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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. Harris, John (1754–1838) surgeon, public servant and landholder
  2. Harrison, James (1816–1893) journalist and inventor
  3. Hassall, Rowland (1768–1820) preacher and landholder
  4. Hassall, Thomas (1794–1868) Anglican clergyman
  5. Hawdon, Joseph (1813–1871) pioneer and overlander
  6. Hawkins, Thomas Fitzherbert (1781–1837) naval officer and pioneer settler
  7. Hay, Alexander (1820–1898) merchant, pastoralist and politician
  8. Hay, Robert William (1786–1861) public servant
  9. Hayes, Sir Henry Browne (1762–1832) convict adventurer
  10. Hayes, Sir John (1768–1831) naval officer and explorer
  11. Hayes, Michael (1767–1825) dealer and leading Roman Catholic layman
  12. Hellyer, Henry (1790–1832) explorer and surveyor
  13. Helpman, Benjamin Franklin (1814–1874) sailor and harbourmaster
  14. Hely, Frederick Augustus (1794–1836) public servant and settler
  15. Henry, William (1770–1859) preacher
  16. Henslowe, Francis Hartwell (1811–1878) civil servant and composer
  17. Henty, Charles Shum (1807–1864) pioneer
  18. Henty, Edward (1810–1878) pioneer
  19. Henty, Francis (1815–1889) pioneer
  20. Henty, James (1800–1882) pioneer
  21. Henty, Jane (1805–1893) pioneer
  22. Henty, John (1813–1869) pioneer
  23. Henty, Stephen George (1811–1872) explorer, merchant and trader
  24. Henty, Thomas (1775–1839) pioneer
  25. Henty, William (1808–1881) solicitor
  26. Heydon, Jabez King (1815–1885) printer and publisher
  27. Hibbins, Thomas (1762–1816) deputy judge advocate
  28. Hill, Richard (1782–1836) Church of England clergyman
  29. Hill, Samuel Prout (1821–1861) poet, lecturer, artist and public servant
  30. Hindmarsh, Sir John (1785–1860) governor of South Australia
  31. Hipkiss, Richard (1772–1853) agriculturist and reformer
  32. Hobart, Robert (1760–1816) soldier and politician
  33. Hobbs, James (1792–1880) explorer
  34. Hobler, George (1800–1882) grazier
  35. Hobson, Edmund Charles (1814–1848) physician and naturalist
  36. Hobson, Edward William (1816–1890) grazier
  37. Hobson, William (1793–1842) naval officer and governor
  38. Hoddle, Robert (1794–1881) surveyor
  39. Hogan, Michael (?–1833) merchant and shipowner
  40. Hogan, Patrick Gould (1777–1860) public servant and farmer
  41. Holden, John Rose (1810–1860) soldier and settler
  42. Holt, Joseph (1756–1826) Irish rebel and farmer
  43. Hone, Joseph (1784–1861) lawyer and civil servant
  44. Hook, Charles (1762–1826) merchant
  45. Hopkins, Henry (1787–1870) merchant and philanthropist
  46. Hopley, William (?–1815) surgeon
  47. Horton, Sir Robert Wilmot (1784–1841) politician, public servant and pamphleteer
  48. Hosking, John (1806–1882) merchant and mayor
  49. Houtman, Frederik de (1571–1627) senior officer of the Dutch East India Company
  50. Hovell, William Hilton (1786–1875) sailor, explorer and settler
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