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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. Bibb, John (1810–1862) architect
  2. Bicheno, James Ebenezer (1785–1851) author and colonial secretary
  3. Bidwill, John Carne (1815–1853) botanist
  4. Bigge, John Thomas (1780–1843) judge and royal commissioner
  5. Bingle, John (1796–1882) sailor, merchant and landholder
  6. Biraban (?–1842) Aboriginal leader
  7. Birch, Thomas William (1774–1821) surgeon, merchant and shipowner
  8. Birnie, James (1762–1844) merchant and ship-owner
  9. Biscoe, John (1794–1843) sea captain
  10. Bisdee, Edward (1802–1870) farmer and politician
  11. Bisdee, John (1796–1862) farmer and public servant
  12. Bishop, Charles (1765–1810) trader
  13. Bishop, Peter (?–1846) soldier and explorer
  14. Blackburn, James (1803–1854) civil engineer, surveyor and architect
  15. Blackman, James (1792–1868) farmer and explorer
  16. Blackwood, Francis Price (1809–1854) naval officer
  17. Blair, James (1813–1880) police magistrate
  18. Bland, William (1789–1868) medical practitioner and politician
  19. Blaxcell, Garnham (1778–1817) merchant and trader
  20. Blaxland, Gregory (1778–1853) settler
  21. Blaxland, John (1769–1845) landowner and merchant
  22. Bligh, William (1754–1817) naval officer and governor
  23. Bloodsworth, James (1759–1804) master bricklayer and builder
  24. Blosseville, Jules Poret de (1802–1833) navigator, explorer and geographer
  25. Bock, Thomas (1790–1855) artist and engraver
  26. Bolden, Armyne (1817–1843) cattle breeder
  27. Bolden, John Satterthwaite (1805–1892) cattle breeder
  28. Bolden, Lemuel (?–?) cattle breeder
  29. Bolden, Sandford George (1819–1843) cattle breeder
  30. Booth, Charles O'Hara (1800–1851) commandant of convicts
  31. Boothman, John Broadhurst (1779–1829) convict and public servant
  32. Boston, John (?–1804) settler
  33. Boucher, Charles (?–?) confidence man
  34. Boucher, Frederick (1801–1873) confidence man
  35. Bourke, Sir Richard (1777–1855) governor
  36. Bowden, Edmund (1801–1847) medical practitioner and superintendent
  37. Bowden, Matthew (1778–1814) surgeon
  38. Bowden, Thomas (1778–1834) schoolmaster and pioneer Methodist
  39. Bowen, George Meares (1803–1889) public servant and landowner
  40. Bowen, John (1780–1827) naval officer and superintendent
  41. Bowman, James (1784–1846) surgeon and pastoralist
  42. Bowman, John (1763–1825) settler
  43. Boyd, Archibald (1801–1864) grazier and novelist
  44. Boyd, Benjamin (Ben) (1801–1851) entrepreneur
  45. Boyd, Edward (1794–1871) surveyor general
  46. Boyes, George Thomas (1787–1853) public servant and diarist
  47. Brabyn, John (1759–1835) military officer and settler
  48. Bracewell, David (1803–1844) absconder
  49. Bradley, William (1758–1833) naval officer and diarist
  50. Brady, John (1800–1871) Roman Catholic bishop
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