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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. Bock, Thomas (1790–1855) artist and engraver
  2. Blosseville, Jules Poret de (1802–1833) navigator, explorer and geographer
  3. Bloodsworth, James (1759–1804) master bricklayer and builder
  4. Bligh, William (1754–1817) naval officer and governor
  5. Blaxland, John (1769–1845) landowner and merchant
  6. Blaxland, Gregory (1778–1853) settler
  7. Blaxcell, Garnham (1778–1817) merchant and trader
  8. Bland, William (1789–1868) medical practitioner and politician
  9. Blair, James (1813–1880) police magistrate
  10. Blackwood, Francis Price (1809–1854) naval officer
  11. Blackman, James (1792–1868) farmer and explorer
  12. Blackburn, James (1803–1854) civil engineer, surveyor and architect
  13. Bishop, Peter (?–1846) soldier and explorer
  14. Bishop, Charles (1765–1810) trader
  15. Bisdee, John (1796–1862) farmer and public servant
  16. Bisdee, Edward (1802–1870) farmer and politician
  17. Biscoe, John (1794–1843) sea captain
  18. Birnie, James (1762–1844) merchant and ship-owner
  19. Birch, Thomas William (1774–1821) surgeon, merchant and shipowner
  20. Biraban (?–1842) Aboriginal leader
  21. Bingle, John (1796–1882) sailor, merchant and landholder
  22. Bigge, John Thomas (1780–1843) judge and royal commissioner
  23. Bidwill, John Carne (1815–1853) botanist
  24. Bicheno, James Ebenezer (1785–1851) author and colonial secretary
  25. Bibb, John (1810–1862) architect
  26. Bethune, Walter Angus (1794–1885) merchant and settler
  27. Best, Henry (1809–1878) printer
  28. Best, Charles (1816–1882) printer
  29. Berry, Alexander (1781–1873) merchant and settler
  30. Bent, Jeffery Hart (1781–1852) judge
  31. Bent, Ellis (1783–1815) deputy judge advocate
  32. Bent, Andrew (1790–1851) printer, publisher and newspaper proprietor
  33. Bennett, George (1804–1893) medical practitioner and naturalist
  34. Bennelong (1764–1813) Aboriginal leader
  35. Benjamin, Samuel (1804–1854) merchant
  36. Bellingshausen, Faddei Faddeevich (Fabian) (1778–1852) admiral and explorer
  37. Bellasis, George Bridges (?–1825) lieutenant
  38. Bell, William Montgomerie (1813–1867) merchant, churchman and civic leader
  39. Bell, Thomas (1782–1866) military officer and engineer
  40. Bell, John (1790–1841) merchant
  41. Bell, Archibald (1773–1837) soldier and magistrate
  42. Bell, Archibald (1804–1883) explorer
  43. Belbin, James (1771–1848) convict and settler
  44. Bedford, William (1781–1852) Church of England clergyman
  45. Beamont, John (1789–1872) settler and public servant
  46. Bayly, Nicholas (1770–1823) soldier and settler
  47. Baylee, Pery (1784–?) commandant of convicts
  48. Baxter, Alexander Macduff (1798–1836) barrister
  49. Baughan, John (1754–1797) carpenter
  50. Bauer, Ferdinand Lukas (1760–1826) botanical artist
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