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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. Bicheno, James Ebenezer (1785–1851) author and colonial secretary
  2. Bidwill, John Carne (1815–1853) botanist
  3. Bigge, John Thomas (1780–1843) judge and royal commissioner
  4. Bingle, John (1796–1882) sailor, merchant and landholder
  5. Biraban (?–1842) Aboriginal leader
  6. Birch, Thomas William (1774–1821) surgeon, merchant and shipowner
  7. Birnie, James (1762–1844) merchant and ship-owner
  8. Biscoe, John (1794–1843) sea captain
  9. Bisdee, Edward (1802–1870) farmer and politician
  10. Bisdee, John (1796–1862) farmer and public servant
  11. Bishop, Charles (1765–1810) trader
  12. Bishop, Peter (?–1846) soldier and explorer
  13. Blackburn, James (1803–1854) civil engineer, surveyor and architect
  14. Blackman, James (1792–1868) farmer and explorer
  15. Blackwood, Francis Price (1809–1854) naval officer
  16. Blair, James (1813–1880) police magistrate
  17. Bland, William (1789–1868) medical practitioner and politician
  18. Blaxcell, Garnham (1778–1817) merchant and trader
  19. Blaxland, Gregory (1778–1853) settler
  20. Blaxland, John (1769–1845) landowner and merchant
  21. Bligh, William (1754–1817) naval officer and governor
  22. Bloodsworth, James (1759–1804) master bricklayer and builder
  23. Blosseville, Jules Poret de (1802–1833) navigator, explorer and geographer
  24. Bock, Thomas (1790–1855) artist and engraver
  25. Bolden, Armyne (1817–1843) cattle breeder
  26. Bolden, John Satterthwaite (1805–1892) cattle breeder
  27. Bolden, Lemuel (?–?) cattle breeder
  28. Bolden, Sandford George (1819–1843) cattle breeder
  29. Booth, Charles O'Hara (1800–1851) commandant of convicts
  30. Boothman, John Broadhurst (1779–1829) convict and public servant
  31. Boston, John (?–1804) settler
  32. Boucher, Charles (?–?) confidence man
  33. Boucher, Frederick (1801–1873) confidence man
  34. Bourke, Sir Richard (1777–1855) governor
  35. Bowden, Edmund (1801–1847) medical practitioner and superintendent
  36. Bowden, Matthew (1778–1814) surgeon
  37. Bowden, Thomas (1778–1834) schoolmaster and pioneer Methodist
  38. Bowen, George Meares (1803–1889) public servant and landowner
  39. Bowen, John (1780–1827) naval officer and superintendent
  40. Bowman, James (1784–1846) surgeon and pastoralist
  41. Bowman, John (1763–1825) settler
  42. Boyd, Archibald (1801–1864) grazier and novelist
  43. Boyd, Benjamin (Ben) (1801–1851) entrepreneur
  44. Boyd, Edward (1794–1871) surveyor general
  45. Boyes, George Thomas (1787–1853) public servant and diarist
  46. Brabyn, John (1759–1835) military officer and settler
  47. Bracewell, David (1803–1844) absconder
  48. Bradley, William (1758–1833) naval officer and diarist
  49. Brady, John (1800–1871) Roman Catholic bishop
  50. Brady, Matthew (1799–1826) bushranger
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