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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. Potts, Henry William (1855–1931) agricultural educationist
  2. Powell, James Alexander (1836–1921) arts administrator
  3. Powell, Lange Leopold (1886–1938) architect
  4. Power, Harold Septimus (1877–1951) artist
  5. Power, John Joseph Wardell (1881–1943) medical practitioner, artist and benefactor
  6. Power, Marguerite Helen (1870–1957) poet
  7. Powers, Sir Charles (1853–1939) solicitor, politician, public servant and judge
  8. Poynton, Alexander (Alec) (1853–1935) trade unionist, stock and station agent, and Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives
  9. Praed, Annie (1872–1948) dentist
  10. Praed, Rosa Caroline (1851–1935) novelist
  11. Pratt, Ambrose Goddard Hesketh (1874–1944) novelist, journalist and businessman
  12. Pratt, Frederick Vicary (1870–1932) Congregational minister
  13. Pratt, Joseph Major (1834–1917) businessman and politician
  14. Pratt, Rachel (1874–1954) army nurse
  15. Pratten, Herbert Edward (1865–1928) manufacturer, mining entrepreneur and politician
  16. Preece, Frederick William (1857–1928) bookseller and publisher
  17. Preece, John Lloyd (1895–1969) bookseller and publisher
  18. Prell, Charles Ernest (1865–1946) pastoralist
  19. Prendergast, George Michael (1854–1937) printer and premier
  20. Prenzel, Robert Wilhelm (1866–1941) woodcarver and cabinetmaker
  21. Prescott, Charles John (1857–1946) educationist
  22. Preston, Margaret Rose (1875–1963) artist
  23. Preston Stanley, Millicent Fanny (1883–1955) politician
  24. Price, George Richard (1878–1950) horse trainer
  25. Price, John Lloyd (1882–1941) union official, agent-general and politician
  26. Price, Thomas (Tom) (1852–1909) premier
  27. Price, Thomas Caradoc (1842–1911) soldier
  28. Prichard, Frederick John (1851–1920) journalist
  29. Prichard, Katharine Susannah (1883–1969) writer and political activist
  30. Pridham, John Theodore (1879–1954) plant breeder
  31. Priestley, Henry (1884–1961) biochemist
  32. Priestley, Henry James (1883–1932) professor of mathematics
  33. Priestley, Sir Raymond Edward (1886–1974) scientist and vice-chancellor
  34. Primrose, Hubert Leslie (1880–1942) solicitor and politician
  35. Pring, Robert Darlow (1853–1922) judge
  36. Prinsep, Henry Charles (Harry) (1844–1922) estate manager, horse-trader, artist and civil servant
  37. Prior, Samuel Henry (1869–1933) journalist
  38. Pritchard, George Baxter (1869–1956) geologist
  39. Proctor, Alethea Mary (Thea) (1879–1966) artist
  40. Propsting, William Bispham (1861–1937) lawyer and politician
  41. Proud, William James (Bill) (1871–1931) jeweller
  42. Prowse, John Henry (Jack) (1871–1944) insurance agent, farmer, mayor, and Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives
  43. Pryke, Frank (1872–1937) prospector and miner
  44. Pryor, Oswald (1881–1971) cartoonist and author
  45. Puddy, Maude Mary (1883–1974) musician
  46. Pulleine, Robert Henry (1869–1935) physician and naturalist
  47. Pulsford, Edward (1844–1919) free trade publicist and politician
  48. Purcell, James (1874–1953) dairy industry leader
  49. Purdy, John Smith (1872–1936) health officer and soldier
  50. Purser, Cecil (1862–1953) physician
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