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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. Cory, Edward Gostwyck (1797–1873) pastoralist
  2. Cotter, Thomas Young (1805–1882) medical practitioner
  3. Cotton, Francis (1801–1883) Quaker and settler
  4. Cotton, Hugh Calveley (1798–1881) engineer and surveyor
  5. Cotton, John (1802–1849) pastoralist and naturalist
  6. Cotton, Sir Sydney John (1792–1874) military officer
  7. Cover, James Fleet (1762–1834) Congregational minister
  8. Coverdale, John (1814–1896) medical practitioner
  9. Cowper, William (1778–1858) archdeacon
  10. Cox, Frederick Holdship (1821–1906) Anglican clergyman
  11. Cox, James (1790–1866) landowner
  12. Cox, John Edward (1791–1837) auctioneer and coach proprietor
  13. Cox, Samuel Emanuel (Sam) (1773–1891) wild white man
  14. Cox, William (1764–1837) military officer, roadmaker and builder
  15. Crook, William Pascoe (1775–1846) missionary, schoolmaster and Congregational pastor
  16. Crookes, John (1805–1870) merchant, churchman and politician
  17. Cross, John (1781–1858) Church of England clergyman
  18. Crossley, George (1749–1823) attorney and convict
  19. Crowder, Thomas Restell (1758–1824) convict and superintendent
  20. Crummer, James Henry (1792–1867) soldier and magistrate
  21. Cunningham, Allan (1791–1839) botanist and explorer
  22. Cunningham, Peter Miller (1789–1864) naval surgeon and author
  23. Cunningham, Richard (1793–1835) botanist
  24. Curr, Edward (1798–1850) company manager
  25. Curtis, Anthony (1796–1853) merchant and whaler
  26. Cussen, Patrick Edward (1792–1849) medical practitioner
  27. Cuthbertson, John (?–1823) commandant of convicts
  28. Dacre, Ranulph (1797–1884) master mariner and merchant
  29. Dalrymple, Alexander (1737–1808) hydrographer and propagandist
  30. Dalrymple, Ernest George (1820–1844) pioneer
  31. Dampier, William (1651–1715) seaman and author
  32. Dana, Henry Edward Pulteney (1820–1852) soldier and police officer
  33. Dana, James Dwight (1813–1895) mineralogist and geologist
  34. Dangar, Henry (1796–1861) surveyor and pastoralist
  35. Darke, John Charles (1806–1844) surveyor and explorer
  36. Darling, Sir Ralph (1772–1858) military officer and governor
  37. Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–1882) naturalist
  38. Dashwood, George Frederick (1806–1881) naval officer and public servant
  39. Davey, Thomas (1758–1823) lieutenant-governor and royal marine
  40. Davidson, Walter Stevenson (1785–1869) landowner, merchant and banker
  41. Davies, Arthur (1786–1853) naval officer and landowner
  42. Davies, Robert Rowland (1805–1880) Church of England clergyman
  43. Davis, Charles Henry (1815–1854) Catholic bishop
  44. Davis, Edward (1816–1841) Jewish convict and bushranger
  45. Davis, James (1808–1889) absconder and shopkeeper
  46. Davy, Edward (1806–1885) medical practitioner
  47. Dawbin, Annie Maria (1816–1905) pioneer and diarist
  48. Dawes, William (1762–1836) officer of marines, scientist and administrator
  49. Dawson, Robert (1782–1866) company agent and pastoralist
  50. Day, Edward Denny (1801–1876) police magistrate
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