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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. Slessor, Kenneth Adolf (1901–1971) poet and journalist
  2. Slim, Sir William Joseph (1891–1970) army officer, governor-general and author
  3. Small, Sir Andrew Bruce (1895–1980) bicycle manufacturer, land developer and politician
  4. Smart, Sir Eric Fleming (1911–1973) wheat-farmer and grazier
  5. Smerd, Stefan Friedrich (1916–1978) physicist
  6. Smith, Addie Viola (1893–1975) solicitor and trade commissioner
  7. Smith, Arthur Sydney Victor (1893–1971) public servant and businessman
  8. Smith, Cecilia (1911–1980) matriarch and Aboriginal activist
  9. Smith, Christine Idris (1946–1979) skier and interior decorator
  10. Smith, Donald Ian (1892–1947) radiologist
  11. Smith, Frank Beaumont (Beau) (1885–1950) producer, director and exhibitor of films
  12. Smith, Norman Walter (1915–1973) Australian Rules football coach
  13. Smith, Roy Sharrington (1892–1971) architect
  14. Smith, Stanley Greig (1884–1970) charity organizer
  15. Smith, Sydney Talbot (1861–1948) solicitor, freelance journalist and civic worker
  16. Smith, Sir Tom Elder Barr (1904–1968) pastoralist and company director
  17. Smithers, Sir Arthur Tennyson (1894–1972) public servant
  18. Smorgon, Norman (1884–1956) businessman
  19. Sneddon, Andrew William (1880–1945) insurance manager
  20. Snelling, Harold Alfred Rush (1904–1979) solicitor-general
  21. Snider, Leon Samuel (1896–1965) theatre proprietor, entrepreneur and politician
  22. Snow, Charles Smethurst (1882–1953) Boy Scout commissioner
  23. Sodersten, Emil Lawrence (1899–1961) architect
  24. Solly, Robert Henry (1883–1968) architect, businessman and lord mayor
  25. Southee, Ethelbert Ambrook (1890–1968) college principal
  26. Spafford, Frederick Michael (1918–1943) air force officer
  27. Spargo, William Benjamin (Bill) (1888–1959) skier and prospector
  28. Sparkes, Sir Walter Beresford James Gordon (1889–1974) cattle breeder and politician
  29. Speckman, Carl Rudolph (1893–1958) army officer
  30. Spence, Louis Thomas (1917–1950) air force officer
  31. Spencer, Frank Breese (1886–1965) company director
  32. Spencer, Gwendoline Gladys (Gwen) (1888–1974) journalist and managing editor
  33. Spicer, Sir John Armstrong (1899–1978) barrister, politician and judge
  34. Spivakovsky, Jascha (1896–1970) pianist
  35. Spooner, Sir William Henry (1897–1966) accountant and politician
  36. Spowers, Allan (1892–1968) army officer and company director
  37. Spowers, Ethel Louise (1890–1947) painter and printmaker
  38. Squire, Norman Powell (1909–1974) billiard and snooker player
  39. Stanley, Muriel Conomie (1918–1979) home missionary and nurse
  40. Stanton, Byron Lionel (1891–1963) physician and pharmacist
  41. Stapleton, James Lawrence (1904–1979) librarian
  42. Starr, Sir Kenneth William (1908–1976) surgeon
  43. Stedman, Ivan Cuthbert (1895–1979) swimmer
  44. Steele, Sir Clive Selwyn (1892–1955) engineer and army officer
  45. Steigrad, Joseph (1902–1971) surgeon and soldier
  46. Steinberg, Isaac Nachman (1888–1957) lawyer, politician and publicist
  47. Steiner, Lajos (1903–1975) engineer and international chess master
  48. Stelzer, Eunice Minnie (1880–1962) founder of the Happiness Club
  49. Stephenson, Stuart (1867–1944) headmaster
  50. Stevens, Duncan Herbert (1921–1964) naval officer
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