robertson yesterday convicted and sentenced him to an 18-month community-based order with 120 hours of unpaid community work.
Ms Robertson described the offence as very serious but told Robison he was not a hardcore child pornography user.
Police seized the computer after searching Robison's home on June 19, 2007.
The court had earlier heard Robison's daughter downloaded a type of software allowing networking
with other computer users.
Robison then searched for items including pornography but he did not know they would be saved.
In sentencing, Ms Robertson took into account Robison's guilty plea, his co-operation with police and the small number of files on the computer.
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