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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. Quinn, John Paul (1919–1961) diplomat
  2. Quirk, Mary Lilly (1880–1952) politician
  3. Rabin, Zalmenas (Zell) (1932–1966) journalist and newspaper editor
  4. Rabinovitch, Abraham Isaac (1889–1964) businessman and property investor
  5. Radford, William Cropley (1913–1976) educationist
  6. Raggatt, Sir Harold George (1900–1968) geologist
  7. Raine, Mary Bertha (1877–1960) businesswoman and philanthropist
  8. Raiwala, Ray (1907–1965) Aboriginal leader and soldier
  9. Ralston, Edith Marion (1894–1967) headmistress
  10. Ramsay, Sir Alan Hollick (1895–1973) educationist and soldier
  11. Ramsay, Alexander Maurice (1914–1978) public servant
  12. Ramsay, Edward Lauderdale (1865–1941) grazier and sportsman
  13. Ramsay, Marmaduke Francis (1860–1947) grazier and sportsman
  14. Ramsay, Robert Christian (Bob) (1861–1957) grazier and sportsman
  15. Ramsden, Barbara Mary (1903–1971) editor
  16. Ranford, Robert Frank Gordon (1917–1943) soldier
  17. Rankin, George James (1887–1957) farmer, soldier and politician
  18. Rankin, Robert William (1907–1942) naval officer
  19. Rankine, Annie Isabel (1917–1972) Aboriginal leader
  20. Rapke, Julia Rachel (1886–1959) feminist and civil rights activist
  21. Rapke, Trevor George (1909–1978) judge
  22. Ratcliffe, Francis Noble (1904–1970) ecologist and conservationist
  23. Raw, Alan Rayson (1902–1964) cereal geneticist
  24. Rawling, James Normington (1898–1966) political activist and writer
  25. Raymond, Arthur Wilmot (1892–1954) medical practitioner and air force officer
  26. Read, Thomas Andrew (1886–1972) metallurgist
  27. Reed, Sir Geoffrey Sandford (1892–1970) judge and director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization
  28. Rees, Coralie Clarke (1908–1972) journalist, broadcaster and author
  29. Refshauge, Joan Janet (1906–1979) medical practitioner and medical administrator
  30. Rehfisch, Alison Baily (1900–1975) artist
  31. Reichstein, Lance Eric Harold (1900–1980) businessman and philanthropist
  32. Reid, Sir Alexander James (1889–1968) public servant
  33. Reid, Andrew Thyne (1901–1964) engineer, businessman and benefactor
  34. Reid, Elizabeth Julia (1915–1974) Grail worker and journalist
  35. Reid, Isabelle Bruce (Belle) (1883–1945) veterinary surgeon
  36. Reid, Mary Walker (1911–1963) grazier and benefactor
  37. Reinhold, William James (1889–1966) army officer and civil engineer
  38. Rembert, Edward Henry (1902–1966) architect
  39. Remington, Geoffrey Cochrane (1897–1968) lawyer and public benefactor
  40. Rennie, Beatrice Lilias (1893–1971) headmistress
  41. Repin, Ivan Dmitrievitch (1888–1949) coffee-shop proprietor and coffee importer
  42. Revell, Raymond Stephen Henry (1911–1968) speedcar driver
  43. Reye, Ralph Douglas Kenneth (1912–1977) pathologist
  44. Rhodes, Ian Desmond Laurie (1912–1967) naval officer
  45. Richards, Harry (1903–1971) soldier and labourer
  46. Richards, Jack Christian (1911–1969) engineer
  47. Richardson, Arthur John (1888–1973) cricketer
  48. Richardson, Ernest Biggs (1903–1965) banker
  49. Richardson, Mervyn Victor (1893–1972) inventor
  50. Richardson, Peter Alfred (1933–1973) flautist
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