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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. Richmond, Robert Oliffe (1919–1977) sculptor
  2. Rickard, Arthur Lancelot (1895–1949) businessman and army officer
  3. Ricketson, Staniforth (1891–1967) stockbroker
  4. Riddell, Percy Dryden (1886–1967) technical education administrator
  5. Riddle, Arthur Raymond (1888–1967) biophysicist
  6. Riddle, Dorothy (1894–1979) librarian
  7. Ride, Sir Lindsay Tasman (1898–1977) physiologist, soldier and university vice-chancellor
  8. Riley, Alexander (Alec) (1884–1970) tracker
  9. Riley, Bernard Blomfield (1912–1978) barrister and judge
  10. Riley, Frederick John (Fred) (1886–1970) political activist and trade unionist
  11. Rimmer, William Bolton (1882–1945) astronomer and public servant
  12. Ringrose, Edward Colin Davenport (1899–1957) educationist
  13. Riordan, William James (Bill) (1908–1973) Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives
  14. Ritchie, Ernest (1917–1976) organic chemist
  15. Ritchie, Sir Thomas Malcolm (1894–1971) electrical engineer and Liberal Party president
  16. Rivett, Rohan Deakin (1917–1977) journalist, newspaper editor and author
  17. Roberts, Caleb Grafton (1898–1965) civil engineer, public servant and army officer
  18. Roberts, Frank (1899–1968) pastor
  19. Roberts, Frederick Hugh Sherston (1901–1972) entomologist and parasitologist
  20. Roberts, John Keith (1897–1944) physicist
  21. Roberts, Murray Beresford (1919–1974) impostor and swindler
  22. Roberts, Sir Stephen Henry (1901–1971) historian and university vice-chancellor
  23. Robertson, Agnes Robertson (1882–1968) schoolteacher and politician
  24. Robertson, Edward Graeme (1903–1975) neurologist and conservationist
  25. Robertson, Sir Horace Clement Hugh (1894–1960) army officer
  26. Robertson, Jessie Marian (1909–1976) radio broadcaster and community leader
  27. Robertson, Philadelphia Nina (1866–1951) Red Cross administrator
  28. Robertson, Thomas Logan (1901–1969) educationist
  29. Robin, Bryan Percival (1887–1969) Anglican bishop
  30. Robinson, Alfred Lambton (1903–1948) government officer and soldier
  31. Robinson, James Alexander (1888–1971) educationist
  32. Robson, Ewan Murray (1906–1974) politician, soldier and solicitor
  33. Robson, Leonard Charles (Len) (1894–1964) headmaster
  34. Rodd, John Miller (1911–1976) solicitor, company director and army officer
  35. Rodd, Lewis Charles (Roddy) (1905–1979) headmaster, social historian and Christian socialist
  36. Rodgers, Donald Kilgour (1906–1978) journalist and press secretary
  37. Rogers, James Stanley (1893–1977) physicist
  38. Rogers, John David (1895–1978) army officer and company director
  39. Rogers, John Noble (Jack) (1898–1971) surveyor and public servant
  40. Rogers, Jonathan (1920–1964) sailor
  41. Ronald, Robert Bruce (Bob) (1888–1956) grazier and soldier
  42. Ronan, Thomas Matthew (Tom) (1907–1976) author
  43. Roper, Ernest David (1901–1958) judge
  44. Rosanove, Joan Mavis (1896–1974) lawyer
  45. Rose, Alfred Lionel (1898–1980) veterinarian, army officer and public servant
  46. Roseby, Gertrude Amy (1872–1971) headmistress
  47. Roseby, Sarah Mabel (1878–1957) schoolteacher
  48. Rosenstengel, Edmund (1887–1962) furniture-maker
  49. Rosenthal, Alvord Sydney (1901–1975) naval officer
  50. Rosevear, John Solomon (Sol) (1892–1953) timber mill machinist, union official, and Speaker of the House of Representatives
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