[BITList] Aussie plain speaking?

[HUGH]

The following is the preamble to the Australian Dictionary of Biography Online.  I give it without further comment.

Hugh.

Cultural Advice 
Users of the Australian Dictionary of Biography Online are warned that it contains the names and images of deceased persons, and that in some Indigenous Australian communities this material may cause sadness or distress and in some cases may offend against strongly held cultural prohibitions. 

Users of the ADB Online should also be aware that it contains language that may be culturally sensitive. Descriptions and interpretations that reflect the attitudes of the period in which the subject lived and/or in which an article was written may be considered inappropriate in some circumstances today. 
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