biography.senate.gov.auThe Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate

| Home By Party Affiliation By State/Territory represented Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia By years of service By Senate office held Presidents of the Senate Chairmen of Committees in the Senate Leaders of the Government in the Senate Leaders of the Opposition in the Senate By surname: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Back to homepage Browsing: Biography may or may not be the key to history… Biography may or may not be the key to history… …but the biographies of those who served in institutions of government can throw great light on the workings of those institutions. These biographies of Australia’s senators are offered not only because they deal with interesting people, but because they inform an assessment of the Senate as an institution. They also provide insights into the history and identity of Australia. Harry Evans, 2000. This web site presents biographies of Australian senators and clerks of the Senate who completed their service in the Senate between 1901 to 2002. The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate was verified, edited and compiled in the Biographical Dictionary Unit of the Research Section of the Australian Senate. Entries were generously contributed by authors, including historians, biographers, political scientists, journalists, public servants, archivists, librarians, officers of the Senate and other parliamentary departments, former senators and descendants of senators, and others. List of contributors The Dictionary was supported by an Advisory Board , who provided advice and support that was based on experience in the subject area and in publishing. Hard copy editions The biographies were first prepared for hard copy publication, and volumes have been issued as follows: Volume 1: 1901–1929, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Vic., 2000 – Read introduction Volume 2: 1929–1962, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 2004 – Read introduction Volume 3: 1962–1983, University of New South Wales Press Ltd, Sydney, 2010 – Read introduction Volume 4: 1983–2002, Department of the Senate, Canberra, 2017 – Read introduction All volumes are available for order on the APH website Search biographies by name Name: Women in the Senate The first female senator, Dorothy Tangney, commenced her term in the Senate on 23 September 1943. Of the 415 senators represented on this website, who completed their service by the end of 2002, 32 were women. Women in the Senate 1901-2002 Senate Brief No. 3 Clerks of the Senate The Clerk of the Senate is the principal advisor to all senators on matters relating to the business and procedures of the Senate and its committees. This advice is given to all senators on an equal basis, and is available when the Senate is sitting and at other times. Clerks of the Senate Senate Brief No. 15 World War 1914–1918 Forty-seven Australian senators saw active service in the First World War. Senators with Military Service 1914–1918 Commonwealth Members of Parliament Who Have Served in War: Colonial Wars and the First World War Related links Annotated Standing Orders of the Australian Senate Odgers’ Australian Senate Practice Fourteenth Edition Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977: an Appendix to , Volume 3, 1962–1983 Members of the First Parliament Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Abbreviations Copyright Contact © Commonwealth of Australia 2014 - 2024. © Commonwealth of Australia 2014.Loading.. ❎ Close Window Loading, Please Wait! This may take a second...