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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. Brett, Peter (1918–1975) professor of jurisprudence
  2. Brewster, Sarah Agnes Angus (1874–1957) headmistress and naturalist
  3. Bridgeford, Sir William (1894–1971) army officer
  4. Brifman, Shirley Margaret (1935–1972) prostitute
  5. Briggs, Ernest (1905–1967) poet, broadcaster and critic
  6. Brill, William Lloyd (1916–1964) air force officer
  7. Brisbane, David William (1888–1960) engineer
  8. Brisbane, Sir Hugh Lancelot (1893–1966) businessman
  9. Broadbent, Harry Frank (Jim) (1910–1958) aviator
  10. Broadby, Reginald Roslyn (Reg) (1904–1956) trade union leader
  11. Brodie, Sir Israel (1895–1979) rabbi
  12. Brodney, Alfred Tennyson (Bob) (1896–1984) solicitor
  13. Brodney, Maria May (1894–1973) labour activist
  14. Brodribb, Noel Kenric Stevens (1885–1965) public servant
  15. Bronner, Rudolph (Rudi) (1890–1960) radio administrator
  16. Brooker, William Edward (1891–1948) premier and fitter-and-turner
  17. Brookes, Dame Mabel Balcombe (1890–1975) society and charity leader
  18. Brooks, Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas (1896–1966) governor
  19. Brophy, James (1889–1969) public servant and community leader
  20. Brose, Henry Herman (1890–1965) scientist
  21. Broughton, Edward Renata (Tip) (1884–1955) soldier
  22. Brown, Alfred John (1893–1976) architect and town planner
  23. Brown, Arnold (1894–1960) army officer
  24. Brown, Doris Jocelyn (1898–1971) landscape gardener
  25. Brown, Gordon (1885–1967) politician
  26. Brown, Horace Plessay (Horrie) (1916–1971) statistician and economist
  27. Brown, Louisa Alice (1875–1959) factory inspector
  28. Brown, Maurice (1917–1980) administrator
  29. Brown, Morven Sydney (1914–1965) professor of sociology
  30. Brownbill, Fanny Eileen (1890–1948) politician
  31. Brownbill, William (1864–1938) baker and politician
  32. Browne, Sir Denis John Wolko (1892–1967) paediatric surgeon
  33. Browne, George Stephenson (1890–1970) professor of education
  34. Browne, Ida Alison (1900–1976) geologist
  35. Browne, Joseph Alexander (1876–1946) lawyer and politician
  36. Browne, William Rowan (1884–1975) geologist and teacher
  37. Brownell, Raymond James (1894–1974) air force officer
  38. Brunton, Christine Dorothy (Dot) (1890–1977) actress
  39. Bryan, Edith (1872–1963) teacher of the deaf
  40. Bryan, Sydney James (1883–1957) trade unionist
  41. Bryant, Beryl Annear (1893–1973) actress and producer
  42. Buchanan, Herbert James (1902–1965) naval officer
  43. Buckingham, Ashley James (1898–1962) retailer
  44. Buckland, Edwin (1871–1959) shire councillor
  45. Buckland, William Lionel (1899–1964) businessman and philanthropist
  46. Buckmaster, Ernest (1897–1968) artist
  47. Builder, Geoffrey (1906–1960) physicist and radio engineer
  48. Bukowski, Rochus Joseph John (Joe) (1901–1960) trade unionist
  49. Bulcock, Frank William (1892–1973) politician and administrator
  50. Bull, Lionel Batley (1889–1978) veterinary scientist and administrator
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