Biography Footnotes
Read the latest issue of the National Centre of Biography's newsletter, Biography Footnotes. In it you will find an obituary for the ADB’s great friend Jill Roe, as well a review of her recent book…
Special NCB Event
Professor Elleke Boehmer will join us on 21 February to talk about Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), first president of democratic South Africa, as a world life–a national leader whose life also had global…
Michael Chamberlain obituary
Read Michael Chamberlain's obituary in Obituaries Australia and the Australian Dictionary of Biography entry for his daughter, Azaria.
'Psychology, Biography and History' workshop
The NCB is hosting a workshop for staff, students and members of the public interested in exploring the relationship of psychology, biography and history. The workshop will be lead by historians,…
NCB Conference - True Biographies of Nations? Exploring the Cultural Journeys of Dictionaries of National Biography
The NCB is hosting an international conference, exploring the cultural journeys of dictionaries of national biography, at the National Library of Australia on 1-2 July 2016. At 5pm at University…
80 new entries added to Australian Dictionary of Biography
What do Eddie Mabo, Sidney Nolan, Lang Hancock and Peter Allen have in common? They've all been added to the Australian Dictionary of Biography. In its 50th anniversary year, the Australian…
Biography Workshop
Biography WorkshopDate: 24th March 2016Venue: Seminar Room A, Coombs Building, ANUTime: 12.00-1.30 pm Dr Chris Wallace will consider doctoral studies as a crucible for change in the memoirs of…