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Biography

Biography Collections

• Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition.
• Australian Directory Dates & Men at Findmypast - index & images ($)
• Genealogical Index To Australians and Other Expatriates In Papua New Guinea at Findmypast - index & images ($)
• Johns Notable Australians at Findmypast, ($), index.
• Biographical Database of Australia
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Biographical Index (ABI)
• Founders of Australia and their descendants, at FamilySearch, images.
• 1855-1892 The dictionary of Australasian biography : comprising notices of eminent colonists from the inauguration of responsible government down to the present time 1855-1892, at FamilySearch, images.
• 1906-1955 - Who's who in Australia: 1906, 1912, 1922, 1927, 1935, 1955 at FamilySearch.
  
• 1921-1950 Who’s Who in Australia, 1921-1950 at Ancestry, ($), index and images.

Biographies

• A biography is a history of a person’s life. In a biography you can read about a person's life. You may find an individual’s birth, marriage, and death information, and perhaps the names of the individual’s parents, children, or other family members.
• Some biographies have been gathered and published in a group. These are sometimes called biographical encyclopedias or biographical dictionaries. Often these collective biographies only include biographies of prominent citizens of Australia. Others feature biographies of specific groups of people, such as Aborigines.
• If a biography exists for one of your ancestors, you may be able to find a reference to it on the Internet. Search for "[family name] [name of locality]".

Family History Library

The Family History Library does not generally collect individual biographies, but they do have some collections. To find these, use the Place Search in the catalog under:

AUSTRALIA - BIOGRAPHY

Additional biographies may be located by adding the name of the state and or town to your search.

AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - BIOGRAPHY

AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN] - BIOGRAPHY

Australian encyclopedias may contain biographies. For more information, read the Encyclopedias and Dictionaries article.

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