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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. O'Meara, Martin (1885–1935) sleeper-cutter and soldier
  2. O'Neill, George (1863–1947) Jesuit priest, academic and author
  3. O'Neill, John Henry (1888–1971) trade unionist
  4. Onians, Edith Charlotte (1866–1955) voluntary welfare worker
  5. Orchard, Richard Beaumont (1871–1942) jeweller and politician
  6. Orchard, William Arundel (1867–1961) musician
  7. Ord, Harrison (1862–1910) public servant
  8. Ordell, Talone (Tal) (1880–1948) actor and writer
  9. O'Reilly, Alfonso Bernard (1903–1975) bushman and author
  10. O'Reilly, Dowell Philip (1865–1923) author
  11. O'Reilly, Maurice Joseph (1866–1933) Catholic priest
  12. O'Reilly, Susannah Hennessy (Susie) (1881–1960) medical practitioner
  13. O'Reilly, Walter Cresswell (1877–1954) public servant and film censor
  14. O'Reily, John (1846–1915) archbishop
  15. Orr, William (1843–1929) mining entrepreneur and politician
  16. Orr, William (Bill) (1900–1954) coalminer and trade unionist
  17. Osborn, Theodore George Bentley (1887–1973) botanist, ecologist and academic
  18. Osborne, Ethel Elizabeth (1882–1968) medical practitioner and industrial hygienist
  19. Osborne, George Davenport (1899–1955) geologist
  20. Osborne, Henry William (Harry) (1865–1936) journalist and co-operatives organizer
  21. Osborne, John Percy (1878–1961) politician
  22. Osborne, William Alexander (1873–1967) professor of physiology, man of letters and broadcaster
  23. O'Shea, Patrick Joseph Francis (1892–1952) soldier and medical practitioner
  24. O'Sullivan, Edward William (1846–1910) printer, journalist and politician
  25. O'Sullivan, Thomas (1856–1953) politician and judge
  26. Outhwaite, Ida Sherbourne (1888–1960) illustrator
  27. Outtrim, Alfred Richard (1845–1925) politician
  28. Outtrim, Frank Leon (1847–1917) public servant
  29. Owen, Albert John (Harrison) (1890–1966) journalist and playwright
  30. Owen, Sir Langer Meade (1862–1935) judge
  31. Owen, Percy Thomas (1864–1936) military and civil engineer
  32. Owen, Robert Haylock (1862–1927) army officer
  33. Owen, Sir William (1834–1912) judge
  34. Oxenham, Humphrey (1854–1923) bookmaker and gambler
  35. Oxenham, Justinian (1860–1932) public servant
  36. Packer, Robert Clyde (1879–1934) newspaperman
  37. Page, Sir Earle Christmas (1880–1961) politician and surgeon
  38. Page, Harold Hillis (1888–1942) public servant and soldier
  39. Page, Rodger Clarence George (1878–1965) missionary
  40. Paget, Walter Trueman (1854–1930) farmer and politician
  41. Palfreyman, Achalen Woolliscroft (1875–1967) businessman
  42. Palmer, Charles Reginald (1882–1955) medical practitioner
  43. Palmer, Edward Vivian (Vance) (1885–1959) writer
  44. Palmer, Henry Wilfred (1877–1956) tuberculosis sanatorium superintendent
  45. Palmer, Janet Gertrude (Nettie) (1885–1964) writer and critic
  46. Palmer, Joseph (1841–1930) stockbroker
  47. Palmer, Thomas (1858–1927) educationist
  48. Parer, Raymond John Paul (Ray) (1894–1967) airman and adventurer
  49. Parker, Charles Avison (1879–1965) naval officer
  50. Parker, Florence Mary (1872–1966) community worker
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