Australian Dictionary Of Biography (Complete in 20 volumes)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: reprs.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Excellent
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Volumes 1-18, 1788-1990; Index 1788-1939; Supplement 1580-1980. Corrigenda and addenda leaves loosely inserted in most volumes.
The "Australian Dictionary of Biography" stands as the definitive reference work in Australian biographical scholarship, a monumental twenty-volume set published by Melbourne University Press that chronicles the lives of over 12,000 significant Australians from European settlement in 1788 through to 1990. Produced under the auspices of the Australian National University and edited by successive generations of leading historians including Douglas Pike, Bede Nairn, Geoffrey Serle, and John Ritchie, each volume presents concise, authoritative entries drawn from primary sources and contributed by more than 4,000 specialist scholars. The set spans four chronological periods, covering 1788 to 1850, 1851 to 1890, 1891 to 1939, and 1940 to 1990, and documents figures drawn from every stratum of Australian society, from governors, premiers, and military commanders to artists, engineers, clergy, and criminals. A cumulative index volume and a supplement volume round out the set, making it an indispensable tool for historians, genealogists, librarians, and anyone engaged in serious research into Australian history.
Author: -
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Melbourne University Press
Genre: Biography
Edition: reprs.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Excellent
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Volumes 1-18, 1788-1990; Index 1788-1939; Supplement 1580-1980. Corrigenda and addenda leaves loosely inserted in most volumes.
The "Australian Dictionary of Biography" stands as the definitive reference work in Australian biographical scholarship, a monumental twenty-volume set published by Melbourne University Press that chronicles the lives of over 12,000 significant Australians from European settlement in 1788 through to 1990. Produced under the auspices of the Australian National University and edited by successive generations of leading historians including Douglas Pike, Bede Nairn, Geoffrey Serle, and John Ritchie, each volume presents concise, authoritative entries drawn from primary sources and contributed by more than 4,000 specialist scholars. The set spans four chronological periods, covering 1788 to 1850, 1851 to 1890, 1891 to 1939, and 1940 to 1990, and documents figures drawn from every stratum of Australian society, from governors, premiers, and military commanders to artists, engineers, clergy, and criminals. A cumulative index volume and a supplement volume round out the set, making it an indispensable tool for historians, genealogists, librarians, and anyone engaged in serious research into Australian history.