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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the first of two for the period 1788-1850 and covers names A-H. [Read More]

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  1. Aaron, Isaac (1804–1877) medical practitioner
  2. Abbott, Edward (1766–1832) soldier and public servant
  3. Adey, Stephen (1781–1860) manager and banker
  4. Aikenhead, James (1815–1887) businessman, editor and politician
  5. Aitken, John (1792–1858) pioneer sheepbreeder
  6. Allan, David (1780–1852) deputy commissary general
  7. Allen, George (1800–1877) solicitor
  8. Allen, William (1790–1856) master mariner, pastoralist and philanthropist
  9. Allison, William Race (1812–1865) landowner and politician
  10. Allman, Francis (1780–1860) soldier and public servant
  11. Allport, Joseph (1800–1877) solicitor
  12. Allwood, Robert (1803–1891) Church of England clergyman
  13. Alt, Augustus Theodore (1731–1815) soldier and surveyor
  14. Amos, Adam (1774–1845) pioneer settler
  15. Anderson, John (1790–1858) weaver and teacher
  16. Anderson, Joseph (1790–1877) soldier
  17. Anderson, Samuel (1803–1863) agriculturist and explorer
  18. Angas, George Fife (1789–1879) merchant, banker, landowner and philanthropist
  19. Angas, George French (1822–1886) naturalist and painter
  20. Anstey, Thomas (1777–1851) pastoralist
  21. Antill, Henry Colden (1779–1852) soldier and settler
  22. Arabanoo (1759–1789) Aboriginal leader
  23. Archer, Archibald (1820–1902) pastoralist and politician
  24. Archer, Charles (1813–1861) pastoralist
  25. Archer, Colin (1832–1921) pastoralist
  26. Archer, David (1816–1900) pastoralist
  27. Archer, John (1814–1857) pastoralist
  28. Archer, John Lee (1791–1852) architect and engineer
  29. Archer, Joseph (1795–1853) pastoralist
  30. Archer, Thomas (1823–1905) pastoralist and agent-general
  31. Archer, Thomas (1790–1850) pastoralist
  32. Archer, William (1818–1896) pastoralist
  33. Arden, George (1814–1854) editor and author
  34. Armytage, George (1795–1862) farmer and pastoralist
  35. Arndell, Thomas (1753–1821) surgeon, magistrate and landholder
  36. Arnold, Joseph (1782–1818) naturalist and naval surgeon
  37. Arnold, Thomas (1823–1900) educationist
  38. Arscott, John (1767–?) carpenter
  39. Arthur, Charles (1808–1884) public servant
  40. Arthur, Sir George (1784–1854) soldier and colonial administrator
  41. Arthur, Henry (1801–1848) public servant and pastoralist
  42. Atkins, Richard (1745–1820) deputy judge advocate
  43. Atkins, Thomas (1808–1860) clergyman and lecturer
  44. Atkinson, Charles (1806–1837) architect
  45. Atkinson, James (1795–1834) settler and author
  46. Austin, James (1810–1896) pioneer
  47. Austin, James (1776–1831) landowner and ferry proprietor
  48. Austin, Thomas (1815–1871) pioneer settler
  49. Backhouse, James (1794–1869) naturalist and Quaker missionary
  50. Bacon, Anthony (1796–1864) soldier and colonial promoter
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