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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. Bagot, Charles Hervey (1788–1880) soldier, pastoralist and mineowner
  2. Bailey, William (1806–1879) Church of England clergyman
  3. Bain, James (?–1823) chaplain
  4. Balfour, William (1785–1838) soldier and commandant
  5. Ball, Henry Lidgbird (1756–1818) naval officer
  6. Ballow, David Keith (1804–1850) medical officer
  7. Balmain, William (1762–1803) surgeon and landholder
  8. Banks, Sir Joseph (1743–1820) naturalist and patron of science
  9. Bannister, Saxe (1790–1877) barrister and attorney-general
  10. Barclay, Andrew (1759–1839) master mariner and landowner
  11. Barker, Collet (1784–1831) soldier
  12. Barker, Thomas (1799–1875) engineer, manufacturer, grazier and philanthropist
  13. Barnard, James (1809–1897) government printer
  14. Barnes, William (1791–1848) brewer
  15. Barney, George (1792–1862) soldier and engineer
  16. Barrallier, Francis Louis (1773–1853) engineer and explorer
  17. Barrington, George (1755–1804) pickpocket
  18. Bartley, Theodore Bryant (1803–1878) public servant and farmer
  19. Bass, George (1771–1803) surgeon and sailor
  20. Bate, Samuel (1776–1849) sinecurist
  21. Bateman, John (1789–1855) merchant
  22. Bateman, John Wesley (1852–1907) merchant
  23. Bathurst, Henry (1762–1834) politician
  24. Batman, John (1801–1839) pioneer of Melbourne
  25. Baudin, Nicolas Thomas (1754–1803) cartographic surveyor and naturalist
  26. Bauer, Ferdinand Lukas (1760–1826) botanical artist
  27. Baughan, John (1754–1797) carpenter
  28. Baxter, Alexander Macduff (1798–1836) barrister
  29. Baylee, Pery (1784–?) commandant of convicts
  30. Bayly, Nicholas (1770–1823) soldier and settler
  31. Beamont, John (1789–1872) settler and public servant
  32. Bedford, William (1781–1852) Church of England clergyman
  33. Belbin, James (1771–1848) convict and settler
  34. Bell, Archibald (1773–1837) soldier and magistrate
  35. Bell, Archibald (1804–1883) explorer
  36. Bell, John (1790–1841) merchant
  37. Bell, Thomas (1782–1866) military officer and engineer
  38. Bell, William Montgomerie (1813–1867) merchant, churchman and civic leader
  39. Bellasis, George Bridges (?–1825) lieutenant
  40. Bellingshausen, Faddei Faddeevich (Fabian) (1778–1852) admiral and explorer
  41. Benjamin, Samuel (1804–1854) merchant
  42. Bennelong (1764–1813) Aboriginal leader
  43. Bennett, George (1804–1893) medical practitioner and naturalist
  44. Bent, Andrew (1790–1851) printer, publisher and newspaper proprietor
  45. Bent, Ellis (1783–1815) deputy judge advocate
  46. Bent, Jeffery Hart (1781–1852) judge
  47. Berry, Alexander (1781–1873) merchant and settler
  48. Best, Charles (1816–1882) printer
  49. Best, Henry (1809–1878) printer
  50. Bethune, Walter Angus (1794–1885) merchant and settler
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