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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. Conlon, Patricia Anne (1939–1979) feminist, labour movement activist and public servant
  2. Connal, Norman Scott (1888–1969) headmaster
  3. Connell, Cyril John (1899–1974) university registrar and Rugby League administrator
  4. Connell, Robert (1867–1956) police commissioner
  5. Connelly, Sir Francis Raymond (1895–1949) businessman and lord mayor
  6. Connely, Harold Frederick (Harry) (1921–1976) air force officer
  7. Connolly, Patrick Andrew (1866–1946) racecourse owner
  8. Connolly, Roy Neville (1893–1966) journalist and author
  9. Connor, Reginald Francis (Rex) (1907–1977) motor dealer and politician
  10. Conrad, Arnold Henry (1887–1979) architect
  11. Conybeare, Alfred Theodore (1902–1979) judge
  12. Cook, Francis William (1918–1967) army officer
  13. Cooke, Eric Edgar (1931–1964) murderer
  14. Cookson, Isabel Clifton (1893–1973) botanist and palaeobotanist
  15. Cooper, Caroline Ethel (1871–1961) letter-writer, traveller and musician
  16. Cooper, Frank Arthur (1872–1949) clerk and premier
  17. Cooper, Harold More (1886–1970) wireless operator, archaelogist and historian
  18. Cooper, Sir Walter Jackson (1888–1973) soldier, grazier and politician
  19. Copeley, Joseph Herbert (1897–1977) rabbiter
  20. Copland, Sir Douglas Berry (1894–1971) economist, diplomat and vice-chancellor
  21. Coppel, Elias Godfrey (1896–1978) barrister
  22. Coppel, Marjorie Jean (1900–1970) community worker
  23. Corbett, Arthur Brownlow (1877–1970) engineer and administrator
  24. Corkill, Arthur Basil (1898–1958) medical researcher
  25. Cornwall, Edward Satchwell (1886–1954) engineer and administrator
  26. Corones, Haralambos (Harry) (1883–1972) hotelier and businessman
  27. Corran, Alexander (1861–1940) printer and newspaper editor
  28. Corser, Bernard Henry (1882–1967) farmer, grazier and politician
  29. Cory, Gilbert Ernest (1906–1977) solicitor and army officer
  30. Cosgrove, Dame Gertrude Ann (1882–1962) community worker
  31. Cosgrove, Sir Robert (1884–1969) grocer, trade unionist and premier
  32. Cotter, Timothy John (Tim) (1900–1972) medical practitioner and pathologist
  33. Cotton, Frederick Sidney (1894–1969) aviator and businessman
  34. Cotton, Lewy (1894–1972) waiter
  35. Cotton, Thomas Richard Worgan (1907–1970) soldier and intelligence officer
  36. Coughlan, Frank James (1904–1979) jazz musician
  37. Coughlan, William George (1902–1979) Anglican clergyman and social reformer
  38. Coull, James (Jim) (1900–1972) trade unionist and orator
  39. Courtice, Benjamin (1885–1972) farmer, sugar-industry leader and politician
  40. Courtney, Victor Desmond (1894–1970) journalist
  41. Cousens, Charles Hughes (1903–1964) army officer and radio broadcaster
  42. Cousin, Allan Paterson (1900–1976) naval officer
  43. Coverdale, Frederick Myles (1885–1958) sculler and shipwright
  44. Coverdale, Percival George (Percy) (1882–1963) yachtsman and boatbuilder
  45. Cowan, Sir Darcy Rivers Warren (1885–1958) medical practitioner
  46. Cowan, Ronald William Trafford (1914–1964) educationist
  47. Cowper, Andrew King (1898–1980) air force officer
  48. Cox, Geoffrey Souter (1914–1964) army officer, real-estate agent and politician
  49. Cox, Henry Daniel Blandford (Harry) (1875–1979) pharmacist
  50. Cox, Leonard Bell (1894–1976) neurologist and art collector
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