Convict Lives: Biography in a Digital Age
On 20 July, the Australian Dictionary of Biography organised the 'Convict Lives: Biography in a Digital Age' Symposium aiming to bring together scholars studying convict Australia to explore the…
Connection to the ADB
ANU alumni Georgia Pike-Rowney (BA '07, PhD '17) discusses her long connection to the ANU. Her grandfather Douglas Pike was founding general editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography and now…
Biography Footnotes, no 23
The latest issue of National Centre of Biography's newsletter, Biography Footnotes is out now! Click here to read issue 23. Inside we farewell esteemed ADB colleagues, John Nethercote and…
Australian Journal of Biography and History, no 6
The 6th issue of the Australian Journal of Biography and History has been published and is now available for purchase and free download from ANU Press here. Edited by Jane Lydon, Zoe Laidlaw, and…
Biographical Dictionary of the House of Representatives
The NCB has just completed a major new joint historical project with the Department of the House of Representatives. The Biographical Dictionary of the House of Representatives project charts one of…
Australian Journal of Biography and History, no 5
The 5th issue of the Australian Journal of Biography and History has been published and is now available for purchase and free download from ANU Press here. Edited by Joshua Black and Stephen Wilks…
Life Sentences podcast
Of interest to NCB supporters Author, journalist, and former broadcaster Caroline Baum has created a new podcast ‘Life Sentences’ in which she talks to some of Australia’s best biographers. Both…