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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. Beveridge, Ada (1875–1964) Country Women's Association leader
  2. Best, Kathleen Annie Louise (1910–1957) nurse and army officer
  3. Best, Sir John Victor Hall (1894–1972) dentist
  4. Best, Godfrey Jacob Marshall (1894–1970) insurance manager
  5. Bertles, Zoe Emma (1880–1975) librarian
  6. Berry, Dame Alice Miriam (1900–1978) Country Women's Association leader
  7. Berrick, Norman David (1904–1970) metallurgist
  8. Bergman, George Francis (Jack) (1900–1979) soldier and historian
  9. Benson, Sir Clarence Irving (1897–1980) Methodist clergyman and journalist
  10. Bennetts, Richard John (1925–1978) journalist and intelligence officer
  11. Bennetts, Harold William (1898–1970) veterinary scientist
  12. Bennett, Norman Louis (1899–1974) sugar technologist
  13. Bennett, Henry Gordon (1887–1962) army officer and businessman
  14. Bennett, Emily (1871–1941) feminist and political organiser
  15. Bennett, Agnes Jessie (Addie) (1880–1969) community worker
  16. Benjafield, David Gilbert (1919–1980) professor of law
  17. Benham, Edward Warner (1872–1948) lawyer and academic
  18. Bendrodt, James Charles (1891–1973) roller-skater and restaurateur
  19. Belz, Maurice Henry (1897–1975) mathematical statistician
  20. Bell, Mary Teston Luis (1903–1979) air force officer
  21. Bell, John Renison (1889–1973) air force officer
  22. Bell, Hector Hercules (1876–1964) contractor and tramways administrator
  23. Bell, George (1882–1970) surgeon
  24. Bell, David (1902–1973) businessman
  25. Bell, Colin Basil (1902–1976) grazier
  26. Bell, Arthur Frank (1899–1958) agricultural scientist and public servant
  27. Belisario, John Colquhoun (1900–1976) dermatologist
  28. Behrend, Felix Adalbert (1911–1962) mathematician
  29. Behan, Sir Harold Garfield (Paddy) (1901–1979) grazier and local government leader
  30. Beggs, Arthur Ricardo (1906–1978) pastoralist and sheep-breeder
  31. Begg, Kenneth Gowan (1901–1975) businessman
  32. Beet, William Ironside Ashley (1878–1957) medical practitioner
  33. Beeston, Doris Anne (1897–1940) kindergarten teacher
  34. Bednall, Colin Blore (1913–1976) journalist and media manager
  35. Bedford, Ruth Marjory (1882–1963) writer
  36. Becker, Johannes Heinrich (1898–1961) medical practitioner and Nazi
  37. Becker, Sir Jack Ellerton (1904–1979) entrepreneur
  38. Becher, Otto Humphrey (1908–1977) naval officer
  39. Beavis, Leslie Ellis (1895–1975) army officer
  40. Beatty, William Alfred (Bill) (1902–1972) writer and broadcaster
  41. Beattie, William Anderson (1902–1980) agricultural consultant
  42. Beasley, John Albert (Jack) (1895–1949) trade unionist and politician
  43. Beasley, Frank Reginald (1897–1976) professor of law
  44. Bean, Sir Edgar Layton (1893–1977) parliamentary draftsman
  45. Beak, William (1878–1966) grazier and studmaster
  46. Bazley, Arthur William (1896–1972) military historian and public servant
  47. Baume, Frederick Ehrenfried (Eric) (1900–1967) journalist, author and broadcaster
  48. Baudinet, Dora Isabel (1883–1945) nurse
  49. Battye, Margaret (1909–1949) lawyer
  50. Battarbee, Reginald Ernest (Rex) (1893–1973) artist
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