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'Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, former High Court judge, and current ADB author, was the guest of honour at the reception to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of volume one of the Dictionary. This is an abridged version of his speech.
'Kent Fitch is a computing and database specialist whose recent work has focused on libraryrelated systems including AustLit and the NLA’s Trove project. At the NCB's 'True Biographies of Nations' conference he argued that if we really wanted ADB entries to be read we should place them in Wikipedia.' (Introduction)