Biography — Australian

Produced in 2007, these 3 CDROMs provide copies of the 6-volume Aldine histories set written by W. Frederic Morrison between 1888 and 1890 also held by the State Library NSW. They provide a history of Queensland, NSW & SA , extensive biographies and photographs and sketches of scenes and buildings.

(1) New South Wales (1365 pages) - Volume 1 comprises the history of NSW and includes topics such as the early explorers, geography, aborigines, flora and fauna, governors of NSW as well as the Constitution. Volume 2 has another four chapters which complete the history section. The biographical section, grouped by town, consists of nearly half of the whole set.

(2) Queensland (1083 pages) - includes chapters on Australian and Queensland history from the exploration of Australia through to the different districts of the colony of Queensland in 1888. It contains information on the different governors, the national constitution, interior exploration, resources, religious work, education, recreation, and 320 pages of biographies and photographs, grouped by towns.

(3) South Australia (1089 pages) - Volume 1 is divided into thirty-two chapters and covers topics including the early explorers, geography, aborigines, flora and fauna, education, religion, recreation, as well as primary and secondary resources, governors of SA and the Constitution. Volume 2 has one more chapter which concludes the history section. This is then followed by about 400 pages of biographies and 143 illustrations.

This is the online version of the multi-volume reference work. It contains authoritative biographical entries on over 10,000 significant Australians who died before 1980. It can be searched by name, gender, religion, cultural heritage, and occupation.

This is the online version of the multi-volume reference work. It contains authoritative biographical entries on over 10,000 significant Australians who died before 1980. It can be searched by name, gender, religion, cultural heritage, and occupation.

A database of over 3000 pioneer doctors from the 1700s through to 1875. The site covers Australian medical history with a database of medical pioneers and educational background material. It includes doctors who were registered or qualified in Australia, were resident in Australia, or visited here in a professional capacity, before 1875. Ships' surgeons, convict doctors, general practitioners and medical specialists are included.

This database contains over 627,000 article and book citations. It covers public figures, including actors, artists, business people, educators, military leaders, politicians, religious leaders, scientists, sports figures, statesmen, teachers, writers, etc.

A biographical and bibliographical database of more than 3000 Australian scientists with links to related articles and images. It includes scientists who were Australian by birth and those who undertook significant scientific work in Australia.

This online database provides information on Australian public and private companies including company activities, contact details, company directors, branches, subsidiaries, company websites, tradenames and agencies. The company information is fully searchable which allows you to locate information such as companies within specific industries, companies by region or see who sits on which boards.

Biographical information on the veterans of the American Civil War (1861-1865) who later settled in Australia and New Zealand.

The Dictionary of Australian Artists Online ( DAAO ) provides biographical data, contextual information, commentary and links to images on the topic of Australian artists.

The foundation data focuses predominantly on colonial artists; women artists to 1950; black and white artists; Aboriginal artists of the Western Desert and the Sydney region. However, the database is constantly being added to and currently there are about 7,659 biographies.

Set up by NSW University Library with the support of the Australian Research Council, this database also has the support of a number of public art galleries, universities and national/state libraries around Australia.

Published by Angus & Robertson in 1949, the Dictionary of Australian biography by Percival Serle contains 1030 biographies of Australians, or people closely connected with Australia, who died before the end of 1942.

Informit is the leading provider of online access to indexes and full text databases of Australasian scholarly research. A product of RMIT Publishing, databases can be divided into the following major subject areas: Agriculture, Arts, Asian, Business, Education, Engineering, Health, History, Indigenous, Law, Media, Reference, Sciences, Social Sciences and Technology.

This site provides information about the National Australia Day awards, Australians of the Year and celebrations.

Ozlife, produced by the National Library of Australia, is an index to Australian biographical articles and book reviews from major Australian newspapers and select journals. A complete list of newspaper and journal titles indexed in OzLife is available from the main Search/Browse screen.

Biographical information on 700 women who have stood for Parliament in New South Wales. Produced by the Australian Women's Archives Project

A browsable and searchable database of biographies of prominent Australians. It includes various categories like Nobel Prize Winners, Diplomats in Australia and more.