Australian Dictionary of Biography

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๐Ÿ“– Est. 1959 ๐Ÿ–‹ Based in the National Centre of Biography, Australian National University ๐Ÿ“ On Ngunnawal/Ngambri land https://adb.anu.edu.au https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb

women playing rugby
A man sits surrounded by marionettes
Picture of a person in colourful costume against a space-themed backdrop
Painting of Napoleonic War with text 'The Napoleonic Wars might seem worlds away from Australian history, but they did impact the colonies and its people in different ways'
Photo of a 19-year-old man. Text reads: 'Sumner Locke Elliott was a talented Australian writer'
Image of a woman in a pink and white dress with a pink fascinator on her head. The texts reads: 'Lady Paula Howard, fashionista & trans personality'
Four men in suits stand in front of a statue.
A group of people stand facing the camera
Picture of the UluแนŸu Statement from the Heart
A woman looking to the side. Image from the National Library of Australia.
Figure of a man with text overlaid: 'Beloved performer Peter Allen was open about his homosexuality as early as the 1970s.'
Man showing a camera to another man, woman and child
Lithograph of a scene of a frontier massacre.
Grayscale photo of a doctor
An old farm house with people sitting in front.
A video about ADB subjects connected to the ADB. We see a picture of the Mortlock Wing, then a photo of married couple John and Dorothy Mortlock. Other subjects shown are Ethel Cooper, whose war letters are in the library, and Paul McGuire, who donated naval books
A man developing a photograph
portrait of a woman wearing tie and coat
A woman smiling wearing a pearl necklace.
Three women lying on a beach reading.