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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. Plate, Carl Olaf (1909–1977) artist
  2. Pierce, John Patrick (1909–1970) Catholic priest
  3. Pie, Arthur Bruce (1902–1962) businessman and politician
  4. Picot, James (Jim) (1906–1944) poet and literary critic
  5. Pickworth, Horace Henry Alfred (Ossie) (1918–1969) golfer
  6. Philp, Sir Roslyn Foster (Ross) (1895–1965) judge
  7. Phillips, Stanley Thomas (1912–1976) studmaster
  8. Phillips, Sir Philip David (1897–1970) lawyer and teacher
  9. Phillips, Leslie William (1893–1949) chemist and educationist
  10. Phillips, Gilbert Edward (1904–1952) neurosurgeon and wine connoisseur
  11. Phillips, Dorothy Jane (Thea) (1892–1960) soprano and teacher of singing
  12. Philipp, Franz Adolf (1914–1970) art historian
  13. Philip, Sir William Shearer (1891–1975) accountant and charity worker
  14. Phelan, William (1915–1973) businessman and politician
  15. Petrie, Winifred Marion (1890–1966) nurse and hospital proprietress
  16. Pethard, George Albert (1885–1961) businessman and mayor
  17. Peters, Jack Vernon (1920–1973) organist and teacher
  18. Peters, Charles Harold (1889–1951) bookseller and soldier
  19. Perry, Patrick (1903–1975) naval officer
  20. Perry, Sir Frank Tennyson (1887–1965) industrialist and politician
  21. Perry, Adelaide Elizabeth (1891–1973) painter, printmaker and teacher
  22. Perrier, Grace (1875–1979) librarian
  23. Perrett, Christopher James (1896–1972) public servant
  24. Perkins, Hetty (1895–1979) Arrernte matriarch
  25. Perkin, Edwin Graham (1929–1975) newspaper editor
  26. Perivolaris, Anna (1888–1963) schoolteacher
  27. Percy, Hal (1898–1949) actor and writer
  28. Penton, Brian Con (1904–1951) journalist, novelist and polemicist
  29. Pennefather, Reginald Richard (1905–1957) agricultural scientist
  30. Pennefather, Hugh Frank (1894–1964) sheepclasser
  31. Penman, Frank (1905–1973) chemist
  32. Penington, Frances Eileen (1897–1972) social scientist
  33. Penfold Hyland, Gladys (1886–1974) businesswoman and collector of antiques
  34. Penfold Hyland, Frank Astor (1873–1948) company director
  35. Pendred, Edith Gladys (1897–1964) kindergarten teacher
  36. Pelensky, Yevhen Yulii (1908–1956) literary critic, bibliographer and teacher
  37. Pearson, Eric John (1918–1977) teacher and trade-union leader
  38. Pearce, Malcolm Arthur Fraser (1898–1979) public servant
  39. Pearce, Edward Tom Stanley (1914–1980) sugar-industry administrator
  40. Pearce, Charles William (1910–1980) air force officer
  41. Peacock, Frederick Hood (1886–1969) businessman
  42. Payne, Frances Mallalieu (Frank) (1885–1976) artist and illustrator
  43. Pawsey, Joseph Lade (Joe) (1908–1962) physicist
  44. Paul, Tibor (1909–1973) conductor
  45. Patterson, George Herbert (1890–1968) advertising entrepreneur and businessman
  46. Patten, Robert Anthony (1889–1958) veterinary surgeon and zoological-park superintendent
  47. Paterson, Frederick Woolnough (Fred) (1897–1977) barrister and politician
  48. Paspalis, Michael Theodosios (1911–1972) businessman
  49. Paschke, Olive Dorothy (1905–1942) army matron
  50. Partridge, Frank John (1924–1964) soldier, farmer and quiz-champion
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