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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. Govett, William Romaine (1807–1848) surveyor
  2. Graham, John (1800–1837) convict and ‘wild white man’
  3. Grant, James (1772–1833) naval officer
  4. Grant, John (1776–?) agitator and minor poet
  5. Gray, John Edward (1800–1875) naturalist
  6. Greenway, Francis (1777–1837) architect
  7. Gregor, John (1808–1848) clergyman
  8. Gregory, Henry Gregory (1813–1877) Benedictine abbot
  9. Gregory, John (1795–1853) colonial treasurer
  10. Gregson, Thomas George (1796–1874) politician
  11. Grey, Sir George (1812–1898) explorer, governor and politician
  12. Grey, Henry George (1802–1894) politician
  13. Griffiths, George Richard (1802–1859) merchant and banker
  14. Griffiths, John (1801–1881) shipowner and builder
  15. Griffiths, Jonathan (1773–1839) shipowner and builder
  16. Grimes, Charles (1772–1858) surveyor
  17. Grose, Francis (1758–1814) soldier and lieutenant-governor
  18. Grose, Joseph Hickey (1788–1849) merchant and steamship owner
  19. Grove, James (1769–1810) engraver
  20. Guest, George (1767–1841) convict and settler
  21. Gunn, Ronald Campbell (1808–1881) botanist, public servant and politician
  22. Gunn, William (1800–1868) police magistrate
  23. Gunning, George Weston (1772–1845) soldier and settler
  24. Gurner, John (1792–1882) solicitor
  25. Gyles, John (?–1827) mission agriculturist and pioneer of the sugar industry
  26. Hack, John Barton (1805–1884) farmer, merchant and accountant
  27. Hacking, Henry (1750–1831) seaman and explorer
  28. Hagen, Jacob (1809–1870) landowner and politician
  29. Haining, Robert (1802–1874) Presbyterian clergyman
  30. Hall, Edward Smith (1786–1860) banker, newspaper editor and grazier
  31. Hall, Edward Swarbreck (1805–1881) medical practitioner
  32. Hall, James (1784–1869) naval surgeon
  33. Hall, William (1807–1866) Catholic priest
  34. Hallen, Ambrose (?–1845) architect and company director
  35. Hallen, Edward (1803–1880) architect and ironfounder
  36. Haller, John Friederick (1808–1886) merchant and protagonist
  37. Halloran, Laurence Hynes (1765–1831) bogus clergyman, schoolmaster and journalist
  38. Hamilton, William Henry (1790–1870) public servant and banker
  39. Hampton, John Stephen (1810–1869) surgeon, comptroller-general of convicts and governor
  40. Handt, Johann Christian Simon (1793–1863) missionary and Protestant minister
  41. Hardey, Joseph (1804–1875) farmer and Wesleyan layman
  42. Hardwicke, Charles Browne (1788–1880) naval lieutenant and racing enthusiast
  43. Harington, Thomas Cudbert (1798–1863) public servant and company official
  44. Harold, James (1744–1830) Catholic priest
  45. Harper, George (1802–1841) public servant, natural history collector and settler
  46. Harpur, Charles (1813–1868) poet and critic
  47. Harpur, Joseph Jehoshaphat (1810–1878) journalist and member of parliament
  48. Harris, Alexander (1805–1874) author
  49. Harris, George Prideaux Robert (1775–1810) surveyor
  50. Harris, John (1759–?) emancipist, watchman and innkeeper
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