This is the complete index to Volumes 1 through 12 of the ADB. Since
1962 the Australian Dictionary of Biography has been prepared by its
staff in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian
National University. It provides concise, informative and fascinating
descriptions of prominent men and women of this country who contributed
their vision and energies to a growing nation. Each entry is prepared by
a leading scholar. The subjects come from all walks of lifeandmdash;from
premiers, generals and bishops, through artists, actors and authors,
farmers, engineers and schoolteachers, to prostitutes, thieves and
murderers -providing a cross-section of Australian society. This
magnificent cumulative work continues to be a valuable and popular
reference tool for all libraries, large and small.