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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. Broughton, Edward Renata (Tip) (1884–1955) soldier
  2. Brose, Henry Herman (1890–1965) scientist
  3. Brophy, James (1889–1969) public servant and community leader
  4. Brooks, Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas (1896–1966) governor
  5. Brookes, Dame Mabel Balcombe (1890–1975) society and charity leader
  6. Brooker, William Edward (1891–1948) premier and fitter-and-turner
  7. Bronner, Rudolph (Rudi) (1890–1960) radio administrator
  8. Brodribb, Noel Kenric Stevens (1885–1965) public servant
  9. Brodney, Maria May (1894–1973) labour activist
  10. Brodney, Alfred Tennyson (Bob) (1896–1984) solicitor
  11. Brodie, Sir Israel (1895–1979) rabbi
  12. Broadby, Reginald Roslyn (Reg) (1904–1956) trade union leader
  13. Broadbent, Harry Frank (Jim) (1910–1958) aviator
  14. Brisbane, Sir Hugh Lancelot (1893–1966) businessman
  15. Brisbane, David William (1888–1960) engineer
  16. Brill, William Lloyd (1916–1964) air force officer
  17. Briggs, Ernest (1905–1967) poet, broadcaster and critic
  18. Brifman, Shirley Margaret (1935–1972) prostitute
  19. Bridgeford, Sir William (1894–1971) army officer
  20. Brewster, Sarah Agnes Angus (1874–1957) headmistress and naturalist
  21. Brett, Peter (1918–1975) professor of jurisprudence
  22. Brett, James Fairlie (1884–1966) timber merchant and industrialist
  23. Brennan, Virgil Paul (1920–1943) air force officer
  24. Breen, Harold Patrick (1893–1966) public servant
  25. Brand, Sir William Alfred (1888–1979) cane-grower and politician
  26. Brand, Walter Levi (1893–1964) Jewish welfare worker
  27. Brand, Sir David (1912–1979) storekeeper and premier
  28. Brake, John (1890–1970) agriculturist, sportsman and soldier
  29. Brain, Lester Joseph (1903–1980) aviator and aviation administrator
  30. Brain, Sir Hugh Gerner (1890–1976) businessman and public benefactor
  31. Bradley, Stephen Leslie (1926–1968) kidnapper and murderer
  32. Bradley, Joan Burton (1916–1982) bush regenerator
  33. Bradley, Eileen Burton (1911–1976) bush regenerator
  34. Bradley, Claudia Portia Burton- (1909–1967) orthopaedist
  35. Bradford, Leslie (Les) (1878–1943) metallurgist
  36. Boyle, John (1904–1979) surveyor and public servant
  37. Boyer, Sir Richard James Fildes (1891–1961) grazier, publicist and broadcasting chief
  38. Boyd, Walter Hubert (1900–1970) solicitor
  39. Boyd, Robin Gerard (1919–1971) architect and critic
  40. Boyd, Martin à Beckett (1893–1972) author
  41. Boyd, Eileen Alberta (1890–1975) singer
  42. Boyd, Douglas Thornley (1896–1964) grazier and wool industry leader
  43. Bowmaker, Alfred Ernest (1895–1968) soldier and rice farmer
  44. Bowhay, Claude (1907–1970) sheep-breeder
  45. Bower, Helen Rosalie (Ros) (1923–1980) community arts director
  46. Bowe, Ethel Jessie (1906–1961) army matron-in-chief
  47. Bowden, Vivian Gordon (1884–1942) trade commissioner and diplomat
  48. Bowden, George James (1888–1962) farmer, soldier and Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives
  49. Bowden, Frank Philip (1903–1968) physicist and physical chemist
  50. Bourke, Joseph Ormond Aloysius (1908–1965) public servant and university administrator
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