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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. Rossiter, James Leonard (1887–1962) headmaster
  2. Rossiter, Roger James (1913–1976) bio-chemist and medical practitioner
  3. Ross-Watt, Blanche Muriel Eugénie (1861–1956) shire president and charity worker
  4. Roughley, Theodore Cleveland (1888–1961) zoologist and author
  5. Rouse, Edgar John (1894–1974) businessman and philanthropist
  6. Rowallan, second Baron (1895–1977) army officer and governor
  7. Rowe, Albert Percival (1898–1976) radar pioneer and university vice-chancellor
  8. Rowe, Francis Harry (1895–1958) public servant
  9. Rowe, Olive Dorothy (1888–1979) ballroom dancer
  10. Rowell, Sir Sydney Fairbairn (1894–1975) army officer
  11. Rowntree, Edward Fearnley (Ted) (1894–1966) engineer
  12. Roxon, Lillian (1932–1973) journalist and author
  13. Rubbo, Sydney Dattilo (1911–1969) professor of microbiology
  14. Rubensohn, Solomon (Sim) (1904–1979) advertising executive
  15. Rubeo, Elena Domenica (1896–1979) community worker
  16. Rubin, Harold De Vahl (1899–1964) grazier, art-collector and philanthropist
  17. Rudall, Reginald John (1885–1955) lawyer and politician
  18. Rudduck, Grenfell (1914–1964) architect and town planner
  19. Rumble, Leslie Audoen (1892–1975) Catholic priest
  20. Russell, Alex (1892–1961) grazier, soldier, golfer and golf course architect
  21. Russell, Charles Wilfred (1907–1977) grazier and politician
  22. Russell, Eric Alfred (1921–1977) economist
  23. Russell, Robert Geoffrey (1892–1946) manufacturer and distributor
  24. Rutherford, Clara Padbury (1878–1975) women's activist
  25. Ryan, Mary Margaret (1886–1968) community worker
  26. Ryan, Patrick Joseph (1904–1969) Catholic priest
  27. Ryan, Ronald Joseph (1925–1967) criminal
  28. Ryan, Rupert Sumner (1884–1952) soldier, pastoralist and politician
  29. Ryan, Victor Herbert (1874–1956) public servant
  30. Ryder, John (Jack) (1889–1977) cricketer
  31. Rydge, Sir Norman Bede (1900–1980) businessman
  32. Rylah, Sir Arthur Gordon (1909–1974) politician and solicitor
  33. Ryland, John Peter (1911–1973) pilot and airline administrator
  34. Rymer, George Walter (1889–1976) railwayman and trade-union leader
  35. Rymill, Henry Way (1907–1971) Boy Scout commissioner
  36. Rymill, Shylie Katharine (1882–1959) Girl Guide commissioner
  37. Sage, Annie Moriah (1895–1969) army matron-in-chief
  38. Sainthill, Loudon (1918–1969) artist and stage designer
  39. Salisbury, John Ronald George (1921–1980) police officer
  40. Salkauskas, Henrikas (Henry) (1925–1979) artist and house-painter
  41. Salter, Wilfred Edward Graham (1929–1963) economist
  42. Sambell, Geoffrey Tremayne (1914–1980) Anglican archbishop
  43. Samson, Sir William Frederick (1892–1974) businessman and mayor
  44. Sandes, Annie Mabel (1881–1966) technical-college superintendent
  45. Sandford, Gladys (1891–1971) motorist
  46. Sandover, Alfred (1866–1958) hardware merchant and benefactor
  47. Sands, David (Dave) (1926–1952) boxer
  48. Sands, John Robert (1919–1980) physician, printer and businessman
  49. Sands, Russell Peter (1937–1977) boxer
  50. Sanger, Herman Max (1909–1980) rabbi
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