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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. Baudin, Nicolas Thomas (1754–1803) cartographic surveyor and naturalist
  2. Batman, John (1801–1839) pioneer of Melbourne
  3. Bathurst, Henry (1762–1834) politician
  4. Bateman, John Wesley (1852–1907) merchant
  5. Bateman, John (1789–1855) merchant
  6. Bate, Samuel (1776–1849) sinecurist
  7. Bass, George (1771–1803) surgeon and sailor
  8. Bartley, Theodore Bryant (1803–1878) public servant and farmer
  9. Barrington, George (1755–1804) pickpocket
  10. Barrallier, Francis Louis (1773–1853) engineer and explorer
  11. Barney, George (1792–1862) soldier and engineer
  12. Barnes, William (1791–1848) brewer
  13. Barnard, James (1809–1897) government printer
  14. Barker, Thomas (1799–1875) engineer, manufacturer, grazier and philanthropist
  15. Barker, Collet (1784–1831) soldier
  16. Barclay, Andrew (1759–1839) master mariner and landowner
  17. Bannister, Saxe (1790–1877) barrister and attorney-general
  18. Banks, Sir Joseph (1743–1820) naturalist and patron of science
  19. Balmain, William (1762–1803) surgeon and landholder
  20. Ballow, David Keith (1804–1850) medical officer
  21. Ball, Henry Lidgbird (1756–1818) naval officer
  22. Balfour, William (1785–1838) soldier and commandant
  23. Bain, James (?–1823) chaplain
  24. Bailey, William (1806–1879) Church of England clergyman
  25. Bagot, Charles Hervey (1788–1880) soldier, pastoralist and mineowner
  26. Bacon, Anthony (1796–1864) soldier and colonial promoter
  27. Backhouse, James (1794–1869) naturalist and Quaker missionary
  28. Austin, Thomas (1815–1871) pioneer settler
  29. Austin, James (1810–1896) pioneer
  30. Austin, James (1776–1831) landowner and ferry proprietor
  31. Atkinson, James (1795–1834) settler and author
  32. Atkinson, Charles (1806–1837) architect
  33. Atkins, Thomas (1808–1860) clergyman and lecturer
  34. Atkins, Richard (1745–1820) deputy judge advocate
  35. Arthur, Henry (1801–1848) public servant and pastoralist
  36. Arthur, Sir George (1784–1854) soldier and colonial administrator
  37. Arthur, Charles (1808–1884) public servant
  38. Arscott, John (1767–?) carpenter
  39. Arnold, Thomas (1823–1900) educationist
  40. Arnold, Joseph (1782–1818) naturalist and naval surgeon
  41. Arndell, Thomas (1753–1821) surgeon, magistrate and landholder
  42. Armytage, George (1795–1862) farmer and pastoralist
  43. Arden, George (1814–1854) editor and author
  44. Archer, William (1818–1896) pastoralist
  45. Archer, Thomas (1823–1905) pastoralist and agent-general
  46. Archer, Thomas (1790–1850) pastoralist
  47. Archer, Joseph (1795–1853) pastoralist
  48. Archer, John Lee (1791–1852) architect and engineer
  49. Archer, John (1814–1857) pastoralist
  50. Archer, David (1816–1900) pastoralist
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