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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. Brady, Matthew (1799–1826) bushranger
  2. Bremer, Sir James John (1786–1850) naval officer
  3. Brenan, John Ryan (1798–1868) coroner and magistrate
  4. Brewer, Henry (1739–1796) provost-marshal
  5. Brigstocke, Charles Ferdinand (1807–1859) Church of England clergyman
  6. Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall (1773–1860) governor
  7. Brockman, William Locke (1802–1872) pastoralist and stockbreeder
  8. Bromley, Edward Foord (1776–1836) naval surgeon and civil servant
  9. Brooks, Richard (1765–1833) mariner, merchant and settler
  10. Broughton, William (1768–1821) public servant and settler
  11. Broughton, William Grant (1788–1853) Church of England bishop
  12. Broun, Peter Nicholas (1797–1846) public servant
  13. Brown, John (1801–1879) emigration agent and company manager
  14. Brown, Robert (1773–1858) botanist
  15. Browne, Fielding (1789–1871) lawyer
  16. Browne, William Henry (1800–1877) Church of England clergyman
  17. Browning, Colin Arrott (1791–1856) naval surgeon
  18. Bruce, George (1778–1819) sailor and adventurer
  19. Brumby, James (1771–1838) soldier and pastoralist
  20. Bruni D'Entrecasteaux, Joseph-Antoine Raymond (1739–1793) admiral and navigator
  21. Bryan, William (1801–1837) pastoralist and litigant
  22. Bryant, Mary (1765–?) convict
  23. Buckley, William (1780–1856) ‘wild white man’
  24. Bull, John Wrathall (1804–1886) agent, farmer and author
  25. Bunbury, Henry William St Pierre (1812–1875) soldier
  26. Bunce, Daniel (1813–1872) botanist
  27. Bungaree (1775–1830) Aborigine
  28. Bunker, Eber (1761–1836) sea captain and farmer
  29. Burbury, Thomas (1809–1870) landowner
  30. Burford, William Henville (1807–1895) manufacturer
  31. Burges, William (1806–1876) settler and resident magistrate
  32. Burgess, Francis (1793–1864) police magistrate
  33. Burn, David (1799–1875) settler and author
  34. Burnett, John (1781–1860) civil servant
  35. Burton, David (?–1792) botanist, surveyor and professional gardener
  36. Burton, Sir William Westbrooke (1794–1888) judge
  37. Busby, James (1801–1871) viticulturist and civil servant
  38. Busby, John (1765–1857) surveyor and civil engineer
  39. Bussell, John Garrett (1803–1875) settler
  40. Butler, Gamaliel (1783–1852) lawyer
  41. Butler, James (?–1840) soldier and commandant
  42. Cadman, John (1772–1848) publican
  43. Cairnduff, Alexander (1815–1880) schoolmaster
  44. Calder, James Erskine (1808–1882) surveyor
  45. Caley, George (1770–1829) naturalist and explorer
  46. Callaghan, Thomas (1815–1863) judge
  47. Camden, first Marquess (1759–1840) politician
  48. Cameron, Charles (1779–1827) soldier
  49. Campbell, Alexander (1805–1890) farmer and mariner
  50. Campbell, Charles (1810–1888) pastoralist and politician
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