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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. Clark-Duff, Victor William Thomas (1883–1974) Presbyterian clergyman
  2. Clayton, Sir Hector Joseph (1885–1975) solicitor, army officer and politician
  3. Clegg, William Edward (1886–1957) industrialist
  4. Cleggett, Ella (1884–1960) schoolteacher and welfare worker
  5. Cleland, Sir Donald Mackinnon (Don) (1901–1975) soldier and administrator
  6. Clews, Hugh Powell Gough (1890–1980) surveyor and army officer
  7. Clift, Charmian (1923–1969) writer
  8. Clifton, Marshall Waller Gervase (1903–1975) architect and artist
  9. Clint, William Alfred (Alf) (1906–1980) Anglican clergyman
  10. Clisby, Leslie Redford (1914–1940) air force officer
  11. Clowes, Cyril Albert (1892–1968) army officer
  12. Clune, Francis Patrick (Frank) (1893–1971) author, journalist and accountant
  13. Clunies Ross, Sir William Ian (1899–1959) veterinary scientist and administrator
  14. Coaldrake, Frank William (1912–1970) Anglican priest and missionary
  15. Coates, Sir Albert Ernest (1895–1977) surgeon
  16. Cobb, Wilton Winstanley (Bill) (1917–1942) army officer and grazier
  17. Cochran, Samuel Fogo (1898–1972) public servant and administrator
  18. Cockett, Charles Bernard (1888–1965) Congregational minister
  19. Coe, Paul Joseph (1902–1979) drover and buckjumper
  20. Cohen, Ida (1867–1970) charity worker
  21. Cohen, Rieke (1887–1964) Zionist leader
  22. Cohen, Samuel Herbert (Sam) (1918–1969) politician and barrister
  23. Cole, Adrian Lindley Trevor (1895–1966) air force officer
  24. Cole, George Ronald (1908–1969) headmaster and politician
  25. Cole, Leslie George (Les) (1892–1978) magician
  26. Colechin, Lawrence Dickens (1895–1951) optician
  27. Coleman, Edith (1874–1951) naturalist
  28. Coleman, John Douglas (1928–1973) Australian Rules footballer and publican
  29. Coleman, Loyd Ring (1896–1970) advertising manager
  30. Coleman, Patrick Eugene (Johnny) (1892–1950) public servant and army officer
  31. Coles, Sir George James (1885–1977) businessman and philanthropist
  32. Colleano, Con (Cornelius) (1899–1973) tightwire artist
  33. Collee, Geraldine Christein Wilhelmina (1906–1982) medical practitioner
  34. Collier, James Douglas (1893–1970) journalist and librarian
  35. Collier, John Stanley Gordon (1895–1968) architect
  36. Collier, Marie Elizabeth (1927–1971) dramatic soprano
  37. Collier, Thomas Robinson (1894–1962) railway employee and army officer
  38. Collins, Sir Archibald John (1890–1955) consultant physician
  39. Collins, Harold Henry (1887–1962) farmer and politician
  40. Collins, Thomas Joseph (Tom) (1884–1945) politician and stock and station agent
  41. Collins, Vernon Leslie (1909–1978) medical practitioner
  42. Collocott, Ernest Edgar Vyvyan (1886–1970) missionary, scholar and peace activist
  43. Colman, Sir George Stanley (1884–1966) businessman
  44. Colson, Edmund Albert (1881–1950) explorer and bushman
  45. Colvin, George Edward (1903–1975) army officer, company manager and community worker
  46. Compton, George Spencer (1891–1971) geologist, metallurgist and historian
  47. Conde, Harold Graydon (1898–1959) engineer and public servant
  48. Condon, Doris Catherine (1908–1979) mayor
  49. Conley, Marjorie Margaret (1931–1959) soprano
  50. Conlon, Alfred Austin (Alf) (1908–1961) army officer and medical practitioner
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