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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. Dalziel, Allan John (1908–1969) social reformer and political secretary
  2. Dangar, Anne Garvin (1885–1951) painter and potter
  3. Dann, George Landen (1904–1977) playwright and draughtsman
  4. Darbyshire, Phillip Arthur (Phil) (1898–1969) radio scriptwriter
  5. Darker, Walter Bruce (1878–1950) colliery proprietor and company director
  6. Darwin, Donald Victor (1896–1972) civil engineer
  7. Davey, Geoffrey Innes (1906–1975) civil engineer and priest
  8. Davey, John Andrew (Jack) (1907–1959) radio entertainer
  9. David, Caroline Martha (Cara) (1856–1951) community worker
  10. Davidson, Bessie Ellen (1879–1965) artist
  11. Davidson, David Lomas (1893–1952) town planner
  12. Davidson, Edwin John (1899–1958) Anglican bishop and publicist
  13. Davidson, James Wightman (Jim) (1915–1973) historian
  14. Davies, Cyril Walter (1889–1971) solicitor
  15. Davies, Ellis Harvey (1882–1942) engineer and wartime public servant
  16. Davies, Harold Whitridge (1894–1946) professor of physiology
  17. Davies, John Griffiths (Jack) (1904–1969) agricultural scientist
  18. Davies, Natalia (Nat) (1907–1951) schoolteacher and defence worker
  19. Davies, Robert Ian (Bob) (1923–1941) naval officer
  20. Davies, Stella Marguerite (1885–1965) hospital almoner
  21. Davies, William (Bill) (1895–1966) professor of chemistry
  22. Davis, Herbert Nelson (1899–1963) organist, choirmaster and conductor
  23. Davis, Leslie David (1885–1973) businessman and philanthropist
  24. Davis, Norma Lochlenah (1905–1945) poet
  25. Davison, Alexander Nicholas (Lex) (1923–1965) racing motorist
  26. Davison, Frank Dalby (1893–1970) writer
  27. Davison, Frederick (1868–1942) real estate agent
  28. Dawes, Allan Wesley (1900–1969) journalist
  29. Dawes, Edgar Rowland (1902–1973) trade unionist, politician and broadcasting commissioner
  30. Dawn, Gloria (1929–1978) entertainer
  31. Daws, Charles Kingston (1903–1980) Methodist minister
  32. Dawson, Claude Charles (1902–1945) journalist
  33. Dawson, Gerald Macadam (Gerry) (1905–1979) carpenter and trade union leader
  34. Dawson, William Siegfried (1891–1975) psychiatrist
  35. Day, Archibald John Sheperdson (1901–1975) organist and music teacher
  36. Deacon, James Hunt (Jim) (1901–1968) numismatist
  37. Deamer, Sydney Harold (1891–1962) newspaper editor
  38. Dean, Sir Arthur (1893–1970) judge
  39. Dearth, Henry Alan (Harry) (1908–1964) radio producer
  40. Dease, Conly John Paget (Jack) (1906–1979) broadcaster and actor
  41. Deasey, Maude Kathleen (1909–1968) teacher, army officer and administrator
  42. Debenham, Frank (1883–1965) Antarctic scientist and geographer
  43. de Burgh, Ernest Charles (1892–1977) journalist
  44. de Castella, François Robert (1867–1953) viticulturist
  45. Dechaineux, Emile Frank Verlaine (1902–1944) naval officer
  46. Dedman, John Johnstone (1896–1973) politician
  47. Deen, Fazal (1898–1963) hawker, battery-operator and entrepreneur
  48. Deering, Harold Hastings (1896–1965) engineer and businessman
  49. De Gruchy, Gordon Carl (1922–1974) physician
  50. Delamothe, Sir Peter Roylance (1904–1973) medical practitioner and politician
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