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Dictionary of australian biography definition oxford

          About biographies​​ A biography is an account of a person's life, experiences and achievements..

          Australian English differs from other Englishes primarily in its accent and vocabulary.

        1. Australian English differs from other Englishes primarily in its accent and vocabulary.
        2. Biographical dictionaries.
        3. About biographies​​ A biography is an account of a person's life, experiences and achievements.
        4. It is the most comprehensive biographical reference work in the English language and includes (in May ) biographies of 58, people over two millennia.
        5. The National Centre was established in to extend the work of the Australian Dictionary of.

          6. Australian Dictionary of Biography

          Not to be confused with Dictionary of Australian Biography.

          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.

          Initially published by Melbourne University Press in a series of twelve hard-copy volumes between and , the dictionary has been published online since by the National Centre of Biography at ANU, which has also published Obituaries Australia (OA) since

          History

          The ADB project has been operating since ,[1] although preparation work had been made since about in the Australian National University.

          An index was formed that would be the ADB's basis. Pat Wardle was involved in this work and in time she too was in the ADB.[2] Staff are located at the National Centre of Biography in the History Department of the