Volumes
To date, the ADB has produced eighteen volumes of biographical articles on important and representative figures in Australian history, published by Melbourne University Publishing.
- Volumes 1 and 2 (published in 1966–67) covered subjects who lived in the period 1788–1850
- Volumes 3 to 6 (published in 1969–76) dealt with the period 1851–1890
- Volumes 7 to 12 (published in 1979–90) dealt with the period 1891–1939
- Volumes 13 to 16 (published in 1993–2002) dealt with the period 1940–1980
- Volumes 17 (published in 2007) dealt with those who died between 1981 and 1990 with surnames beginning with A to K.
- Volume 18 will cover people who died between 1981 and 1990 with surnames beginning with L to Z, and will be published in 2012.
- A Supplementary volume of Australians not covered by the original volumes was released in 2005.
- An index to Volumes 1 to 12 was published in 1991.
In addition to publishing these works, the ADB makes its primary research material available to the academic community and the public.
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