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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. Batman, John (1801–1839) pioneer of Melbourne
  2. Bathurst, Henry (1762–1834) politician
  3. Bateman, John Wesley (1852–1907) merchant
  4. Bateman, John (1789–1855) merchant
  5. Bate, Samuel (1776–1849) sinecurist
  6. Bass, George (1771–1803) surgeon and sailor
  7. Bartley, Theodore Bryant (1803–1878) public servant and farmer
  8. Barrington, George (1755–1804) pickpocket
  9. Barrallier, Francis Louis (1773–1853) engineer and explorer
  10. Barney, George (1792–1862) soldier and engineer
  11. Barnes, William (1791–1848) brewer
  12. Barnard, James (1809–1897) government printer
  13. Barker, Thomas (1799–1875) engineer, manufacturer, grazier and philanthropist
  14. Barker, Collet (1784–1831) soldier
  15. Barclay, Andrew (1759–1839) master mariner and landowner
  16. Bannister, Saxe (1790–1877) barrister and attorney-general
  17. Banks, Sir Joseph (1743–1820) naturalist and patron of science
  18. Balmain, William (1762–1803) surgeon and landholder
  19. Ballow, David Keith (1804–1850) medical officer
  20. Ball, Henry Lidgbird (1756–1818) naval officer
  21. Balfour, William (1785–1838) soldier and commandant
  22. Bain, James (?–1823) chaplain
  23. Bailey, William (1806–1879) Church of England clergyman
  24. Bagot, Charles Hervey (1788–1880) soldier, pastoralist and mineowner
  25. Bacon, Anthony (1796–1864) soldier and colonial promoter
  26. Backhouse, James (1794–1869) naturalist and Quaker missionary
  27. Austin, Thomas (1815–1871) pioneer settler
  28. Austin, James (1810–1896) pioneer
  29. Austin, James (1776–1831) landowner and ferry proprietor
  30. Atkinson, James (1795–1834) settler and author
  31. Atkinson, Charles (1806–1837) architect
  32. Atkins, Thomas (1808–1860) clergyman and lecturer
  33. Atkins, Richard (1745–1820) deputy judge advocate
  34. Arthur, Henry (1801–1848) public servant and pastoralist
  35. Arthur, Sir George (1784–1854) soldier and colonial administrator
  36. Arthur, Charles (1808–1884) public servant
  37. Arscott, John (1767–?) carpenter
  38. Arnold, Thomas (1823–1900) educationist
  39. Arnold, Joseph (1782–1818) naturalist and naval surgeon
  40. Arndell, Thomas (1753–1821) surgeon, magistrate and landholder
  41. Armytage, George (1795–1862) farmer and pastoralist
  42. Arden, George (1814–1854) editor and author
  43. Archer, William (1818–1896) pastoralist
  44. Archer, Thomas (1823–1905) pastoralist and agent-general
  45. Archer, Thomas (1790–1850) pastoralist
  46. Archer, Joseph (1795–1853) pastoralist
  47. Archer, John Lee (1791–1852) architect and engineer
  48. Archer, John (1814–1857) pastoralist
  49. Archer, David (1816–1900) pastoralist
  50. Archer, Colin (1832–1921) pastoralist
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