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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the fifth of six for the period 1891-1939 and covers names Nes-Smi. [Read More]

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  1. Poynton, Alexander (Alec) (1853–1935) trade unionist, stock and station agent, and Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives
  2. Powers, Sir Charles (1853–1939) solicitor, politician, public servant and judge
  3. Power, Marguerite Helen (1870–1957) poet
  4. Power, John Joseph Wardell (1881–1943) medical practitioner, artist and benefactor
  5. Power, Harold Septimus (1877–1951) artist
  6. Powell, Lange Leopold (1886–1938) architect
  7. Powell, James Alexander (1836–1921) arts administrator
  8. Potts, Henry William (1855–1931) agricultural educationist
  9. Potter, Norah Mary (1849–1927) Sister of Mercy
  10. Potter, Charles Vincent (1859–1908) analytical chemist
  11. Postle, Arthur Benjamin (1881–1965) professional runner
  12. Portus, Garnet Vere (Jerry) (1883–1954) historian and educator
  13. Porteus, Stanley David (1883–1972) psychologist, educationist and writer
  14. Porcelli, Pietro Giacomo (1872–1943) sculptor
  15. Pope, Harold (1873–1938) railway administrator and soldier
  16. Pope, Cuthbert John (1887–1959) rear admiral
  17. Pope, Charles (1883–1917) soldier, policeman and insurance agent
  18. Poole, Thomas Slaney (1873–1927) judge
  19. Poole, George Thomas Temple (1856–1934) architect
  20. Poole, Frederic Slaney (1845–1936) Anglican clergyman
  21. Poole, Daniel (1882–1959) seaman and soldier
  22. Pomeroy, John (1873–1950) inventor and pieman
  23. Pollock, James Arthur (1865–1922) physicist
  24. Polini, Emélie Adeline (1881–1927) actress
  25. Poidevin, Leslie Oswald Sheridan (1876–1931) cricketer, tennis player and medical practitioner
  26. Pocock, Mary Anne (Bessie) (1863–1946) nursing sister and army matron
  27. Poate, Sir Hugh Raymond Guy (1884–1961) surgeon
  28. Poate, Frederick (1855–1935) surveyor-general
  29. Plummer, John (1831–1914) journalist
  30. Plume, Henry (1851–1930) Anglican clergyman and schoolmaster
  31. Playford, Thomas (1837–1915) politician and orchardist
  32. Playfair, Thomas Alfred John (Jack) (1890–1966) meat exporter, soldier and politician
  33. Playfair, Edmund John Bailey (1863–1926) shipping providore
  34. Plante, Ada May (1875–1950) artist
  35. Plain, William (1868–1961) farmer and politician
  36. Pittman, Edward Fisher (1849–1932) geologist and administrator
  37. Pittard, Alfred James (1868–1950) businessman, politician and municipal councillor
  38. Pitt, William (1855–1918) architect and politician
  39. Pitt, Marie Elizabeth Josephine (1869–1948) journalist and poet
  40. Pitt, Henry Arthur (1872–1955) civil servant and stockbroker
  41. Pitt, Ernest Roland (1877–1957) librarian
  42. Piquet, Jean Pierre (1853–1936) Marist Father
  43. Piper, Thomas (1835–1928) clergyman
  44. Piper, Arthur William (1865–1936) judge
  45. Pinschof, Carl Ludwig (1855–1926) merchant, economist and consul
  46. Pilcher, Charles Edward (1844–1916) barrister and politician
  47. Pike, James Edward (Jim) (1892–1969) jockey
  48. Pike, George Herbert (1866–1947) barrister and judge
  49. Pigot, Edward Francis (1858–1929) Jesuit priest, astronomer and seismologist
  50. Piesse, Frederick Henry (1853–1912) merchant, agriculturist and politician
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