ADB Working Parties
State, Commonwealth, Armed Services and Indigenous Working Parties draw up the 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
Ashley Elkins (co-chair)
Karl James (co-chair)
Peter Burness
Mark Lax
Philip Mulcare
Melanie Oppenheimer
Anthony Staunton
Alan Stephens
David Stevens
Craig Stockings
Commonwealth Working Party
David Lee (chair)
Frank Bongiorno
Nicholas Brown
Margy Burn
David Carment
Patricia Clarke
Bill Gammage
Bridget Griffen-Foley
Dale Middleby
Peter Stanley
Jill Waterhouse
First Nations Working Party
Stephen Kinnane (chair)
Julie Andrews
Lawrence Bamblett
Odette Best
Shauna Bostock
Brenda Croft
Linda Ford
Natalie Harkin
Shino Konishi
Greg Lehman
Jakelin Troy
John Whop
New South Wales Working Party
Bridget Griffen-Foley (chair)
John Carmody
Andy Carr
Chris Cunneen
Nancy Cushing
Mark Dunn
Barrie Dyster
Stephen Garton
Murray Goot
Glenn Mitchell
Andrew Moore
Alecia Simmonds
Robin Walsh
Oceania Working Party
Katerina Teaiwa (co-chair)
Kate Fullagar (co-chair)
Chris Ballard
Namila Benson
Dion Enari
Ruth Faleolo
Nic Halter
Innez Haua Lisa Hilli
Nicholas Hoare
Kari James
Kimberley Kruger
David Lakisa
Leah Lui-Chivizhe
Vicki Luker
Talei Luscia-Mangioni
Melinda Mann
Kirsten McGavin
Patricia O’Brien
Jioji Ravulo
Jonathan Ritchie
Rita Seumanutafa
Dulcie Stewart
Seini F. Taumoepeau
Deveni Temu
Emele Ugavale
Queensland Working Party
Geoff Ginn (chair)
Darryl Bennet (secretary)
Odette Best
Simon Farley
Ruth Kerr
Katie McConnel
Lyndon Megarrity
Brian Stevenson
South Australian Working Party
Catherine Kevin (chair)
Margaret Allen
Alessandro Antonello
Carolyn Collins
Tom Gara
Lauren Gobbett
Skye Krichauff
Anthony Laube
Bernard O'Neil
Judith Raftery
Paul Sendziuk
Jenny Stock
Bert Stock
Tasmanian Working Party
Kristyn Harman (chair)
Alison Alexander
Nick Brodie
Honey Dower
Ian Morrison
Anna Jacobs
Victorian Working Party
Carolyn Rasmussen (chair)
John Arnold
Richard Broome
Des Cowley
Nikki Heningham
Bob Murray
Liz Rushen
John Waugh
Fay Woodhouse
Western Australian Working Party
Deborah Gare (chair)
Toni Church
Lorraine Clarke
Kate Gregory
Lucy Hair
Darren Holden
Stephen Kinnane
Sue Lefroy
Jane Lydon
Annemarie McLaren
Helen Munt
Michael Nind
Samantha Owen
Paul Arthur
Bruce Baskerville
Bri McKenzie
Leigh Straw
Women's Working Party
Melanie Oppenheimer (co-chair)
Karen Fox (co-chair)
Michelle Arrow
Cath Bishop
Kiera Donnelly
Nikki Henningham
Grace Karskens
James Keating
Catherine Kevin
Kiera Lindsay
Samantha Owen
Yves Rees
Kim Rubenstein
Penny Russell
Michelle Staff
Rebe Taylor
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