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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. Purton, David Gabriel (1883–1948) Christian Brother and teacher
  2. Purves Smith, Charles Roderick (1912–1949) artist
  3. Pye, Cecil Robert (1890–1917) soldier and medical practitioner
  4. Pye, Emmeline (1861–1949) teacher and lecturer
  5. Pye, Hugh (1860–1942) agricultural educator and pioneer wheat breeder
  6. Quick, Balcombe (1883–1969) surgeon
  7. Quick, Sir John (1852–1932) lawyer, politician and author
  8. Quinlivan, Thomas (1842–1920) farmer and inventor
  9. Quinn, Hugh (1888–1915) soldier and accountant
  10. Quinn, James Peter (1869–1951) artist
  11. Quinn, John (1864–1937) sheepdog expert and veterinary surgeon
  12. Quinn, Patrick Edward (1862–1926) journalist, politician and poet
  13. Quinn, Roderic Joseph (1867–1949) poet
  14. Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald (1881–1955) anthropologist
  15. Radford, Lewis Bostock (1869–1937) Anglican bishop
  16. Rae, Arthur Edward (1860–1943) unionist, journalist and senator
  17. Ralston, Walter Vardon (1846–1920) banker
  18. Ramaciotti, Gustave Mario (1861–1927) law clerk, theatrical manager and soldier
  19. Ramsay, Hugh (1877–1906) artist
  20. Ramsay, Sir John (1872–1944) surgeon
  21. Ramsay, John (1841–1924) real estate agent
  22. Ramsay, William (1868–1914) manufacturer
  23. Ramsbotham, Joshua Fielden (1878–1951) civil engineer
  24. Ranclaud, Charles Mark (1851–1931) company executive and soldier
  25. Rankin, Colin Dunlop Wilson (1869–1940) soldier, politician, cane farmer and company director
  26. Rankin, John (1865–1936) dairy farmer
  27. Ranking, Robert Archibald (1843–1912) police magistrate
  28. Ransford, Vernon Seymour (1885–1958) cricketer and cricket administrator
  29. Rason, Sir Cornthwaite Hector (1858–1927) premier
  30. Ratten, Victor Richard (1878–1962) surgeon
  31. Rawlings, William Reginald (1890–1918) Aboriginal soldier
  32. Raws, Sir William Lennon (1878–1958) businessman
  33. Rawson, Sir Harry Holdsworth (1843–1910) admiral and governor
  34. Rawson, Wilhelmina Frances (Mina) (1851–1933) writer
  35. Rayment, Percy Tarlton (1882–1964) apiarist, biologist and writer
  36. Read, Irene Victoria (1880–1972) charity and community worker
  37. Reade, Charles Compton (1880–1933) town planner and journalist
  38. Reading, Sir Claude Hill (1874–1946) banker and company director
  39. Reading, Fanny (1884–1974) medical practitioner and Jewish communal leader
  40. Real, Patrick (1846–1928) judge
  41. Reay, William Thomas (1858–1929) journalist and politician
  42. Rebell, Fred (1886–1968) lone sailor and rebel
  43. Reeks, Walter (1861–1925) naval architect
  44. Reid, Sir George Houstoun (1845–1918) premier, prime minister and high commissioner
  45. Reid, Jane Sinclair (1883–1968) educator of the blind
  46. Reid, John (1858–1919) merchant
  47. Reid, Matthew (1856–1947) carpenter, tailor and politician
  48. Reid, Robert (1842–1904) merchant and politician
  49. Reilly, Joseph Thomas (1836–1915) merchant and newspaperman
  50. Reimann, Immanuel Gotthold (1859–1932) musician
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