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The Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU) to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's history.
The Dictionary of Australian Biography, published in 1949, is a reference work by Percival Serle containing information on notable people associated with Australian history. With approximately a thousand entries, the book took more than twenty years to complete.
Cover of Volume 1 of the Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians. The Dictionary of Western Australians and the related Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians are two multi-volume biographical dictionaries containing details of European and non-European settlement in Western Australia from the foundation of the Swan River Colony in 1829 until 1888.
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James Rutherford (Australian pioneer) (1827-1911) pastoralist adb Google Wiki; William Ruthven (Australian soldier) (1893-1970) soldier and politician adb Google Wiki; Sir Arthur Rutledge (1843-1917) preacher, barrister, politician and judge adb Google Wiki; Thomas Lloyd Forster Rutledge (1889-1958) soldier, grazier and politician adb Google Wiki
The Dictionary of Australasian Biography, sub-titled "Comprising Notices of Eminent Colonists From the Inauguration of Responsible Government Down to the Present Time." published in 1892, is a reference work by Philip Mennell containing information on notable Australian colonists and New Zealanders of the period 1855 to 1892.
John Donaghy (Australian politician) (1842-1894) businessman and politician adb Google Wiki; Colin Malcolm Donald (1910-1985) agricultural scientist adb Google Wiki; William Henry Donald (1875-1946) journalist, foreign correspondent and adviser adb Google Wiki; John Donaldson (1841-1896) pastoralist and politician adb Google Wiki
John Wheeler (Australian politician) (1853-1915) accountant, Orangeman and politician adb Google Wiki Horace William (Horatio) Wheelwright (1815-1865) hunter, naturalist and writer adb Google Wiki Arthur Wesley Wheen (1897-1971) soldier and librarian adb Google Wiki