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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. Palmos, Angelos (1903–1976) forester
  2. Paltridge, Sir Shane Dunne (1910–1966) politician
  3. Papathanasopoulos, Theophylactos (1891–1958) Greek Orthodox bishop
  4. Paramor, Wendy (1938–1975) artist
  5. Pardey, Edith Emma (1896–1963) pianola-roll pianist
  6. Pardey, Minnie Laurel (1897–1974) pianola-roll pianist
  7. Parer, Damien Peter (1912–1944) war photographer and cameraman
  8. Parish, Augustus Albert (Gus) (1912–1967) metallurgist
  9. Parker, Kathleen Isabel (Kay) (1906–1979) army nurse
  10. Parkes, Cobden (1892–1978) architect, public servant and soldier
  11. Parkes, Edward (1890–1953) public servant
  12. Parnell, Thomas (1881–1948) physicist
  13. Parry Okeden, Richard Godfrey Christian (1900–1978) businessman
  14. Partridge, Frank John (1924–1964) soldier, farmer and quiz-champion
  15. Paschke, Olive Dorothy (1905–1942) army matron
  16. Paspalis, Michael Theodosios (1911–1972) businessman
  17. Paterson, Frederick Woolnough (Fred) (1897–1977) barrister and politician
  18. Patten, Robert Anthony (1889–1958) veterinary surgeon and zoological-park superintendent
  19. Patterson, George Herbert (1890–1968) advertising entrepreneur and businessman
  20. Paul, Tibor (1909–1973) conductor
  21. Pawsey, Joseph Lade (Joe) (1908–1962) physicist
  22. Payne, Frances Mallalieu (Frank) (1885–1976) artist and illustrator
  23. Peacock, Frederick Hood (1886–1969) businessman
  24. Pearce, Charles William (1910–1980) air force officer
  25. Pearce, Edward Tom Stanley (1914–1980) sugar-industry administrator
  26. Pearce, Malcolm Arthur Fraser (1898–1979) public servant
  27. Pearson, Eric John (1918–1977) teacher and trade-union leader
  28. Pelensky, Yevhen Yulii (1908–1956) literary critic, bibliographer and teacher
  29. Pendred, Edith Gladys (1897–1964) kindergarten teacher
  30. Penfold Hyland, Frank Astor (1873–1948) company director
  31. Penfold Hyland, Gladys (1886–1974) businesswoman and collector of antiques
  32. Penington, Frances Eileen (1897–1972) social scientist
  33. Penman, Frank (1905–1973) chemist
  34. Pennefather, Hugh Frank (1894–1964) sheepclasser
  35. Pennefather, Reginald Richard (1905–1957) agricultural scientist
  36. Penton, Brian Con (1904–1951) journalist, novelist and polemicist
  37. Percy, Hal (1898–1949) actor and writer
  38. Perivolaris, Anna (1888–1963) schoolteacher
  39. Perkin, Edwin Graham (1929–1975) newspaper editor
  40. Perkins, Hetty (1895–1979) Arrernte matriarch
  41. Perrett, Christopher James (1896–1972) public servant
  42. Perrier, Grace (1875–1979) librarian
  43. Perry, Adelaide Elizabeth (1891–1973) painter, printmaker and teacher
  44. Perry, Sir Frank Tennyson (1887–1965) industrialist and politician
  45. Perry, Patrick (1903–1975) naval officer
  46. Peters, Charles Harold (1889–1951) bookseller and soldier
  47. Peters, Jack Vernon (1920–1973) organist and teacher
  48. Pethard, George Albert (1885–1961) businessman and mayor
  49. Petrie, Winifred Marion (1890–1966) nurse and hospital proprietress
  50. Phelan, William (1915–1973) businessman and politician
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