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Biography - Sir Raymond Edward Priestley - Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Australian Dictionary of Biography. Searches only the name field. Use double quotes to search for a phrase. Priestley, Sir Raymond Edward (1886–1974). This article was published in. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 11, (MUP), 1988. 1886-1974), by unknown photographer, 1938. University of Melbourne Archives, UMA/I/1950. Are included in appendices to Shackleton's The Heart of the Antarctic. 1914) treats graphically of the experience. In 1914-17 Priestley was adjutant to the Wireless Training Cent...
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Biography - Helga Josephine Zinnbauer - Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Australian Dictionary of Biography. Searches only the name field. Use double quotes to search for a phrase. Zinnbauer, Helga Josephine (1909–1980). This article was published in. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 16, (MUP), 2002. This is a shared entry with Alfred Freund- Zinnbauer. Library at the University of Adelaide. Completing the qualifying certificate of the Australian Institute of Librarians in 1946, she was to remain there until she retired in 1974. Zinnbauer as he now called hi...After...
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FAQs - Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Australian Dictionary of Biography. Searches only the name field. Use double quotes to search for a phrase. What is a dictionary of national biography? How did the Australian Dictionary of Biography start? Where is the ADB located and who pays for it? Who determines which subjects merit an entry in the ADB? What period does the Dictionary cover? Do you have to be an Australian to be in the ADB? Who is responsible for editing the ADB? Is the ADB available in hardcopy? Can I purchase a copy of the ADB?
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Biography - Henrietta Frances Drake-Brockman - Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Australian Dictionary of Biography. Searches only the name field. Use double quotes to search for a phrase. Drake-Brockman, Henrietta Frances (1901–1968). This article was published in. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 14, (MUP), 1996. This is a shared entry with Geoffrey Drake-Brockman. By Robert Hofmann, c1944. National Library of Australia, nla.pic-an2288471. Surveyor, and his wife Grace Vernon, née Bussell, both Western Australian born. E. A. Drake-Brockman. Employed in the Forests Departme...
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Browse by date of birth - Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Australian Dictionary of Biography. Searches only the name field. Use double quotes to search for a phrase. Browse by date of birth. 12786 matches · Page 1 of 256 · 1. Erédia, Manuel Godinho de. 1563–1623) Malay-Portuguese author. Quiros, Pedro Fernandez de. Houtman, Frederik de. 1571–1627) senior officer of the Dutch East India Company. 1591–1630) officer of the Dutch East India Co. 1598–1655) company official and mariner. Tasman, Abel Janszoon. 1651–1715) seaman and author. Marion Dufresne, Marc-Joseph.
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Biography - Daniel Mannix - Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Australian Dictionary of Biography. Searches only the name field. Use double quotes to search for a phrase. Mannix, Daniel (1864–1963). This article was published in. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 10, (MUP), 1986. 1864-1963), by unknown photographer, c1919. Australian War Memorial, P01383.001. Manual of Etiquette and Good Manners. In 1926 John Devoy was still condemning him to 'sackcloth and ashes'. He must have been desolated to be seen as a 'castle Catholic' but he had eschewed politic...
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Browse by date of death - Indigenous Australia
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Australian Dictionary of Biography. Searches only the name field. Use double quotes to search for a phrase. Browse by date of death. 285 matches · Page 1 of 6 · 1. 1759–1789) Aboriginal man. 1750–1802) Aboriginal warrior. 1764–1813) Aboriginal man. 1791–1816) Aboriginal guide. 1780–1825) Aboriginal resistance leader and tracker. 1800–1829) Aboriginal resistance leader. 1800–1830) Aboriginal tribesman. 1800–1831) Aboriginal leader. 1800–1831) Aboriginal guide. 1798–1832) Aboriginal leader. 1830–1901...
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Browse by name - Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Australian Dictionary of Biography. Searches only the name field. Use double quotes to search for a phrase. 15460 matches · Page 1 of 310 · 1. 1804–1877) medical practitioner. A B, Marramatta. See McGarvie, John. Abbie, Andrew Arthur. 1905–1976) anatomist and anthropologist. See Heighway, Freida Ruth. Abbott, Charles Lydiard Aubrey. 1886–1975) politician and administrator of the Northern Territory. 1766–1832) soldier and public servant. 1801–1869) politician and ‘aristologist’. Abbott, Hilda Gertrude.
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ADB comments - Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Australian Dictionary of Biography. Searches only the name field. Use double quotes to search for a phrase. What distinguished Australians are saying about the ADB in 2013. The Australian Dictionary of Biography. Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC. Chancellor, Australian National University. A mature nation needs a literary pantheon of inspiring and instructive life histories, a gallery of all the possibilities of being Australian. The Australian Dictionary of Biography. Professor Fiona Stanley AC.
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Biography - Stanley Holm Watson - Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Australian Dictionary of Biography. Searches only the name field. Use double quotes to search for a phrase. Watson, Stanley Holm (1887–1985). By Jean P. Fielding. This article was published in. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 12, (MUP), 1990. Continuously in the Somme area from March 1918, after the battle of Hamel in July Watson laid a system of cables almost to the front lines. General Sir John Monash. C E W Bean, The Story of Anzac. Vol 2 (Syd, 1924). J H Thyer, Royal Australian Corps of Si...
