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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the sixth of six for the period 1891-1939 and covers names Smy-Z. [Read More]

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  1. Street, Sir Philip Whistler (1863–1938) chief justice and lieutenant-governor
  2. Streeton, Sir Arthur Ernest (1867–1943) artist
  3. Strehlow, Carl Friedrich (1871–1922) missionary
  4. Stretch, John Francis (Jack) (1855–1919) Anglican bishop
  5. Strickland, Sir Gerald (1861–1940) governor and politician
  6. Strong, Sir Archibald Thomas (1876–1930) scholar, teacher and man of letters
  7. Strong, Walter Mersh (1873–1946) medical administrator
  8. Stuart, Athol Hugh (1893–1954) journalist and general manager
  9. Stuart, Francis (Frank) (1844–1910) manufacturer and politician
  10. Stuart, Herbert Akroyd (1864–1927) mechanical engineer
  11. Stuart, Julian Alexander (1866–1929) trade unionist, journalist, poet and politician
  12. Stuart, William (1860–1940) builder
  13. Sturgess, Reginald Ward (1892–1932) artist
  14. Styles, James (1841–1913) contractor, civil engineer and politician
  15. Sugden, Edward Holdsworth (1854–1935) clergyman and educationist
  16. Sullivan, Arthur Percy (1896–1937) soldier and banker
  17. Sulman, Florence (1876–1965) author and benefactor
  18. Sulman, Sir John (1849–1934) architect
  19. Summons, Walter Ernest Isaac (1881–1970) medical practitioner
  20. Sumsuma (1903–1965) boat captain and New Guinea patriot
  21. Süssmilch, Adolph Carl von de Heyde (1875–1946) geologist and educationist
  22. Sutherland, Jane (1853–1928) painter and teacher
  23. Sutherland, William (1859–1911) theoretical physicist and physical chemist
  24. Sutton, George Lowe (1872–1964) agricultural scientist
  25. Sutton, Harvey (1882–1963) professor of medicine
  26. Swadling, William Thomas (1882–1964) trade unionist
  27. Swain, Edward Harold (1883–1970) forester
  28. Swain, Herbert John (1882–1959) engineer and educationist
  29. Swanson, Donald Alexander (1859–1940) builder
  30. Swanson, Sir John Warren (1865–1924) builder
  31. Swanton, Mary Hynes (Mamie) (1861–1940) trade unionist
  32. Swayne, Edward Bowdich (1857–1946) cane-farmer and politician
  33. Sweet, George (1844–1920) amateur geologist
  34. Sweet, Georgina (1875–1946) zoologist, academic and philanthropist
  35. Swinburne, George (1861–1928) businessman, politician and philanthropist
  36. Sykes, Alfred Depledge (1871–1940) clergyman
  37. Syme, David York (1876–1963) businessman
  38. Syme, Sir Geoffrey (1873–1942) newspaper proprietor
  39. Syme, Sir George Adlington (1859–1929) surgeon
  40. Symon, Sir Josiah Henry (1846–1934) lawyer and politician
  41. Symonds, Saul (1894–1952) barrister and Jewish leader
  42. Symons, William John (1889–1948) soldier and businessman
  43. Synan, Mary (1837–1915) Brigidine nun
  44. Tait, Charles (1868–1933) concert, film and theatrical entrepreneur
  45. Tait, Edward Joseph (1878–1947) concert, film and theatrical entrepreneurs
  46. Tait, Sir Frank Samuel (1883–1965) concert, film and theatrical entrepreneurs
  47. Tait, George (1844–1934) Presbyterian minister and administrator
  48. Tait, James Nevin (1876–1961) concert, film and theatrical entrepreneurs
  49. Tait, John Henry (1871–1955) concert, film and theatrical entrepreneurs
  50. Tait, Sir Thomas James (1864–1940) railway commissioner
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