Australian Dictionary of Biography

09/09/2026

Who Am I? 🤔📘

📷 National Library of Australia

07/09/2026

: the last known Thylacine died at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart.

📷 National Museum of Australia + Libraries Tasmania

02/09/2026

Who Am I? 🤔

ABC Canberra

01/09/2026

Spring has sprung! 🌷

1 September is known as Wattle Day. Check out the ADB to learn about some of the people from its history.

📷 Trove + State Library of Queensland

26/08/2026

Who Am I? Children's Book Week edition 📚

📷 The State Library of New South Wales



The Children's Book Council of Australia Children's Book Council of Australia ACT Branch ABC Canberra

25/08/2026

The next Writing Lives book talk is coming up! Join us to hear Dr Ann-Marie Priest in conversation with Dr Susan Lever about the correspondence of Gwen Harwood and Larry Sitsky. Registration is free, see below for details 👇

🗓️ Tuesday 1 September
🕐 6-7pm
📍 Fellows Bar & Cafe, University House, ANU

https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb/events/fiery-tales-correspondence-gwen-harwood-and-larry-sitsky

25/08/2026

The ADB's Dr Michelle Staff will be talking about her biographical research on the Australian feminist Bessie Rischbieth at History House in Sydney next Wednesday! Also streamed online, see below for details 👇

RAHS Day Lecture – Discovering Bessie Rischbieth - Royal Australian Historical Society

24/08/2026

It's Children's Book Week! 📚🎉

To celebrate we're spotlighting the creators behind some of the best-known children's characters from Australian literature

📷 National Archives of Australia, The State Library of New South Wales + National Gallery of Victoria


The Children's Book Council of Australia Children's Book Council of Australia ACT Branch

19/08/2026

Time for another Who Am I? Wednesday! 🧐

📷 National Library of Australia

ABC Canberra

18/08/2026

It's National Science Week & to celebrate we're taking a look at the life of botanist Lawrie Johnson 🌱

Read all about him in the Australian Dictionary of Biography

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/johnson-lawrence-alexander-sidney-lawrie-34966

📷 Botanic Gardens of Sydney

National Science Week