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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. Goodlet, Elizabeth Mary (1854–1926) church worker and philanthropist
  2. Gooseberry, Cora (1777–1852) Aboriginal woman
  3. Gordon, Ann (1795–1868) female factory superintendent
  4. Goward, Raymond Spencer (1891–1979) chartered accountant and Australian Comforts Fund commissioner
  5. Gowing, John Ellis Symonds (1835–1908) retailer
  6. Grace, Henry Albert (1885–1966) electrician and bird enthusiast
  7. Grave, James (1848–1906) investor
  8. Grave, Octavia (1890–1974)
  9. Gray, Robert (1839–1931) military officer and pastoralist
  10. Green, Alexander (1802–?) flogger and public executioner
  11. Green, Anne Syrett (1858–1936) welfare worker and evangelist
  12. Greenham, Eleanor Constance (Ella) (1874–1957) medical practitioner
  13. Griffith, Mary Harriett (1849–1930) philanthropist
  14. Griffiths, Walter (1867–1900) mining investor and politician
  15. Grimstone, Mary Leman (1796–1869) author and feminist
  16. Grosse, Frederick (1828–1894) engraver and vigneron
  17. Grover, Jessie (1843–1906) journalist and sericulturist
  18. Guest, Thomas Bibby (1830–1908) biscuit manufacturer
  19. Hall, George Frederick Emanuel (1891–1972) engineer
  20. Ham, Nathaniel Burnett (Bertie) (1865–1954) physician and public health administrator
  21. Hamilton, Charles Greenlaw (1874–1967) educationist, critic and naturalist
  22. Hamilton, George (1812–1883) police commissioner
  23. Hamlet, William Mogford (1850–1931) chemist and bushwalker
  24. Hardie, James (Jim) (1851–1920) businessman
  25. Harris, William John (1886–1957) school principal and palaeontologist
  26. Hart, Eady (1848–1931) dyemaker
  27. Hart, Helen (1842–1908) feminist preacher and lecturer
  28. Hartnett, Patrick Joseph (Paddy) (1876–1944) bushman
  29. Hartog, Dirk (1580–1621) mariner
  30. Harwood, Marian Fleming (1846–1934) scholar, pacifist and philanthropist
  31. Hassall, Eliza Marsden (1834–1917) clergyman’s daughter and philanthropist
  32. Hayman, William George (1897–1968) electrical engineer and educationist
  33. Hays, William Bennett (1814–1887) civil engineer and architect
  34. Healy, Francis Vincent (1834–1925) hardware merchant and community worker
  35. Henderson, Daniel (1834–1892) newspaper vendor, orator and commission agent
  36. Henderson, Gilbert Dowling (1890–1977) dentist
  37. Hennings, John (1835–1898) scenic artist
  38. Henry, Albert (Alec) (1880–1909) Aboriginal cricketer
  39. Henschke, Albert Julius (1888–1955) stonemason, monumental-mason and sculptor
  40. Herbert, Daniel (1802–1868) convict and stonemason
  41. Hetherington, Isabella (1870–1946) missionary to Aborigines
  42. Hetherington, Nellie (1903–1940)
  43. Hill, Walter (1819–1904) horticulturist
  44. Hillier, Henry James (1875–1958) teacher, collector and farmer
  45. Hingston, James (1830–1902) notary public and travel writer
  46. Hmelnitsky, Alexander (1891–1965) pianist
  47. Hmelnitsky, Igor (1920–1987) musician
  48. Hodge, Margaret Emily (1858–1938) feminist and educator
  49. Hodgson, Caroline (1851–1908) brothel proprietor
  50. Hogarth, Julius (1820–1879) sculptor, engraver and silversmith
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