Australian dictionary of biography volume 1728
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Australian dictionary of biography volume 1728
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Period: 1788-1850
Names: I-Z
General Editor: Douglas Pike
Published in hardcopy 1967
Preface
This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the second of two for the period 1788-1850.
Four volumes are planned for the period 1851-1890 and probably six for the period 1891-1939. The chronological division was designed to simplify production, for some six thousand articles are likely to be included. A general index volume will be prepared when the three sections are completed.
Meanwhile a provisional list of names proposed for inclusion in the 1851-1890 period has been prepared; free copies of this temporary guide are available from the Dictionary office.
The placing of each individual's name in the appropriate section has been generally determined by when he did his most important work (floruit).
For articles that overlap the chronological division, preference has usually been given to the earlier period, although all the