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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. Ryan, Edward John Francis (1890–1941) soldier and labourer
  2. Ryan, Sir Charles Snodgrass (Charlie) (1853–1926) surgeon
  3. Ryan, Cecil Godfrey (1866–1954) mine manager and mining engineer
  4. Ruwolt, Charles Ernest (1873–1946) engineer and industrialist
  5. Rutledge, William Woolls (1849–1921) Methodist minister
  6. Rutledge, Thomas Lloyd Forster (Tom) (1889–1958) soldier, grazier and politician
  7. Rutledge, Sir Arthur (1843–1917) preacher, barrister, politician and judge
  8. Ruthven, William (1893–1970) soldier and politician
  9. Ruth, Thomas Elias (1875–1956) Baptist then Congregational minister
  10. Russell, Robert Hamilton (1860–1933) surgeon
  11. Russell, Percy Joseph (1861–1946) solicitor and municipal councillor
  12. Russell, John Peter (1858–1930) artist
  13. Russell, James George (1848–1918) lawyer and public servant
  14. Russell, Edward John (1878–1925) politician
  15. Rusconi, Francis Philip (Frank) (1874–1964) monumental mason
  16. Rupp, Herman Montague Rucker (1872–1956) clergyman and botanist
  17. Rumsey, Herbert John (1866–1956) seedsman, horticulturist and genealogist
  18. Rumpf, Ann (Annie) (1849–1925) manufacturer and entrepreneur
  19. Rudduck, Harold Sugden (1873–1964) veterinary surgeon
  20. Rudd, William Henry (1854–1941) merchant
  21. Rubinstein, Helena (1870–1965) cosmetics manufacturer
  22. Rubin, Mark (1867–1919) pearl dealer and pastoralist
  23. Rubin, Bernard (1896–1936) sportsman
  24. Rubbo, Antonio Salvatore Dattilo (1870–1955) artist
  25. Royston, John Robinson (1860–1942) soldier and farmer
  26. Rowntree, Amy (1885–1962) educationist
  27. Rowley, Stanley Rupert (1876–1924) athlete
  28. Rowlandson, Alfred Cecil (1865–1922) publisher and bookseller
  29. Rowland, Percy Fritz (1870–1945) headmaster
  30. Rowland, Caroline Ann (1852–1921) Ursuline nun
  31. Rowell, William Nicholas (Will) (1898–1946) artist and stage designer
  32. Rowell, John Thomas Nightingale (1894–1973) artist and stage designer
  33. Rowell, James (1851–1940) soldier, orchardist and politician
  34. Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848–1922) artist, naturalist and explorer
  35. Rowan, Frederic Charles (1844–1892) business executive
  36. Rounsevell, William Benjamin (1843–1923) pastoralist, businessman and politician
  37. Rounsevell, John (1836–1902) politician and pastoralist
  38. Roth, Walter Edmund (1861–1933) physician, anthropologist and protector of Aborigines
  39. Roth, Reuter Emerich (1858–1924) physician
  40. Roth, Henry Ling (1855–1925) anthropologist, author and museum curator
  41. Roth, Adam (1827–1898) winemaker and farmer
  42. Ross-King, Alice (1887–1968) civilian and army nurse
  43. Rossi, Maffio (1855–1932) businessman
  44. Ross, Robert Samuel (1873–1931) socialist journalist and trade-union organizer
  45. Ross, John Howlett (1857–1953) journalist and elocutionist
  46. Ross, Isabella Henrietta Younger (Isie) (1887–1956) medical practitioner
  47. Ross, Euphemia Welch (1889–1971) community worker
  48. Ross, Chisholm (1857–1934) psychiatrist
  49. Ross, Alexander David (1883–1966) physicist
  50. Rosman, Alice Trevenen (1882–1961) writer
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