ADB Working Parties

State, Commonwealth, Armed Services and Indigenous Working Parties draw up the various lists of individuals selected for inclusion in the ADB and give advice on appropriate authors. The Working Parties consist of scholars and experts in many fields. Few noteworthy figures from Australian history escape their net.

Armed Services Working Party

David Horner (chair)
Peter Burness
John Coates
Mark Lax
John McCarthy
Philip Mulcare
Melanie Oppenheimer
Anthony Staunton
Alan Stephens
David Stevens
Craig Stockings
A. J. Sweeting

Commonwealth Working Party

Nicholas Brown (chair)
David Carment
Patricia Clarke
John Farquharson
Bill Gammage
Emma Jolley
David Lee
John Nethercote
Graeme Powell
Libby Robin
Peter Stanley
John Thompson
Jill Waterhouse

Indigenous Working Party

Aileen Blackburn
Nicholas Brown
Samantha Faulkner
Sino Konishi
Peter Read
Kaye Price

New South Wales Working Party

Beverley Kingston (chair)
John Carmody
Chris Cunneen
Ross Curnow
Nancy Cushing
Barrie Dyster
Stephen Garton
Bridget Griffen-Foley
Murray Goot
John Kennedy McLaughlin
Glenn Mitchell
Andrew Moore
Jill Roe
Regina Sutton
Alan Ventress
Linda West

Queensland Working Party

Patrick Buckridge (chair)
Darryl Bennet
Betty Cosgrove
Manfred Cross
Mark Cryle
Kay Ferres
Maurice French 
Geoff Ginn
Jennifer Harrison
Dale Kerwin
Belinda McKay
Spencer Routh
Joanne Scott
Brian Stevenson

South Australian Working Party

Peter Howell (chair)
Margaret Allen
Roger André
Ron Gibbs
David Hilliard
Helen Jones
Judith Raftery
Jenny Tilby Stock
Pat Stretton

Tasmanian Working Party

Michael Roe (chair)
Peter Chapman
Shirley Eldershaw
Margaret Glover
Elizabeth McLeod
John Morris
Stefan Petrow

Victorian Working Party

David Dunstan (chair)
John Arnold
Bain Attwood
Richard Broome
Mimi Colligan
Des Cowley
Margaret Fitzherbert
Nikki Heningham
John Lack
Peter Love
David Merrett
Bob Murray
Carolyn Rasmussen
Paul Strangio
John Waugh

Western Australian Working Party

Geoff Bolton (chair)
Wendy Birman
David Black
Michal Bosworth
Geraldine Byrne
Charlie Fox
Sue Graham-Taylor
Jenny Gregory
Lenore Layman
John McIlwraith
Jenny Mills
Clement Mulcahy
Bobbie Oliver
Jan Ryan
Tom Stannage