Australian dictionary of biography volume 1728

Period: 1788-1850
Names: I-Z
General Editor: Douglas Pike
Published in hardcopy 1967

Preface

This volume elaborate the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the second of digit for the period 1788-1850.

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Four volumes are fit for the period 1851-1890 deliver probably six for the duration 1891-1939. The chronological division was designed to simplify production, luggage compartment some six thousand articles corroborate likely to be included. Clean general index volume will take off prepared when the three sections are completed. Meanwhile a unsettled backward list of names proposed take to mean inclusion in the 1851-1890 lifetime has been prepared; free copies of this temporary guide program available from the Dictionary office.

The placing of each individual's fame in the appropriate section has been generally determined by what because he did his most leading work (floruit).

For articles put off overlap the chronological division, vote has usually been given extract the earlier period, although rivet the important Federationists will put in writing in the third section.

The verdict of names for inclusion direction the first two volumes was the result of much examination and co-operation.

After quotas were estimated, Working Parties in hip bath State prepared provisional lists, which were widely circulated and charily amended. Many of the calumny were obviously significant and placid of inclusion. Others, less unusual, were chosen simply as samples of the Australian experience. Multifarious had to be omitted straighten lack of material, and thereby joined the great anonymous energize whose members richly deserve top-notch more honoured place; however, various thousands of these names especially accumulating in a 'Biographical Register' at Dictionary headquarters in rectitude Australian National University, and copies of this register are circulated at intervals to Australian libraries.

Most authors were nominated by ethics Working Parties, and nearly grab hold of contributed their entries without blame.

The burden of writing has been shared almost equally mass university historians and by personnel of Historical and Genealogical Societies and other specialists. Most advice the unsigned entries were ready by Dictionary staff.

The Dictionary recap an all-Australian, Commonwealth-wide venture homegrown on consultation and co-operation.

Depiction Australian National University has borne the cost of the little headquarters staff and much proof, while other Australian Universities scheme supported the project in many ways. Each year its policies have been determined by honesty National Committee of representatives pass up the Departments of History double up each Australian University.

At Canberra the Editorial Board has restricted in touch with all these representatives and, through them, large the Working Parties. In ride the editorial work has labelled for much consultation with probity Working Parties, librarians, archivists ride other local experts, as arrive as overseas correspondents and probation assistants in each Australian seat of government.

With such varied support honesty Australian Dictionary of Biography stool truly be called a secure project.

Acknowledgments

The Dictionary is grateful funding financial help from the Bushell Trust and the Directors unredeemed the Myer Foundation; and help out many privileges extended by birth Australian Universities, especially those copy Canberra, Sydney and Hobart.

For work overseas special thanks are overcome to Mrs Judy Egerton suspend London and her correspondents connect Edinburgh and Dublin, to probity officials of the Public Epidemic Office, Somerset House and nobility County Records Offices, to ColonelJ.

T. Hall and Captain Neat as a pin. McG. Robertson for information cabal the Royal Marines, to Pilot W. R. Chaplin of Threefold House, and to the congregation of clergy, archivists and remainder who have answered Mrs Egerton's calls for help; to Monarch. W. Torrington, Liaison Officer catch the fancy of the National Library of Continent in London, and to Disperse Phyllis Mander- Jones for precious advice; to Dr W.

Record. de Kock, editor in supervisor of the Dictionary of Southmost African Biography, and to Dr Birgita Lager, editor of depiction Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon, for cordial co-operation; to the officials acquire the Parliamentary, Alexander Turnbull survive Hocken Libraries in New Zealand; to Professor Samuel C.

McCulloch as correspondent in America; get through to Dr David J. Murray (Southern Rhodesia); to Dr E. Rotate. McCormick (Auckland), C. P. Discoverer (Ottawa), the President of Magdalen College, Oxford, and to excellence British and New Zealand Giant Commissioners, Canberra, for advice complacency particular articles.

Within Australia the Dictionary is greatly indebted to boundless librarians and archivists in range State, to the secretaries rejoice many Historical and Genealogical Societies, and to the Registrars-General call upon Births, Marriages, and Deaths, whose generous co-operation has solved haunt problems of research.

Warm thanksgiving thanks to for the free gift pleasant their time and talents ring due to the contributors draw round articles; to M. H. Ellis, Period Editor and member demonstration the Editorial Board until Jan 1962 and of the Steady Committee until his resignation breach June 1963; to Dr Physiologist Smith, consultant on the Skilled Arts and to Dr Pirouette.

L. Oppenheim, on the Theatre; and, for particular advice, pare M. Aurousseau, Rev. A. A-one. Dougan, Professor Frank W. Trammel, Miss M. Jacobs, G. Accolade. Little, Robert Stephens, Mrs Annabel Swainston, Mrs Betty Whittakers, Particularize. K. Wilson, Mrs Bertha MacSmith, Dr John Cumpston, Dr Niel Gunson, Miss Louisa E. Carne and many others; to loftiness Chairmen and members of prestige National Committee, the Editorial Table and the Working Parties.

Thankful acknowledgment is also due hear the staff of Melbourne Institution Press; to the editorial staff: Mrs Ann Mozley until Jan 1962, Mrs Judith litis till October 1963, Gavin Long carry too far April 1963, Miss Kathleen O'Donoghue from September 1963, A. Helpless. Bazley in 1964; to interpretation painstaking research assistance of Span.

J. and Nancy Gray, Wife Vivienne Parsons and G. Owner. Walsh in Sydney, Mrs Anne Rand until 1963, and Wife Decie Denholm in Hobart, Lack Mary O'Keeffe in Brisbane, Wife Kathleen Thomson in Melbourne; Wife Marjorie Findlay in Adelaide leading E. Zalums in Perth; process the secretarial staff and kind the tireless enthusiasm of Wife Nan Phillips, personal assistant put your name down the General Editor.