Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography
This project seeks to add the stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to the ADB to redress an imbalance and make it more reflective of Australian history.
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Apma, Undelya (Minnie)
(1909–1990)
Arrernte woman and domestic servant
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Arabanoo
(1759–1789)
Aboriginal leader
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Ballandella
(1831–1863)
stolen child
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Barlow, Billy
(1825–1860)
Gubbi Gubbi headman and resistance leader
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Behrendt, Paul Arthur
(1939–2006)
radio operator, oral historian, and academic
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Bellear, Lisa
(1961–2006)
Indigenous activist, photographer, and radio broadcaster
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Blackman, Thomas Henry
(1843–1920)
rural labourer, farmer, and bushrangers’ associate
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Bogan, Billy
(1860–1900)
tracker and fugitive
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Bohemia, Jack Nyibayarri
(1903–1994)
Gooniyandi cultural leader and police tracker
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Brice, Annie
(1849–1931)
domestic servant
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Brooks, Walter Woodman (Jacky)
(1906–1968)
rugby league footballer
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Bugg, Charlotte
(1813–1861)
Birrpai matriarch
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Bugg, Mary Ann
(1834–1905)
Birrpai warrior and bushranger’s wife
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Bungarie, John
(1829–1854)
native police officer
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Bussamarai
(1795–1852)
Aboriginal resistance leader
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Carter, Roland Wenzel
(1892–1960)
soldier and community leader
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Chaseland, Tommy
(1800–1869)
sealer, whaler, and expatriate
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Cook, Sydney James
(1937–1983)
state ward and union organiser
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Coomindah, Mary Ann
(1865–1929)
gdanja (herbalist), healer, and domestic servant
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Cooper, Lynch
(1906–1971)
Yorta Yorta man, professional runner, and house painter
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Croft, Joseph (Joe)
(1925–1996)
surveyor and public servant
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Crow, Jim
(1825–1884)
guide, host, and symbolic figure
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Dalaipi
(1795–1863)
headman, orator, rainmaker, guide, philosopher, and mediator
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Daniels, Dexter
(1936–1999)
union organiser and political activist
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Dennison, Charles (Charlie)
(1846–1956)
stockman, horse whisperer, and cultural man
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Djimongurr
(1910–1969)
cultural storyteller, marrkidjbu (healer), and rock art artist
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Ferguson, Isobelle Mary
(1926–2019)
nurse and activist
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Field, Mary
(1816–1928)
Birrbay matriarch
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Foley, Shirley
(1938–2000)
Badtjala (Butchulla) woman and Senior Traditional Owner
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Fraser, Yoolya/Fulgentius
(1899–1967)
evangelist, drover and stockman
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George, Tommy (TG)
(1928–2016)
Kuku Thaypan speaker, knowledge holder, and teacher
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Gida
(1849–1899)
mamus (chief) and Wild Australia Show performer
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Giles, Biddy/Biyarung
(1810–1888)
Dharawal woman and cultural leader
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Hanley, Kitty (Kate)
(1845–1917)
Wiradjuri matriarch and midwife
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Hippai, Peter
(1835–1904)
stockman and cultural custodian
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Irwin, William Allan
(1878–1918)
shearer and soldier
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Ivaritji
(1849–1929)
Kaurna elder, Kaurna language speaker, and weaver
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Jaminji, Paddy
(1912–1996)
artist
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Jungarrayi, Gwoja
(1895–1965)
urrempel (ceremony) man, entrepreneur, and iconic figure
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Kabirriki, Nipper
(1910–1987)
research collaborator
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Kudajarnd
(1845–1905)
elder, senior law man, and Wild Australia Show performer
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Kudnarto
(1832–1855)
Kaurna and Ngadjuri landholder
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Kurringy
(1798–1870)
Aboriginal resistance leader, sailor, and sealer
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Lester, Nellie
(1924–1989)
nurse
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Little, James Kunkus
(1911–1972)
entertainer and gum leaf band player
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Little, Jimmy
(1937–2012)
singer, musician, and philanthropist
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Luther, Maurice Jupurrurla
(1945–1985)
Warlpiri community leader
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Macquarie, Alice
(1842–?)
domestic servant
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Macquarie, Elizabeth
(1846–1923)
domestic servant
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Macquarie, Mary Evans
(1834–1917)
midwife