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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. Franklin, Sir John (1786–1847) rear admiral, Arctic explorer and lieutenant-governor
  2. Fraser, Peter Gordon (1808–1888) colonial treasurer
  3. Frazer, Charles (1788–1831) gardener and colonial botanist
  4. Freycinet, Louis-Claude Desaulses de (1779–1842) cartographic surveyor and naturalist
  5. Friend, Matthew Curling (1792–1871) port officer
  6. Frome, Edward Charles (1802–1890) soldier and surveyor
  7. Frost, John (1784–1877) Chartist
  8. Fry, Henry Phibbs (1807–1874) Church of England clergyman
  9. Fryett, Richard William (?–1856) merchant and landowner
  10. Fulton, Henry (1761–1840) clergyman
  11. Fyans, Foster (1790–1870) army captain
  12. Gairdner, Gordon (1803–1877) public servant
  13. Gardiner, John (1798–1878) pastoralist
  14. Gardner, William (1802–1860) pioneer and historian
  15. Garling, Frederick (1775–1848) solicitor
  16. Garling, Frederick (1806–1873) customs official and marine artist
  17. Garrett, James (1793–1874) Presbyterian minister
  18. Gatehouse, George (1778–1838) brewer
  19. Gatenby, Andrew (1771–1848) farmer
  20. Gates, William (1816–1865) revolutionary and convict
  21. Gawler, George (1795–1869) soldier and governor
  22. Geils, Andrew (?–1843) military officer
  23. Gell, John Philip (1816–1898) Anglican clergyman
  24. Gellibrand, Joseph Tice (1792–1837) lawyer
  25. Gerrald, Joseph (1760–1796) political reformer
  26. Gibbes, John George (1787–1873) military officer and public servant
  27. Gibson, David (1778–1858) convict and pastoralist
  28. Gibson, James Alexander (1814–1860) company agent
  29. Gilbert, John (1810–1845) naturalist and explorer
  30. Gilchrist, John (1803–1866) merchant
  31. Giles, William (1791–1862) company manager
  32. Gill, Samuel Thomas (1818–1880) painter
  33. Gilles, Osmond (1788–1866) colonial treasurer and pioneer
  34. Gipps, Sir George (1791–1847) soldier and governor
  35. Gisborne, Henry Fyshe (Fysche) (1813–1841) public servant
  36. Gleadow, John Ward (1801–1881) lawyer and politician
  37. Glenelg, Baron (1778–1866) politician
  38. Glover, John (1767–1849) landscape painter
  39. Goderich, first Viscount (1782–1859) politician
  40. Goldie, Alexander (1800–1889) agriculturist
  41. Goodwin, William Lushington (1798–1862) journalist
  42. Gordon, James (1779–1842) magistrate
  43. Gore, William (1765–1845) provost-marshal
  44. Gosling, John William (1798–1852) merchant
  45. Gouger, Robert (1802–1846) organiser and public servant
  46. Goulburn, Frederick (1788–1837) military officer and colonial secretary
  47. Goulburn, Henry (1784–1856) politician
  48. Gould, Elizabeth (1804–1841) natural history artist
  49. Gould, John (1804–1881) zoologist
  50. Gould, William Buelow (1801–1853) artist
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