Australian Dictionary of Biography

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The Australian Dictionary of Biography is a comprehensive national reference work that provides scholarly biographical entries on notable figures in Australian history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical dictionary
national biography project
reference work
academicPublisher Melbourne University Press NERFINISHED
affiliation Australian National University NERFINISHED
aim to document lives of significant Australians
to provide reliable biographical information
basedAt Australian National University NERFINISHED
contentType biographical entries
country Australia
coverage deceased Australians
notable figures in Australian history
discipline history
editorialBoard Australian historians
editorialOffice Australian National University NERFINISHED
editorialProcess peer-reviewed contributions
editorialStandard scholarly
firstVolumePublicationDate 1966
focus Australian history
genre biography
hasAbbreviation ADB NERFINISHED
hasFormat hardcover volumes
searchable online database
hasOnlineEdition true
inception 1957
isPartOf Australian National University scholarly projects
language English
location Canberra NERFINISHED
mediaType online
print
notableFor authoritative biographical reference on Australians
projectLaunch 1957
publisher MUP NERFINISHED
Melbourne University Press NERFINISHED
publisherType university press
regionCovered Australia NERFINISHED
scope national
targetAudience general readers
scholars
students
timePeriodCovered from European settlement to contemporary era
usesSources archival research
primary sources
secondary sources
website https://adb.anu.edu.au
workType multi-volume reference work

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Ralph Darling describedBySource Australian Dictionary of Biography
John Curtin describedBySource Australian Dictionary of Biography