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.
Statements (46)
| 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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