Melbourne Cup
You can read an essay about the running of the first Melbourne Cup, as well as entries on Etienne de Mestre whose horse Archer won the race, and Victorian governor Sir Henry Barkly who presented de…
Albert (Tibby) Cotter and the Battle of Beersheba, 1917
Champion cricketer Albert (Tibby) Cotter was one of the Australian soldiers who lost their life during the Battle of Beersheba on 31 October 1917. We have his story in the Australian Dictionary of…
Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography
Read ADB managing editor Malcolm Allbrook’s article about our exciting and timely new project, the Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography, in the online journal The Conversation. You can help…
Obituaries for Anne Deveson and Georgia Blain
Read the recently added obituaries for broadcaster, writer, filmmaker and social commentator Anne Deveson and her equally brilliant daughter the writer Georgia Blain in Obituaries Australia.…
Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography: Stories Waiting to be Told
The Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography project, along with a Support program for refugee students, are the focus of this year’s ANU Giving Day. Watch a short video about the IADB, and…
Phillip Playford's obituary added to Obituaries Australia
Read two obituaries for Phillip Playford, an outstanding Western Australian geologist, who died in July this year. Playford also took an interest in the shipwreck of the Zuytdorp off the Western…
Life Sentences - Detecting Deceivers
The latest edition of the ANU Reporter contains an article by ADB editor, Dr Nicole McLennan, about some of the infamous fraudsters, quacks, confidence artists, hustlers and double–dealers in the…