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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. Baker, Euphemia Eleanor (Effie) (1880–1968) photographer and Bahá'í
  2. Baker, Ada Winifred Weekes (1866–1949) teacher of singing
  3. Bain, George Keith (1888–1961) company manager
  4. Bailey, Victor Albert (1895–1964) physicist
  5. Bailey, Sir Kenneth Hamilton (1898–1972) lawyer and public servant
  6. Bailey, Eric George (1906–1945) policeman
  7. Bailey, Editha Olga (1903–1980) community worker
  8. Baile, Albert Henry (Bert) (1882–1961) bandmaster
  9. Badcoe, Peter John (1934–1967) army officer
  10. Axon, Sir Albert Edwin (1898–1974) engineer, businessman and university chancellor
  11. Aunger, Horace Hooper Murray (1878–1953) overlander and motor engineer
  12. Atkinson, Richard Ashley (Dick) (1913–1944) air force officer
  13. Atkinson, Ellen (1894–1965) Aboriginal community leader
  14. Atkinson, Edwin (Eddy) (1888–1952) carpenter, handyman and fisherman
  15. Athaldo, Don (1894–1965) strongman
  16. Aston, Ronald Leslie (1901–1969) engineer and academic
  17. Ashton, James Hay (Jim) (1899–1973) grazier, businessman and polo player
  18. Ashton, Havelock Race (1895–1971) newspaper editor
  19. Ashley, William Patrick (Bill) (1881–1958) politician
  20. Ashkanasy, Maurice (1901–1971) barrister and Jewish community leader
  21. Ashby, Sylvia Rose (1908–1978) market researcher
  22. Ashburn, Ida Nancy (1909–1980) headmistress
  23. Arthur, Harold Frank Milton (1908–1972) motorcycle rider and speedway promoter
  24. Arnott, Alwyn James (1899–1973) professor of dentistry
  25. Armstrong, Thomas (Tom) (1885–1955) businessman and politician
  26. Armstrong, Millicent Sylvia (1888–1973) playwright and farmer
  27. Armstrong, John Ignatius (1908–1977) politician
  28. Armstrong, Sir Alfred Norman (1899–1966) banker
  29. Armitage, Hugh Traill (1881–1963) banker
  30. Armitage, Dora Elizabeth (1858–1945) teacher of typing
  31. Arkwookerum, Peret (1924–1978) Aboriginal dancer
  32. Arida, Richard Dominique (1872–1944) merchant
  33. Arida, Joseph Dominique (1863–1924) merchant
  34. Argyle, Jessie (Gypsy) (1900–1955) domestic
  35. Arek, Paulus (1929–1973) teacher, trade unionist and politician
  36. Archer, Mary Ellinor Lucy (1893–1979) librarian and scientist
  37. Archer, David Marwedel (1897–1959) merino studmaster
  38. Archer, Caroline Lillian (1922–1978) telephonist and Aboriginal publicist
  39. Archer, Alister (1890–1965) cattleman
  40. Appleroth, Adolphus Herbert (Bert) (1886–1952) jelly manufacturer
  41. Anton, Charles William (1916–1966) ski-field promoter
  42. Anthony, Hubert Lawrence (Larry) (1897–1957) politician and farmer
  43. Annois, Leonard Lloyd (Len) (1906–1966) artist
  44. Annand, Douglas Shenton (1903–1976) graphic designer and artist
  45. Angwin, Hugh Thomas Moffitt (1888–1949) engineer and public servant
  46. Angles, Cyril Joseph (1906–1962) sporting commentator
  47. Angas, Sir John Keith (1900–1977) pastoralist
  48. Andronicus, John Damianos (1894–1973) coffee merchant
  49. Andrews, Roland Stuart (1897–1961) industrial chemist and administrator
  50. Andrew, Marshall (1897–1960) medical practitioner
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