# People Australia

> Australian biographical website

**Wikidata**: [Q105530643](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105530643)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/people-australia

## Summary
People Australia is an English-language Australian biographical website and online biographical dictionary published by the National Centre of Biography. It provides biographies of Australians and is available at https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/.

## Key Facts
- Title: People Australia.  
- Instance of: website and biographical dictionary.  
- Genre: biographical dictionary.  
- Publisher: National Centre of Biography.  
- Main subject: biographies of Australians (focus on Australians, Australia).  
- Website URL: https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/ (site language: English; qualifier date recorded 2021-02-16).  
- Short name / alias: PA; other alias: ピープル・オーストレイリア.  
- Country of origin / country: Australia.  
- Language of work or name: English.  
- Related Wikidata property: main_wikidata_property P9159.

## FAQs
### Q: What is People Australia?
A: People Australia is an English-language online biographical dictionary and website that provides biographies of Australians. It is published by the National Centre of Biography.

### Q: Who publishes People Australia?
A: The publisher is the National Centre of Biography.

### Q: In what language is People Australia available?
A: The site is available in English.

### Q: What is the website address for People Australia?
A: The site is at https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/.

### Q: Is People Australia solely a website or also a reference work?
A: People Australia is both a website and a biographical dictionary (an online reference work focused on biography).

## Why It Matters
People Australia matters because it is an English-language, Australia-focused biographical reference issued by the National Centre of Biography. As an online biographical dictionary and website dedicated to biographies of Australians, it serves as an organized point of access to biographical information about people connected with Australia. This positioning—an institutional publisher (the National Centre of Biography), a clear national scope (Australians), and availability online at a stable domain—makes People Australia a relevant resource for people seeking authoritative, accessible biographical entries about Australians. Its metadata and identifiers (including an associated main Wikidata property) also support discoverability and integration with structured data and research tools.

## Notable For
- Being published by the National Centre of Biography.  
- Functioning as both a website and a biographical dictionary focused on Australians.  
- Availability at a dedicated ANU-hosted URL: https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/.  
- Use of English as the site language and having aliases including the short name "PA" and Japanese form "ピープル・オーストレイリア."  
- Presence in structured data with a main Wikidata property (P9159).

## Body
### Overview
- People Australia is an Australian biographical website and an online biographical dictionary.  
- It is published by the National Centre of Biography.  
- The primary subject is biography, specifically biographies of Australians and topics related to Australia.

### Title, Names, and Aliases
- Official title: People Australia.  
- Short name / common alias: PA.  
- Other recorded alias: ピープル・オーストレイリア.  
- Language of work or name: English.

### Publisher and Country
- Publisher: National Centre of Biography.  
- Country of origin / country: Australia.

### Website and Access
- Official website URL: https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/.  
- Website record includes language qualifier: English.  
- The website URL record includes a qualifier date of 2021-02-16 (as recorded in the available metadata).

### Subject and Scope
- Main subject: biographies of Australians (qualified as Australians / Australia).  
- Genre classification: biographical dictionary.

### Structured Data and Identifiers
- Instance of: website and biographical dictionary (dual classification).  
- Main Wikidata property associated: P9159.  
- The related "website" class metadata notes an inception value (1990) and a sitelink_count of 158 in the provided source context.

### Metadata Notes
- The provided website metadata lists language (P407: English) and a qualifier date (P813: 2021-02-16).  
- Other structured properties recorded for People Australia include country, publisher, aliases, and short name.

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