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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. Cavill, James Freeman (Jim) (1867–1952) hotelier
  2. Cawthorn, Minnie Elizabeth (1898–1966) headmistress and aviatrix
  3. Cawthorn, Sir Walter Joseph (1896–1970) soldier, diplomat and intelligence chief
  4. Cecil, Lionello (1893–1957) tenor
  5. Cerutty, Charles John (1870–1941) public servant
  6. Cerutty, Percy Wells (1895–1975) athletics coach
  7. Chamberlain, Azaria Chantel (1980–1980) missing infant
  8. Chamberlin, Sir Michael (1891–1972) businessman and Catholic layman
  9. Chambers, Cyril (1897–1975) politician
  10. Chan, Harry (1918–1969) businessman, mayor and politician
  11. Chandler, Sir Gilbert Lawrence (1903–1974) horticulturist and politician
  12. Chandler, Sir John Beals (1887–1962) businessman, radio entrepreneur and politician
  13. Chandler, Leslie Gordon (Les) (1888–1980) ornithologist, soldier and photographer
  14. Chandler, Margaret Olive (1934–1963) housewife
  15. Chapman, Gary Arthur (1938–1978) swimmer and fisherman
  16. Chapman, James Austin (1895–1967) army officer
  17. Chapman, John Austin (1896–1963) army officer
  18. Chapman, John Lord (1913–1977) business administrator and trade commissioner
  19. Chapman, Laurie Lachlan (1890–1978) public servant
  20. Chapman, Wilfrid Dinsey (1891–1955) engineer
  21. Charles, Richard Stanley (Dick) (1901–1974) spearfisherman and motor trader
  22. Charlesworth, Alan Moorhouse (1903–1978) air force officer
  23. Charley, Sir Philip Belmont (1893–1976) dairy farmer
  24. Charley, Philip George (1863–1937) horse- and cattle-breeder
  25. Charlton, William Kenneth (Ken) (1890–1972) parliamentary officer
  26. Chauncy, Nancen Beryl (Nan) (1900–1970) author
  27. Chave, Alfred Cecil (1905–1971) tennis administrator, broadcaster and fruit merchant
  28. Cherry, Sir Thomas MacFarland (1898–1966) professor of mathematics
  29. Chifley, Ben (1885–1951) prime minister and locomotive engine driver
  30. Chinner, Norman (1909–1961) organist and conductor
  31. Chippindall, Sir Giles Tatlock (1893–1969) public servant
  32. Chisholm, Alexander Hugh (Alec) (1890–1977) journalist, ornithologist and encyclopaedist
  33. Chisholm, Margaret Sheila (1895–1969) high society beauty
  34. Chowne, Albert Edward (1920–1945) army officer
  35. Christie, George Swanson (1917–1980) professor of pathology
  36. Chung Gon, James (1854–1952) Chinese patriarch and businessman
  37. Chung Gon, Joseph (1895–1977) businessman
  38. Chung Gon, Samuel (1901–1977) businessman
  39. Church, Ann Rachel (1925–1975) set and costume designer
  40. Chuter, Charles Edward (1880–1948) public servant
  41. Ciantar, Joseph Laurence (1893–1967) Catholic priest
  42. Clancy, Sir John Sydney (1895–1970) judge
  43. Clare, Mona Matilda (Monica) (1924–1973) Aboriginal political activist and author
  44. Clarey, Percy James (1890–1960) trade union leader and politician
  45. Clark, Andrew Inglis (1882–1953) barrister and judge
  46. Clark, Charles Carr (1902–1965) naval officer
  47. Clark, Frederick John (1898–1970) medical practitioner
  48. Clark, James (1915–1944) air force officer
  49. Clark, John (1885–1956) entomologist
  50. Clark, John Faithfull (1911–1967) professor of applied psychology
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