Biography Footnotes 25
Author/editor: Staff, M.
Year published: 2024
In the twenty-fifth issue of Biography Footnotes we showcase the remarkable array of activities undertaken at the National Centre of Biography this year, from an NCB-sponsored masterclass at the Canberra Writers' Festival to a two-day workshop on intellectual biography. We celebrate the successes…
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Biography Footnotes 24
Author/editor: Gallagher, E.
Year published: 2023
Inside we celebrate the launch of The Quest for Indigenous Recognition and mark the beginning of a new chapter for the Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography. We also celebrate the publication of Melanie Nolan’s Biography: An Historiography, Stephen Wilk’s ‘Order, Order!’, and a new special…
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Biography Footnotes 23
Author/editor: Donnelly, K.
Year published: 2022
The National Centre of Biography farewells esteemed ADB colleagues, John Nethercote and Spencer Routh, who died during the year. Graeme Davison launches Alan Atkinson’s book, Elizabeth and John: The Macarthurs of Elizabeth Farm. ADB stalwart Bev Kingston is awarded the ADB Medal, and Chris Cunneen…
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Biography Footnotes 22
Author/editor: Donnelly, K.
Year published: 2021
The National Centre of Biography farewells three long-time ADB colleagues, Gail Clements, Peter Howell and Wendy Birman, who died during the year. Jack Waterford launches the latest edition of the Australian Journal of Biography and History; Melanie Nolan introduces us to the new ADB Editorial…
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Biography Footnotes 21
Author/editor: Donnelly, K.
Year published: 2020
Inside we farewell David Horner, longtime chair and section editor of the ADB’s Armed Services Working Party, member of the Editorial Board, and ADB author. You can read reports from the Indigenous and Oceania Working Parties, as well as updates on the House of Representatives, and Colonial Women…
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Biography Footnotes 19
Author/editor: Fernon, C.
Year published: 2019
Sadly the ADB records the death of many of its friends during the last year. The newsletter features obituaries for Les Hetherington, Barry McGowan, Brian Fletcher, John Molony, and Helen Jones. In other news, Stephen Wilks reports on a pilot project ‘The Dictionary of the House of Representatives…
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Biography Footnotes 20
Author/editor: Fernon, C.
Year published: 2019
It is with sadness that we report the death, in July, of the Australian Dictionary of Biography’s first employee, Ann Moyal. We have included Ann’s report of her 1959 road trip taken around the country to drum up support for the Dictionary. You can also read Barry Jones’s reflective ‘Introduction…
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