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