Australian Dictionary of Biography

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The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. In it you will find concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history.

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The ADB is produced by the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University.


* *Proposed ADB entries for people who died 1991-2000* *

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Robert Joel (Joe) Cooper (1860–1936)

Robert Joel (Joe) Cooper

Robert Joel (Joe) Cooper (1860-1936), buffalo hunter, was born on 29 February 1860 at Fairview, near Riverton, South Australia, son of George Cooper, farmer, and his wife Harriett, née Peverett. Sometime between 1878 and 1881, with a brother George Henry (Harry), he overlanded horses to the Northern Territory and for several years engaged in timber-getting and buffalo shooting on the Cobourg Peninsula and adjacent areas.

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23 December 2019

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Rosendo Salvado (1814–1900)

Rosendo Salvado (1814-1900), Benedictine monk, missionary and author, was born on 1 March 1814 at Tuy, Spain, the son of Peter Salvado and his wife Francisca Rotea. The Salvado was a long-lived and musical...

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