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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. Bell, John Renison (1889–1973) air force officer
  2. Bell, Mary Teston Luis (1903–1979) air force officer
  3. Belz, Maurice Henry (1897–1975) mathematical statistician
  4. Bendrodt, James Charles (1891–1973) roller-skater and restaurateur
  5. Benham, Edward Warner (1872–1948) lawyer and academic
  6. Benjafield, David Gilbert (1919–1980) professor of law
  7. Bennett, Agnes Jessie (Addie) (1880–1969) community worker
  8. Bennett, Emily (1871–1941) feminist and political organiser
  9. Bennett, Henry Gordon (1887–1962) army officer and businessman
  10. Bennett, Norman Louis (1899–1974) sugar technologist
  11. Bennetts, Harold William (1898–1970) veterinary scientist
  12. Bennetts, Richard John (1925–1978) journalist and intelligence officer
  13. Benson, Sir Clarence Irving (1897–1980) Methodist clergyman and journalist
  14. Bergman, George Francis (Jack) (1900–1979) soldier and historian
  15. Berrick, Norman David (1904–1970) metallurgist
  16. Berry, Dame Alice Miriam (1900–1978) Country Women's Association leader
  17. Bertles, Zoe Emma (1880–1975) librarian
  18. Best, Godfrey Jacob Marshall (1894–1970) insurance manager
  19. Best, Sir John Victor Hall (1894–1972) dentist
  20. Best, Kathleen Annie Louise (1910–1957) nurse and army officer
  21. Beveridge, Ada (1875–1964) Country Women's Association leader
  22. Beveridge, Dorothy Christina (1894–1978) public servant
  23. Biaggini, Ernest Gordon (1889–1978) educationist
  24. Biddlecombe, Janet (1866–1954) pastoralist and philanthropist
  25. Biggs, Frederick (Fred) (1875–1961) Aboriginal bushworker and singer
  26. Bindi, Daisy (1904–1962) Aboriginal activist
  27. Bini, Elzio Luciano (1926–1979) teacher and Italian community leader
  28. Binney, Sir Thomas Hugh (1883–1953) naval officer and governor
  29. Binnie, William More (1874–1954) mine-manager and company director
  30. Birchell, Michael James (1945–1967) panel-beater and soldier
  31. Bird, Margaret Henrietta (1888–1963) bookseller
  32. Birdseye, Sylvia Jessie Catherine (1902–1962) bus driver
  33. Birtwistle, Ivor Treharne (1892–1976) journalist
  34. Bischof, Francis Erich (Frank) (1904–1979) police commissioner
  35. Bishop, Lionel Albert Jack (John) (1903–1964) musician and festival director
  36. Black, Arnold Barham (1889–1964) mining engineer
  37. Black, Edward William (Eddie) (1902–1971) musician
  38. Blackall, Ruby Constance Ethel (1880–1951) charity organizer
  39. Blackburn, Doris Amelia (1889–1970) politician, peace campaigner and civil rights activist
  40. Bladin, Francis Masson (1898–1978) air force officer
  41. Blair, Harold (1924–1976) singer and Aboriginal activist
  42. Blake, Florence Turner (1873–1959) artist and benefactor
  43. Blake, Richard Charles (1903–1967) egg marketer
  44. Blamey, Sir Thomas Albert (1884–1951) army officer and commissioner of police
  45. Blanchard, Julian Ralph (1892–1980) Presbyterian minister
  46. Bland, Francis Armand (1882–1967) public servant, academic and politician
  47. Blesing, Albert Percy (1879–1949) farmer and politician
  48. Bligh, Rosemary Beatrice (Bea) (1916–1973) gardener
  49. Blomfield, Isla Stuart (1865–1959) nurse, sanitary inspector and health visitor
  50. Blumenthal, Stanley Joseph (1893–1972) trade unionist
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