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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. Bremer, Sir James John (1786–1850) naval officer
  2. Brenan, John Ryan (1798–1868) coroner and magistrate
  3. Brewer, Henry (1739–1796) provost-marshal
  4. Brigstocke, Charles Ferdinand (1807–1859) Church of England clergyman
  5. Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall (1773–1860) governor
  6. Brockman, William Locke (1802–1872) pastoralist and stockbreeder
  7. Bromley, Edward Foord (1776–1836) naval surgeon and civil servant
  8. Brooks, Richard (1765–1833) mariner, merchant and settler
  9. Broughton, William (1768–1821) public servant and settler
  10. Broughton, William Grant (1788–1853) Church of England bishop
  11. Broun, Peter Nicholas (1797–1846) public servant
  12. Brown, John (1801–1879) emigration agent and company manager
  13. Brown, Robert (1773–1858) botanist
  14. Browne, Fielding (1789–1871) lawyer
  15. Browne, William Henry (1800–1877) Church of England clergyman
  16. Browning, Colin Arrott (1791–1856) naval surgeon
  17. Bruce, George (1778–1819) sailor and adventurer
  18. Brumby, James (1771–1838) soldier and pastoralist
  19. Bruni D'Entrecasteaux, Joseph-Antoine Raymond (1739–1793) admiral and navigator
  20. Bryan, William (1801–1837) pastoralist and litigant
  21. Bryant, Mary (1765–?) convict
  22. Buckley, William (1780–1856) ‘wild white man’
  23. Bull, John Wrathall (1804–1886) agent, farmer and author
  24. Bunbury, Henry William St Pierre (1812–1875) soldier
  25. Bunce, Daniel (1813–1872) botanist
  26. Bungaree (1775–1830) Aboriginal leader, guide, explorer, and cultural mediator
  27. Bunker, Eber (1761–1836) sea captain and farmer
  28. Burbury, Thomas (1809–1870) landowner
  29. Burford, William Henville (1807–1895) manufacturer
  30. Burges, William (1806–1876) settler and resident magistrate
  31. Burgess, Francis (1793–1864) police magistrate
  32. Burn, David (1799–1875) settler and author
  33. Burnett, John (1781–1860) civil servant
  34. Burton, David (?–1792) botanist, surveyor and professional gardener
  35. Burton, Sir William Westbrooke (1794–1888) judge
  36. Busby, James (1801–1871) viticulturist and civil servant
  37. Busby, John (1765–1857) surveyor and civil engineer
  38. Bussell, John Garrett (1803–1875) settler
  39. Butler, Gamaliel (1783–1852) lawyer
  40. Butler, James (?–1840) soldier and commandant
  41. Cadman, John (1772–1848) publican
  42. Cairnduff, Alexander (1815–1880) schoolmaster
  43. Calder, James Erskine (1808–1882) surveyor
  44. Caley, George (1770–1829) naturalist and explorer
  45. Callaghan, Thomas (1815–1863) judge
  46. Camden, first Marquess (1759–1840) politician
  47. Cameron, Charles (1779–1827) soldier
  48. Campbell, Alexander (1805–1890) farmer and mariner
  49. Campbell, Charles (1810–1888) pastoralist and politician
  50. Campbell, John (1802–1886) merchant, politician and churchman
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