Australian Dictionary of Biography

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The Australian Dictionary of Biography (also known as ADB or AuDB for short) is an Australian national biography . It contains the biographies of over 12,000 important and authoritative personalities for Australia (as of 2012), from politicians to bishops , artists , actors , authors , engineers to prostitutes , thieves and murderers .

This directory represents a cross-section of Australian society. It begins with the Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog (1580–1621) and currently ends with Alan Fraser Davies (1924–1987), a political scientist.

The ADB project started at the Australian National University in 1957 , and since then over 4,500 authors have contributed. A multi-volume, printed edition is available - but the biographies are also published online.

Hardback edition

The hardback edition was published by Melbourne University Press and currently consists of the following volumes:

  • Volumes 1 and 2 (published 1966–1967) describe people who lived in the period from 1788 to 1850.
  • Volumes 3 to 6 (published 1969–1976) cover the period from 1851 to 1890.
  • Volumes 7 to 12 (published 1979–1990) cover the period from 1891 to 1939.
  • Volumes 13 to 16 (published 1993–2002) cover the period from 1940 to 1980.
  • Volume 17 (published in 2007) deals with people who died between 1981 and 1990 and whose last names begin with A to K.
  • Volume 18 (published in 2012) deals with people who died between 1981 and 1990 and whose last names begin with L to Z.
  • An additional volume with all Australians not covered by the original editions was published in 2005.
  • An index for volumes 1 to 12 was published in 1991.

Online edition

On July 6, 2006, the Australian Dictionary of Biography Online was started by the Governor-General of Australia Michael Jeffery . In December 2006 she received the Manning Clark National Cultural Award. The ADB online edition was developed by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Center in conjunction with the Australian National University.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c About the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Accessed May 10, 2018 .
  2. ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press, July 24, 2008, archived from the original November 12, 2009 ; accessed on May 10, 2018 (English).
  3. ^ ADB Home - Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press, accessed May 10, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Winners of the CACS Awards 1994 to 2004 and the Manning Clark House National Cultural Awards since 2006: Previous years winners. Manning Clark House, archived from the original on May 27, 2013 ; accessed on May 10, 2018 (English).