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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the second of four for the period 1940-1980 and covers names Di-Kel. [Read More]

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  1. Dicks, Robin Elizabeth (1940–1975) nurse and aviatrix
  2. Diesendorf, Walter (1906–1975) electrical engineer
  3. Dinah, Robert Beaufort (1898–1962) Aboriginal leader and boxer
  4. Ding, Henry Edgar (Harry) (1907–1976) trucker
  5. Disher, Harold Clive (1891–1976) medical practitioner, army officer and pastoralist
  6. Disney, Sir James Stanley (1896–1952) businessman, lord mayor and politician
  7. Dittmer, Felix Cyril Sigismund (1904–1977) medical practitioner and politician
  8. Dixon, Lorna Rose (1917–1976) Aboriginal linguist and cultural preserver
  9. Dixon, Sir Owen (1886–1972) judge
  10. Dobell, Sir William (1899–1970) painter
  11. Dodd, Beatrice Olive Victoria (1897–1968) social worker
  12. Dodd, Tommy (1890–1975) stockman and cameleer
  13. Dodge, Ettie (1885–1973) vigoro administrator
  14. Dodgshun, Keith (1893–1971) farmer and politician
  15. Dollery, Edwin Maxwell (Max) (1897–1973) army officer and administrator
  16. Dolling, Dorothy Eleanor (1897–1967) community worker and journalist
  17. Donoghue, Raymond Tasman (1920–1960) tram conductor
  18. Dorron, Victor Henry (1903–1969) instructor in woolclassing
  19. Dorsch, Agnes Marie Johanna (1871–1958) teacher
  20. Dougherty, Tom Nicholson (1902–1972) trade unionist
  21. Douglas, Clive Martin (1903–1977) musician, conductor and composer
  22. Douglas, Edward Archibald (1877–1947) judge
  23. Douglas, Gilbert Eric (1902–1970) air force officer
  24. Douglas, Robert Johnstone (1883–1972) judge
  25. Dovey, Wilfred Robert (Bill) (1894–1969) judge
  26. Dowling, Sir Roy Russell (1901–1969) naval officer
  27. Down, John Egbert (1885–1963) dentist and army officer
  28. Downie, Ewen Thomas Taylor (1902–1977) medical practitioner
  29. Downing, Cecilia (1858–1952) temperance worker, community activist and political organizer
  30. Downing, Desmonde Florence (1920–1975) stage designer
  31. Downing, Richard Ivan (Dick) (1915–1975) economist
  32. Downing, Walter Hubert (1893–1965) barrister
  33. Doyle, Ralph Raymond (1894–1955) film company manager
  34. Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey (1885–1977) civil engineer and army officer
  35. Drake-Brockman, Henrietta Frances (1901–1968) author
  36. Drakeford, Arthur Samuel (1878–1957) engine driver, trade unionist and politician
  37. Dransfield, Michael John (1948–1973) poet
  38. Dreyer, Marien Oulton (1911–1980) writer and journalist
  39. Drummond, Irene Melville (1905–1942) army matron
  40. Drummond, Sir Peter Roy Maxwell (1894–1945) air force officer
  41. Drummond, Ruth Janet (Lute) (1879–1949) operatic coach
  42. Drummond, Vance (1927–1967) air force officer
  43. Drysdale, Arthur James (1887–1971) financier and pastoralist
  44. Dugan, Sir Winston Joseph (1876–1951) soldier and governor
  45. Dullo, Walter Andreas (1902–1978) chocolate-maker and musicologist
  46. Dumas, Sir Frederick Lloyd (1891–1973) journalist and newspaper executive
  47. Dumas, Sir Russell John (1887–1975) engineer
  48. Dunbar, William John Hanley (Bill) (1903–1972) publisher, publicist and journalist
  49. Duncan, Ada Constance (1896–1970) welfare activist and international affairs specialist
  50. Duncan, Alexander Mitchell (1888–1965) policeman
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