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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. Oldham, Trevor Donald (1900–1953) barrister and politician
  2. Oldaker, Maxwell Charles (Max) (1907–1972) singer and actor
  3. Old, Ernest (Ernie) (1874–1962) cyclist and soldier
  4. O'Keeffe, Kathleen Clare (1883–1949) public servant and campaigner for equal pay for women
  5. O'Keefe, John Michael (Johnny) (1935–1978) rock'n'roll singer
  6. O'Halloran, Michael Raphael (1893–1960) politician, farmer and storekeeper
  7. O'Grady, Oswald James (1901–1971) businessman
  8. Ogilvy, Clive David (1908–1978) broadcasting administrator
  9. Officer, Sir Frank Keith (1889–1969) diplomat
  10. Officer, Doris Lyne (1898–1967) medical practitioner
  11. O'Driscoll, John Xavier (1903–1977) barrister, judge and sporting administrator
  12. O'Donnell, Patrick Mary (1897–1980) Catholic archbishop
  13. O'Dea, Patrick John (Pat) (1872–1962) footballer
  14. O'Dea, Ernest Charles (1889–1976) trade unionist, politician and lord mayor
  15. Octoman, Janette Hannum (1879–1971) community worker
  16. O'Connor, Francis Alexander (1894–1972) public servant
  17. O'Connell, Terence John (1916–1977) educationist
  18. O'Connell, Daniel Patrick (1924–1979) barrister and professor of law
  19. O'Bryan, Sir Norman John (1894–1968) judge
  20. O'Brien, Thomas Patrick (1892–1969) flour-miller
  21. O'Brien, Michael (1900–1967) trade unionist
  22. O'Brien, Louisa (1880–1957) hotelier
  23. O'Brien, John William Alexander (1908–1980) engineer and soldier
  24. O'Brien, Jack Lockyer (John) (1909–1965) historian
  25. O'Brien, Eris Michael (1895–1974) Catholic archbishop and Australian historian
  26. O'Brien, Claude Harding (1879–1960) sugar-technologist
  27. Oberg, David Olof August (1893–1975) timber merchant
  28. Oala-Rarua, Oala (1934–1980) teacher, trade-union leader, politician and diplomat
  29. Nyholm, Sir Ronald Sydney (1917–1971) professor of chemistry
  30. Nutt, Ernest Arthur (1911–1974) press photographer
  31. Nunan, Marjorie Estella (1910–1963) pensioners' advocate
  32. Nugan, Francis John (1942–1980) lawyer and merchant banker
  33. Nott, Lewis Windermere (1886–1951) politician, medical practitioner and hospital superintendent
  34. Nothling, Otto Ernest (1900–1965) medical practitioner and sportsman
  35. Nosworthy, Ellice Maud (1897–1972) architect
  36. Norway, Nevil Shute (1899–1960) writer and aeronautical engineer
  37. Norton, Rosaleen Miriam (1917–1979) painter and self-styled witch
  38. Norton, Ezra (1897–1967) newspaper proprietor
  39. Northfield, Isaac James (1887–1973) poster artist and painter
  40. Northey, James Douglas (1890–1975) Congregational clergyman
  41. Northcott, Sir John (1890–1966) army officer and governor
  42. Northcott, Clarence Hunter (1880–1968) schoolteacher, personnel manager and author
  43. North, Edgar Alexander (1896–1970) medical scientist
  44. Norrie, Sir Charles Willoughby Moke (1893–1977) army officer and governor
  45. Norman, Eldred De Bracton (1914–1971) inventor and racing-car driver
  46. Nona, Tanu (1902–1980) pearler and Torres Strait Islands councillor
  47. Nolan, Violet Cynthia (1908–1976) writer
  48. Nolan, Francis George (1894–1977) trade-union official and railway clerk
  49. Noack, Errol Wayne (1945–1966) fisherman and soldier
  50. Nixon-Smith, Robert Ellersleigh (1890–1947) businessman
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