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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the fourth of four for the period 1940-1980 and covers names Pik-Z. [Read More]

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  1. Sandes, Annie Mabel (1881–1966) technical-college superintendent
  2. Samson, Sir William Frederick (1892–1974) businessman and mayor
  3. Sambell, Geoffrey Tremayne (1914–1980) Anglican archbishop
  4. Salter, Wilfred Edward Graham (1929–1963) economist
  5. Salkauskas, Henrikas (Henry) (1925–1979) artist and house-painter
  6. Salisbury, John Ronald George (1921–1980) police officer
  7. Sainthill, Loudon (1918–1969) artist and stage designer
  8. Sage, Annie Moriah (1895–1969) army matron-in-chief
  9. Rymill, Shylie Katharine (1882–1959) Girl Guide commissioner
  10. Rymill, Henry Way (1907–1971) Boy Scout commissioner
  11. Rymer, George Walter (1889–1976) railwayman and trade-union leader
  12. Ryland, John Peter (1911–1973) pilot and airline administrator
  13. Rylah, Sir Arthur Gordon (1909–1974) politician and solicitor
  14. Rydge, Sir Norman Bede (1900–1980) businessman
  15. Ryder, John (Jack) (1889–1977) cricketer
  16. Ryan, Victor Herbert (1874–1956) public servant
  17. Ryan, Rupert Sumner (1884–1952) soldier, pastoralist and politician
  18. Ryan, Ronald Joseph (1925–1967) criminal
  19. Ryan, Patrick Joseph (1904–1969) Catholic priest
  20. Ryan, Mary Margaret (1886–1968) community worker
  21. Rutherford, Clara Padbury (1878–1975) women's activist
  22. Russell, Robert Geoffrey (1892–1946) manufacturer and distributor
  23. Russell, Eric Alfred (1921–1977) economist
  24. Russell, Charles Wilfred (1907–1977) grazier and politician
  25. Russell, Alex (1892–1961) grazier, soldier, golfer and golf course architect
  26. Rumble, Leslie Audoen (1892–1975) Catholic priest
  27. Rudduck, Grenfell (1914–1964) architect and town planner
  28. Rudall, Reginald John (1885–1955) lawyer and politician
  29. Rubin, Harold De Vahl (1899–1964) grazier, art-collector and philanthropist
  30. Rubeo, Elena Domenica (1896–1979) community worker
  31. Rubensohn, Solomon (Sim) (1904–1979) advertising executive
  32. Rubbo, Sydney Dattilo (1911–1969) professor of microbiology
  33. Roxon, Lillian (1932–1973) journalist and author
  34. Rowntree, Edward Fearnley (Ted) (1894–1966) engineer
  35. Rowell, Sir Sydney Fairbairn (1894–1975) army officer
  36. Rowe, Olive Dorothy (1888–1979) ballroom dancer
  37. Rowe, Francis Harry (1895–1958) public servant
  38. Rowe, Albert Percival (1898–1976) radar pioneer and university vice-chancellor
  39. Rowallan, second Baron (1895–1977) army officer and governor
  40. Rouse, Edgar John (1894–1974) businessman and philanthropist
  41. Roughley, Theodore Cleveland (1888–1961) zoologist and author
  42. Ross-Watt, Blanche Muriel Eugénie (1861–1956) shire president and charity worker
  43. Rossiter, Roger James (1913–1976) bio-chemist and medical practitioner
  44. Rossiter, James Leonard (1887–1962) headmaster
  45. Ross, William Anthony (1895–1973) Catholic missionary
  46. Rosevear, John Solomon (Sol) (1892–1953) timber mill machinist, union official, and Speaker of the House of Representatives
  47. Rosenthal, Alvord Sydney (1901–1975) naval officer
  48. Rosenstengel, Edmund (1887–1962) furniture-maker
  49. Roseby, Sarah Mabel (1878–1957) schoolteacher
  50. Roseby, Gertrude Amy (1872–1971) headmistress
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