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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. Burrows, Frederick Alexander (1897–1973) army officer and businessman
  2. Burns, James (1881–1969) businessman
  3. Burnett, Sir Charles Stuart (1882–1945) air force officer
  4. Burnell, John Gurner (1885–1967) engineer
  5. Burne, Sir Lewis Charles (1898–1978) master builder and employer representative
  6. Burley, Frederick Richard (Fred) (1885–1954) corset manufacturer
  7. Burley, Frank Arthur (1881–1957) corset manufacturer
  8. Burkitt, Arthur Neville (1891–1959) professor of anatomy
  9. Burke-Gaffney, Thomas Noel (1893–1958) Jesuit priest, seismologist and astronomer
  10. Burke, Thomas Patrick (Tom) (1910–1973) politician
  11. Burke, Phyllis Le Cappelaine (1900–1969) social reformer and housing commissioner
  12. Burke, James Wallace (1930–1979) cricketer and stockbroker
  13. Burke, Eric Keast (1896–1974) photographer and journalist
  14. Burhop, Eric Henry Stoneley (1911–1980) physicist
  15. Burgmann, Ernest Henry (1885–1967) Anglican bishop and social critic
  16. Burge, Frank (1894–1958) Rugby League footballer and council cleaner
  17. Burbidge, Nancy Tyson (1912–1977) botanist and conservationist
  18. Bunning, Walter Ralston (1912–1977) architect, town planner and writer
  19. Bullen, Lilian Ethel (1894–1965) circus proprietor
  20. Bullen, Keith Edward (1906–1976) seismologist and professor of applied mathematics
  21. Bullen, Alfred Percival (Perce) (1896–1974) circus proprietor
  22. Bull, Lionel Batley (1889–1978) veterinary scientist and administrator
  23. Bulcock, Frank William (1892–1973) politician and administrator
  24. Bukowski, Rochus Joseph John (Joe) (1901–1960) trade unionist
  25. Builder, Geoffrey (1906–1960) physicist and radio engineer
  26. Buckmaster, Ernest (1897–1968) artist
  27. Buckland, William Lionel (1899–1964) businessman and philanthropist
  28. Buckland, Edwin (1871–1959) shire councillor
  29. Buckingham, Ashley James (1898–1962) retailer
  30. Buchanan, Herbert James (1902–1965) naval officer
  31. Bryant, Beryl Annear (1893–1973) actress and producer
  32. Bryan, Sydney James (1883–1957) trade unionist
  33. Bryan, Edith (1872–1963) teacher of the deaf
  34. Brunton, Christine Dorothy (Dot) (1890–1977) actress
  35. Brownell, Raymond James (1894–1974) air force officer
  36. Browne, William Rowan (1884–1975) geologist and teacher
  37. Browne, Joseph Alexander (1876–1946) lawyer and politician
  38. Browne, Ida Alison (1900–1976) geologist
  39. Browne, George Stephenson (1890–1970) professor of education
  40. Browne, Sir Denis John Wolko (1892–1967) paediatric surgeon
  41. Brownbill, William (1864–1938) baker and politician
  42. Brownbill, Fanny Eileen (1890–1948) politician
  43. Brown, Morven Sydney (1914–1965) professor of sociology
  44. Brown, Maurice (1917–1980) administrator
  45. Brown, Louisa Alice (1875–1959) factory inspector
  46. Brown, Horace Plessay (Horrie) (1916–1971) statistician and economist
  47. Brown, Gordon (1885–1967) politician
  48. Brown, Doris Jocelyn (1898–1971) landscape gardener
  49. Brown, Arnold (1894–1960) army officer
  50. Brown, Alfred John (1893–1976) architect and town planner
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