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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplement

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is a supplement to the first sixteen volumes and covers the period 1580-1980. [Read More]

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  1. Abbott, Edward (1801–1869) politician and ‘aristologist’
  2. Abdullah, Mullah (1855–1915) camel-driver and Islamic priest
  3. Ackermann, Jessie A. (1857–1951) traveller, journalist and social reformer
  4. Adams, Jane Swain (1851–1934) farmer
  5. Adams, Sophia Charlotte Louisa (1832–1891) Dominican prioress
  6. Adamson, David Beveridge (1823–1891) wheelwright, carpenter and astronomer
  7. Agnew, Mary Ann Eliza (1857–1940) kindergarten teacher
  8. Akehurst, Arthur Purssell (1836–1902) public servant and magistrate
  9. Alexander, Lilian Helen (1861–1934) medical practitioner
  10. Allen, Alfred Weaver (Alf) (1870–1925) manufacturing confectioner
  11. Anderson, Alice Elizabeth (1897–1926) garage proprietor
  12. Anderson, Selina Sarah (Senie) (1878–1964) parliamentary candidate and trade unionist
  13. Ansell, Eric Norman (1876–1952) rubber goods manufacturer
  14. Arthur, Walter George (1820–1861) Aboriginal leader
  15. Austin, Charlotte Elizabeth (Lottie) (1878–1933) community leader
  16. Austin, Elizabeth Phillips (1821–1910) benefactor
  17. Austin, Robert (1825–1905) explorer, surveyor and engineer
  18. Backler, Joseph (1813–1895) convict artist and portrait painter
  19. Badham, Charles (1884–1943) medical practitioner and public health officer
  20. Baillière, Ferdinand François (1838–1881) bookseller and publisher
  21. Baker, David (1861–1942) steelworks manager
  22. Baker, Elizabeth Anstice (Bessie) (1849–1914) intellectual and social activist
  23. Barclay, Aubrey Colville Henri de Rune (1880–1950) journalist and conservative campaigner
  24. Barff, Jane Foss (1863–1937) educationist
  25. Barnet, Nahum (1855–1931) architect and journalist
  26. Barney, Elise (1810–1883) postmistress
  27. Barr, Andrew (1855–1939) farmer, inventor and dreamer
  28. Barton, Charlotte (1796–1867) governess, feminist and author
  29. Bates, George (1800–1895) sealer and trader
  30. Beasley, Hillson (1855–1936) architect
  31. Beeton, Lucy (1829–1886) Aboriginal teacher and businesswoman
  32. Bell, George Renison (1840–1915) prospector and mine-manager
  33. Benham, Agnes Mary Matilda (1850–1932) socialist and advocate of sex reform
  34. Benham, Rosamund Agnes (1874–1932)
  35. Benjafield, Harry (1845–1917) medical practitioner and entrepreneur
  36. Berry, Margaret (1832–1918) educationist
  37. Bethel, Edith (1871–1929) political organizer
  38. Bethel, Walter Edmund (1863–1941)
  39. Bevington, William Faulkner (1871–1944) school inspector and promoter of special education
  40. Bidencope, Joseph (1837–1915) tailor and mercer
  41. Biggs, Alfred Barrett (1825–1900) teacher, bank officer, astronomer and inventor
  42. Birks, Charles Napier (1844–1924)
  43. Birks, Rosetta Jane (1856–1911) suffragist and philanthropist
  44. Blackburn, David (1753–1795) naval officer
  45. Bladen, Frank Murcott (1858–1912) librarian and historian
  46. Blaubaum, Elias (1847–1904) minister of religion and editor
  47. Bloch, Jacob Simon (Jack) (1898–1961) shoemaker
  48. Blue, William (Billy) (1767–1834) convict, settler and ferryman
  49. Bluett, Albert Robert (1879–1944) local government official and solicitor
  50. Bluett, Augustus Frederick (Gus) (1902–1936) comedian
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