Life Sentences

From 2009 to 2018, NCB staff contributed a column called 'Life Sentences' to the ANU Reporter. The columns discussed people and themes in the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its companion websites Obituaries Australia and People Australia.

Brian Wimborne, 'The Father of Australian Music', ANU Reporter, vol 49, no 2, Winter 2018, pp 62-63

Malcolm Allbrook, 'Neither Beaten nor Bowed', ANU Reporter, vol 49, no 1, Autumn 2018, pp 58-59

Samuel Furphy, 'Protector of Aborigines', ANU Reporter, vol 48, no 4, Summer 2017, pp 64-65

Nicole McLennan, 'Deceivers in the Australian Dictionary of Biography', ANU Reporter, vol 48, no 3, Spring 2017, p 58

Karen Fox, 'Stories of Heroism in the Australian Dictionary of Biography', ANU Reporter, vol 48, no 2, Winter 2017, p 64

Melanie Nolan, 'It's time to update an important register of eminent people in Australia's history', ANU Reporter, vol 48, no 1, Autumn 2017, p 60

Brian Wimborne, 'The nation’s first leader was Edmund Barton but it might easily have been otherwise', ANU Reporter, vol 47, no 4, Summer 2016, p 62

Nicole McLennan, 'In the early 20th century, one couple broke new ground and became global Australian musical stars', ANU Reporter, vol 47, no 3, Spring 2016, p 60

Malcolm Allbrook, 'Sunken Canberra: As Canberra grew into its role as Australia's capital, the centrepiece of Walter Burley Griffin's masterplan hid large parts of the city's past', ANU Reporter, vol 47, no 2, Winter 2016, p 60

Melanie Nolan, 'One Canberra family name has had a remarkable impact on a number of aspects of the capital', ANU Reporter, vol 47, no 1, Autumn 2016, p 60

Samuel Furphy, 'Canberra's Seven Dwarfs: The stories of seven nation-shaping public servants', ANU Reporter, vol 46, no 4, Summer 2015, p 60

Nicole McLennan, 'Australia's Rabbits', ANU Reporter, vol 46, no 3, Spring 2015, p 60

Malcolm Allbrook, 'Canberra's oldest church', ANU Reporter, vol 46, no 2, Winter 2015, p 60

Melanie Nolan, 'A tale of two mothers', ANU Reporter, vol 46, no 1, Autumn  2015, p 60

Samuel Furphy, 'Indigenous soldiers of the Great War', ANU Reporter, vol 45, no 3, Spring 2014, p 60

Karen Fox, 'The change in your pocket', ANU Reporter, vol 45, no 2, Winter 2014, p 60

Samuel Furphy, 'The Melbourne Cup', ANU Reporter, Spring 2010

Christine Fernon, 'Australia's Great Book Collectors', ANU Reporter, Winter 2010

Brian Wimborne, 'Howard Florey', ANU Reporter, Summer 2010

Pam Crichton, 'Three gentlemen', ANU Reporter, Spring 2009, p 8

Barbara Dawson, 'Public Art at the ANU', ANU Reporter, Winter, 2009, p 7

Melanie Nolan, 'ADB Lives in Mortar at ANU', ANU Reporter, Autumn 2009, p 8

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