Wherever possible, factual statements in the articles in the Australian Dictionary of Biography have been checked using primary sources. Given the intricate nature of biographical research, however, mistakes do occur and the discovery of new source documents can invalidate statements previously accepted as true. As a reference work, the ADB must be accurate. The ADB staff therefore investigates errors and publishes corrections, both to the hard copy and online.
The ADB staff welcomes and will respond to constructive comments, questions and suggestions. If you believe that a factual statement in a biography is incorrect please contact the ADB staff via the Contact page. Please supply a fully referenced source to support your claim. If the claim relies on a document not on the public record (e.g. an extract from a privately held diary), please provide a copy. The ADB staff will then review the article and publish any necessary corrections.
If you wish to supply information about an ADB subject in addition to that recorded in her or his article, the ADB staff will place it on file for use by researchers and for reference should a revision of the article be contemplated in the future. Please include fully referenced sources and copies of documents not on the public record.
