Melanie Nolan is a Professor of History at the Australian National University. Since 2008, she has been the Director of the National Centre of Biography and the General Editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Recovered Lives
Why don’t we know their names?
Melanie Nolan
8 March 2019
Introducing our collection of articles on Australian history’s missing women, in collaboration with the Australian Dictionary of Biography
Recovered Lives
The dressmaker who became Bondi’s elusive beachcomber
Melanie Nolan
8 March 2019
Ellen Peterson/Helen Packer/Madame Pacquer/“Bondi Mary” (1870–1941)
Books & arts
Missing in action
Melanie Nolan
14 March 2017
The Australian Dictionary of Biography is looking for help in filling the gaps where notable women should be
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