Dictionary Of Australian Biography

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. Published by Angus and Robertson, the dictionary was compiled as two volumes, Volume 1: A–K; and Volume 2: L–Z.

The book contains 1,030 biographies of Australians, or people who were closely connected with Australia, who died before the end of 1942. According to Serle in his preface:

Format

The average length of the biographies is about 640 words. Serle classified them roughly into the following twelve groups:

Of the above profiles, the number of women included was 42 or 4 percent of the biographies. Forty-seven percent of those included in the book were born in England, 27 percent in Australia, 12 percent Scotland, 8 percent Ireland, 1 percent Wales and remaining 5 percent were from the rest of the world which included twelve from the United States, nine from Germany, and six from New Zealand.

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See also

Prior to its publication similar Australian reference works included:
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* Later editions were published as ''Who's Who in Australia''.
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Subsequently, other Australian biographical dictionaries have been released including the ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'' from 1966 and ''Who's Who in Australia''.

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1949 non-fiction books
ALS Gold Medal–winning works
Reference works in the public domain
Australian Biography, Dictionary of
Angus & Robertson books