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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. Graham, John (1800–1837) convict and ‘wild white man’
  2. Grant, James (1772–1833) naval officer
  3. Grant, John (1776–?) agitator and minor poet
  4. Gray, John Edward (1800–1875) naturalist
  5. Greenway, Francis (1777–1837) architect
  6. Gregor, John (1808–1848) clergyman
  7. Gregory, Henry Gregory (1813–1877) Benedictine abbot
  8. Gregory, John (1795–1853) colonial treasurer
  9. Gregson, Thomas George (1796–1874) politician
  10. Grey, Sir George (1812–1898) explorer, governor and politician
  11. Grey, Henry George (1802–1894) politician
  12. Griffiths, George Richard (1802–1859) merchant and banker
  13. Griffiths, John (1801–1881) shipowner and builder
  14. Griffiths, Jonathan (1773–1839) shipowner and builder
  15. Grimes, Charles (1772–1858) surveyor
  16. Grose, Francis (1758–1814) soldier and lieutenant-governor
  17. Grose, Joseph Hickey (1788–1849) merchant and steamship owner
  18. Grove, James (1769–1810) engraver
  19. Guest, George (1767–1841) convict and settler
  20. Gunn, Ronald Campbell (1808–1881) botanist, public servant and politician
  21. Gunn, William (1800–1868) police magistrate
  22. Gunning, George Weston (1772–1845) soldier and settler
  23. Gurner, John (1792–1882) solicitor
  24. Gyles, John (?–1827) mission agriculturist and pioneer of the sugar industry
  25. Hack, John Barton (1805–1884) farmer, merchant and accountant
  26. Hacking, Henry (1750–1831) seaman and explorer
  27. Hagen, Jacob (1809–1870) landowner and politician
  28. Haining, Robert (1802–1874) Presbyterian clergyman
  29. Hall, Edward Smith (1786–1860) banker, newspaper editor and grazier
  30. Hall, Edward Swarbreck (1805–1881) medical practitioner
  31. Hall, James (1784–1869) naval surgeon
  32. Hall, William (1807–1866) Catholic priest
  33. Hallen, Ambrose (?–1845) architect and company director
  34. Hallen, Edward (1803–1880) architect and ironfounder
  35. Haller, John Friederick (1808–1886) merchant and protagonist
  36. Halloran, Laurence Hynes (1765–1831) bogus clergyman, schoolmaster and journalist
  37. Hamilton, William Henry (1790–1870) public servant and banker
  38. Hampton, John Stephen (1810–1869) surgeon, comptroller-general of convicts and governor
  39. Handt, Johann Christian Simon (1793–1863) missionary and Protestant minister
  40. Hardey, Joseph (1804–1875) farmer and Wesleyan layman
  41. Hardwicke, Charles Browne (1788–1880) naval lieutenant and racing enthusiast
  42. Harington, Thomas Cudbert (1798–1863) public servant and company official
  43. Harold, James (1744–1830) Catholic priest
  44. Harper, George (1802–1841) public servant, natural history collector and settler
  45. Harpur, Charles (1813–1868) poet and critic
  46. Harpur, Joseph Jehoshaphat (1810–1878) journalist and member of parliament
  47. Harris, Alexander (1805–1874) author
  48. Harris, George Prideaux Robert (1775–1810) surveyor
  49. Harris, John (1759–?) emancipist, watchman and innkeeper
  50. Harris, John (1754–1819) missionary and schoolmaster
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