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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the third of four for the period 1940-1980 and covers names Kem-Pie. [Read More]

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  1. Nicholls, Sydney Wentworth (Syd) (1896–1977) cartoonist
  2. Nicholson, Alexander John (1895–1969) entomologist
  3. Nicklin, Sir George Francis (Frank) (1895–1978) fruit-grower and premier
  4. Nickson, Arthur Ernest Howard (1876–1964) musician
  5. Nicol, Phyllis Mary (1903–1964) lecturer and demonstrator in physics
  6. Nicol, William Dalziel (Bill) (1907–1978) schoolteacher and puppeteer
  7. Nielsen, Juanita Joan (1937–1975) publisher and urban conservationist
  8. Niland, D'Arcy Francis (1917–1967) author
  9. Nilsen, Nils Emil (1902–1975) mining engineer
  10. Nilsen, Oliver John (1884–1977) radio broadcaster, electrical engineer and lord mayor
  11. Nimmo, William Hogarth Robertson (1885–1970) hydraulic engineer
  12. Nivison, Alex Stratford (1894–1965) grazier and sheep breeder
  13. Nixon, Sir Edwin Van-der-vord (1876–1955) accountant
  14. Nixon-Smith, Robert Ellersleigh (1890–1947) businessman
  15. Noack, Errol Wayne (1945–1966) fisherman and soldier
  16. Nolan, Francis George (Frank) (1894–1977) trade-union official and railway clerk
  17. Nolan, Violet Cynthia (1908–1976) writer
  18. Nona, Tanu (1902–1980) pearler and Torres Strait Islands councillor
  19. Norman, Eldred De Bracton (1914–1971) inventor and racing-car driver
  20. Norrie, Sir Charles Willoughby Moke (1893–1977) army officer and governor
  21. North, Edgar Alexander (1896–1970) medical scientist
  22. Northcott, Clarence Hunter (1880–1968) schoolteacher, personnel manager and author
  23. Northcott, Sir John (1890–1966) army officer and governor
  24. Northey, James Douglas (1890–1975) Congregational clergyman
  25. Northfield, Isaac James (1887–1973) poster artist and painter
  26. Norton, Ezra (1897–1967) newspaper proprietor
  27. Norton, Rosaleen Miriam (1917–1979) painter and self-styled witch
  28. Norway, Nevil Shute (1899–1960) writer and aeronautical engineer
  29. Nosworthy, Ellice Maud (1897–1972) architect
  30. Nothling, Otto Ernest (1900–1965) medical practitioner and sportsman
  31. Nott, Lewis Windermere (1886–1951) politician, medical practitioner and hospital superintendent
  32. Nugan, Francis John (1942–1980) lawyer and merchant banker
  33. Nunan, Marjorie Estella (1910–1963) pensioners' advocate
  34. Nutt, Ernest Arthur (1911–1974) press photographer
  35. Nyholm, Sir Ronald Sydney (1917–1971) professor of chemistry
  36. Oala-Rarua, Oala (1934–1980) teacher, trade-union leader, politician and diplomat
  37. Oberg, David Olof August (1893–1975) timber merchant
  38. O'Brien, Claude Harding (1879–1960) sugar-technologist
  39. O'Brien, Eris Michael (1895–1974) Catholic archbishop and Australian historian
  40. O'Brien, Jack Lockyer (John) (1909–1965) historian
  41. O'Brien, John William Alexander (1908–1980) engineer and soldier
  42. O'Brien, Louisa (1880–1957) hotelier
  43. O'Brien, Michael (Mick) (1900–1967) trade unionist
  44. O'Brien, Thomas Patrick (1892–1969) flour-miller
  45. O'Bryan, Sir Norman John (1894–1968) judge
  46. O'Connell, Daniel Patrick (1924–1979) barrister and professor of law
  47. O'Connell, Terence John (1916–1977) educationist
  48. O'Connor, Francis Alexander (1894–1972) public servant
  49. Octoman, Janette Hannum (1879–1971) community worker
  50. O'Dea, Ernest Charles (1889–1976) trade unionist, politician and lord mayor
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