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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. Bunbury, Henry William St Pierre (1812–1875) soldier
  2. Bull, John Wrathall (1804–1886) agent, farmer and author
  3. Buckley, William (1780–1856) ‘wild white man’
  4. Bryant, Mary (1765–?) convict
  5. Bryan, William (1801–1837) pastoralist and litigant
  6. Bruni D'Entrecasteaux, Joseph-Antoine Raymond (1739–1793) admiral and navigator
  7. Brumby, James (1771–1838) soldier and pastoralist
  8. Bruce, George (1778–1819) sailor and adventurer
  9. Browning, Colin Arrott (1791–1856) naval surgeon
  10. Browne, William Henry (1800–1877) Church of England clergyman
  11. Browne, Fielding (1789–1871) lawyer
  12. Brown, Robert (1773–1858) botanist
  13. Brown, John (1801–1879) emigration agent and company manager
  14. Broun, Peter Nicholas (1797–1846) public servant
  15. Broughton, William Grant (1788–1853) Church of England bishop
  16. Broughton, William (1768–1821) public servant and settler
  17. Brooks, Richard (1765–1833) mariner, merchant and settler
  18. Bromley, Edward Foord (1776–1836) naval surgeon and civil servant
  19. Brockman, William Locke (1802–1872) pastoralist and stockbreeder
  20. Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall (1773–1860) governor
  21. Brigstocke, Charles Ferdinand (1807–1859) Church of England clergyman
  22. Brewer, Henry (1739–1796) provost-marshal
  23. Brenan, John Ryan (1798–1868) coroner and magistrate
  24. Bremer, Sir James John (1786–1850) naval officer
  25. Brady, Matthew (1799–1826) bushranger
  26. Brady, John (1800–1871) Roman Catholic bishop
  27. Bradley, William (1758–1833) naval officer and diarist
  28. Bracewell, David (1803–1844) absconder
  29. Brabyn, John (1759–1835) military officer and settler
  30. Boyes, George Thomas (1787–1853) public servant and diarist
  31. Boyd, Edward (1794–1871) surveyor general
  32. Boyd, Benjamin (Ben) (1801–1851) entrepreneur
  33. Boyd, Archibald (1801–1864) grazier and novelist
  34. Bowman, John (1763–1825) settler
  35. Bowman, James (1784–1846) surgeon and pastoralist
  36. Bowen, John (1780–1827) naval officer and superintendent
  37. Bowen, George Meares (1803–1889) public servant and landowner
  38. Bowden, Thomas (1778–1834) schoolmaster and pioneer Methodist
  39. Bowden, Matthew (1778–1814) surgeon
  40. Bowden, Edmund (1801–1847) medical practitioner and superintendent
  41. Bourke, Sir Richard (1777–1855) governor
  42. Boucher, Frederick (1801–1873) confidence man
  43. Boucher, Charles (?–?) confidence man
  44. Boston, John (?–1804) settler
  45. Boothman, John Broadhurst (1779–1829) convict and public servant
  46. Booth, Charles O'Hara (1800–1851) commandant of convicts
  47. Bolden, Sandford George (1819–1843) cattle breeder
  48. Bolden, Lemuel (?–?) cattle breeder
  49. Bolden, John Satterthwaite (1805–1892) cattle breeder
  50. Bolden, Armyne (1817–1843) cattle breeder
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