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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the first of four for the period 1940-1980 and covers names A-De. [Read More]

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  1. Abbie, Andrew Arthur (1905–1976) anatomist and anthropologist
  2. Abbott, Charles Lydiard Aubrey (1886–1975) politician and administrator of the Northern Territory
  3. Abbott, Hilda Gertrude (1890–1984) broadcaster, interior designer and community worker
  4. Abbott, Joan Stevenson (Judy) (1899–1975) nursing sister and army matron
  5. Abbott, Joseph Palmer (Joe) (1891–1965) grazier and politician
  6. Abercrombie, Ralph (1881–1957) public servant
  7. Ackland, Essie Adele (1896–1975) singer
  8. Ackman, Amy Vera (1886–1966) Sister of Charity and hospital administrator
  9. Adair, John Ronald Shafto (1893–1960) aviator and businessman
  10. Adam, Geoffrey William Shedden (1908–1973) obstetrician and gynaecologist
  11. Adam, Leonhard (1891–1960) anthropologist and lawyer
  12. Adamson, Amy Hannah (1893–1963) headmistress
  13. Adamson, George Ernest Bartlett (1884–1951) journalist
  14. Adamson, Sir Kenneth Thomas (1904–1976) orthodontist and academic
  15. Adamson, May Mabel (1891–1966) headmistress
  16. Addison, Stanley Simpson (1880–1972) administrator and publisher
  17. Adermann, Sir Charles Frederick (1896–1979) farmer and Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives
  18. Affleck, Arthur Herbert (1903–1966) aviator
  19. Afford, Malcolm (Max) (1906–1954) playwright and novelist
  20. Agaundo, Kondom (1917–1966) tribal leader and politician
  21. Agostini, Antonio (1903–1969) waiter
  22. Agostini, Linda (1905–1934) hairdresser
  23. Ainslie, James Percival (Jim) (1899–1973) surgeon
  24. Aird, John Allan (1892–1959) irrigation commissioner
  25. Aiston, George (Poddy) (1879–1943) policeman and ethnographer
  26. Akeroyd, Arthur Gordon (1890–1948) meteorologist
  27. Alcorn, Cyril David (1911–1972) Methodist minister
  28. Alcorn, Ivan Wells (1912–1972) Methodist minister
  29. Alden, John (1908–1962) actor-manager
  30. Alder, Milton Cromwell (1887–1961) insurance general manager
  31. Alderman, Sir Harry Graham (1895–1962) lawyer
  32. Alderson, Sir Harold George (1890–1978) sports administrator
  33. Alexander, Albert Ernest (1914–1970) professor of chemistry
  34. Algeranoff, Harcourt (1903–1967) dancer, ballet master and teacher
  35. Allan, Catherine Mabel Joyce (1896–1966) conchologist and museum curator
  36. Allan, Frances Elizabeth (Betty) (1905–1952) statistician
  37. Allan, Herbert Trangmar (1895–1967) army officer
  38. Allan, Margaret Theadora (1889–1968) community worker
  39. Allan, Norman Thomas (1909–1977) police commissioner
  40. Allcot, John Charles (1888–1973) artist
  41. Allen, Arthur Denis Wigram (1894–1967) solicitor and aviator
  42. Allen, Arthur Max (1891–1979) surveyor-general and soldier
  43. Allen, Arthur Samuel (Tubby) (1894–1959) army officer and accountant
  44. Allen, Sir William Guildford (1897–1977) grazier and businessman
  45. Allison, Sir William John (1903–1966) businessman
  46. Allman, George Faunce (1883–1967) organist, choirmaster and music teacher
  47. Allnutt, Albert George (1892–1963) farmer and politician
  48. Allnutt, Marion Ellen Lea (1896–1980) welfare worker
  49. Allport, Henry (1890–1965) lawyer and public benefactor
  50. Allport, Morton John Cecil (1858–1926) solicitor and collector of Australiana
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