Historical Database of Australian Elites

Welcome to the website of the Historical Database of Australian Elites, a free source of structured data on members of elite groups in Australian society from 1788 to 1945. The website is an ongoing project; some individual entries are still incomplete.

There are currently 50,000 entries in the database.

At present the website contains data on three elite groups:

Parliamentarians (also Governors, Ministers and senior parliamentary officials) who served between 1788 and 1945.
Lawyers who were admitted to practise in Australian courts between 1815 and 1945.
Graduates of Australian universities from 1856 to 1945.

Additional elite groups will be added in future years.

The Opening, Commonwealth Parliament, by Charles Nuttall (painted 1901–02). Image courtesy of Museums Victoria.