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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.
This list is from the Australian public domain Dictionary of Australian Biography, courtesy of Project Gutenberg Australia.This list includes pseudonyms, maiden names, and other long names that might not be the persons most common name.
Benjamin Singleton (Australian settler) (1788-1853) settler and miller adb Google Wiki; John Singleton (physician) (1808-1891) physician and philanthropist adb Google Wiki; Frederick Sinnett (1830-1866) journalist and literary critic adb Google Wiki; Barbara Sisley (1878-1945) teacher of speech and drama adb Google Wiki
Walter Adams (Australian politician) (1830-1892) businessman, sugar planter and politician adb Google Wiki Amy Hannah Adamson (1893-1963) headmistress adb Google Wiki David Beveridge Adamson (1823-1891) wheelwright, carpenter and astronomer adb Google Wiki
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
According to the ANU, yakka means hard work – or strenuous labor. The word was first derived from “yaga,” which means “work” in the Yagara language – the traditional language of the ...
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