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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. O'Dea, Patrick John (Pat) (1872–1962) footballer
  2. O'Donnell, Patrick Mary (1897–1980) Catholic archbishop
  3. O'Driscoll, John Xavier (1903–1977) barrister, judge and sporting administrator
  4. Officer, Doris Lyne (1898–1967) medical practitioner
  5. Officer, Sir Frank Keith (1889–1969) diplomat
  6. Ogilvy, Clive David (1908–1978) broadcasting administrator
  7. O'Grady, Oswald James (1901–1971) businessman
  8. O'Halloran, Michael Raphael (1893–1960) politician, farmer and storekeeper
  9. O'Keefe, John Michael (Johnny) (1935–1978) rock'n'roll singer
  10. O'Keeffe, Kathleen Clare (1883–1949) public servant and campaigner for equal pay for women
  11. Old, Ernest (Ernie) (1874–1962) cyclist and soldier
  12. Oldaker, Maxwell Charles (Max) (1907–1972) singer and actor
  13. Oldham, Trevor Donald (1900–1953) barrister and politician
  14. Oldham, Wilfrid (1890–1959) university lecturer and historian
  15. O'Leary, Cornelius (1897–1971) director of native affairs
  16. Oliphant, Kenneth Henry Bell (1894–1975) architect
  17. O'Loghlen, John Henry Patrick Francis (Frank) (1892–1964) rural and sporting writer
  18. Olsen, Olav Trygve (1890–1966) civil engineer
  19. O'Malley, Louis James (Jim) (1912–1975) public servant and explorer
  20. O'May, George Elwin (1876–1956) ferrymaster
  21. O'May, Henry (Harry) (1872–1962) ferrymaster
  22. O'Neill, Josephine (1905–1968) journalist and film critic
  23. O'Neill, Martha Mary (1878–1972) Sister of Mercy and schoolteacher
  24. O'Neill, Patrick (1886–1968) Christian Brother and schoolteacher
  25. Onus, William Townsend (Bill) (1906–1968) Aboriginal political activist and entrepreneur
  26. Oom, Karl Erik (1904–1972) naval officer
  27. Opas, David Louis (1936–1980) judge
  28. Oppen, Margaret (1890–1975) artist and embroiderer
  29. Ord, Charles Andrew (1905–1977) banker and stockbroker
  30. Orr, John (1885–1966) professor of linguistics
  31. Orr, Sydney Sparkes (1914–1966) philosopher
  32. Osborne, Doris Margaret (1906–1977) schoolteacher and campaigner for equal rights for women
  33. O'Shane, Gladys Dorothy (1919–1965) Aboriginal political activist
  34. O'Shea, Maurice George (1897–1956) winemaker
  35. Osman, Neile (1920–1972) educationist
  36. O'Sullivan, Michael (1866–1950) policeman
  37. O'Sullivan, Sir Michael Neil (1900–1968) politician and solicitor
  38. O'Toole, Thomas William (1885–1957) coalminer
  39. Owen, Evelyn Ernest (1915–1949) inventor of the Owen gun
  40. Owen, John Evan Eric (1901–1965) Presbyterian minister
  41. Owen, Sir William Francis (1899–1972) judge
  42. Packard, Guy Spencer (1884–1963) shipping company manager
  43. Packer, Sir Douglas Frank (1906–1974) media proprietor
  44. Packer, Gerald (1900–1962) army and air force officer, businessman and government adviser
  45. Page, Robert Charles (1920–1945) soldier
  46. Page, Walter (1904–1956) Aboriginal activist
  47. Paine, Arnold Gerald Stewart (1897–1979) soapbox orator
  48. Paine, Duke Douglas (1892–1960) public servant and army officer
  49. Paine, Sir Herbert Kingsley (1883–1972) judge
  50. Palmer, Helen Gwynneth (1917–1979) educationist
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