49 new ADB entries have been added for those who died in 1996
49 new entries for people who died in 1996 have been added to the Australian Dictionary of Biography website. They include playwright Betty Roland, environmentalist Milo Dunphy, opera singer Dame…
ADB vol 19 launched
Volume 19 of the Australian Dictionary of Biography, produced by the National Centre of Biography and published by ANU Press, was launched by ANU Chancellor The Hon. Julie Bishop on 9 March 2021. The…
ADB video
Professor Melanie Nolan, General Editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography, discusses the achievements of the ADB over the last 50 years and its current developments. [Click on the…
Australian Journal of Biography and History, no 4
The fourth issue of the Australian Journal of Biography and History has just been published by the National Centre of Biography and ANU Press. Each of the articles uses biography to illustrate…
Born on this Day
Check out Nicole McLennan’s article in the latest edition of the ANU Reporter in which she shows how to search the Australian Dictionary of Biography for people born on a particular day.
'True Biographies of Nations?'
Check out the NCB’s latest publication, ‘True Biographies of Nation?’: The Cultural Journeys of Dictionaries of National Biography edited by Karen Fox. The book brings together practitioners from…
61 new entries added to the Australian Dictionary of Biography
61 new entries for people who died in 1995 have been added to the Australian Dictionary of Biography website. They include ABC broadcaster Andrew Olle, disability activist, Genni Batterham,…