ADB replies to Paul Brunton
Dear Editor,
Paul Brunton has written of the quotas used in the selection of subjects for inclusion in the Australian Dictionary of Biography in a review (ABR, February 2006) headed ‘Mysterious quotas’, and in a follow-up letter (ABR, April 2006).
The explanation of ‘quotas’ is straightforward. At the beginning of each new period (now a decade), the ADB is co ... (read more)