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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 17

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the first of two for the period 1981-1990 and covers names A-K. [Read More]

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  1. Goodsell, Sir John William (Jack) (1906–1981) public servant
  2. Gordon, James Hannah (Jim) (1907–1986) soldier
  3. Gorham, Kathleen Ann (Kathy) (1928–1983) dancer
  4. Graham, Gordon Donald (1910–1990) bank clerk, air force officer and builder
  5. Graham, Herbert Ernst (1911–1982) draftsman and politician
  6. Grainer, Ronald Erle (1922–1981) composer
  7. Grant, Alfred Frank Gallard (1917–1983) land developer, pastoralist and racehorse-breeder
  8. Green, Henry William (Harry) (1908–1989) music college principal
  9. Green, Isabel Alice (Belle) (1893–1984) manager
  10. Green, Kenneth David (Ken) (1917–1987) engineer, public servant and soldier
  11. Greenwood, Gordon (1913–1986) historian
  12. Greenwood, John Neill (1894–1981) professor of metallurgy
  13. Grenning, Victor (Peter) (1899–1984) forester
  14. Grey-Smith, Guy Edward (1916–1981) artist
  15. Grieve, Sir Herbert Ronald Robinson (1896–1982) medical practitioner
  16. Grimes, Louise Catherine (1907–1990) musician and schoolteacher
  17. Groom, Sir Thomas Reginald (1906–1987) accountant, businessman and lord mayor
  18. Groom, William Henry George (1900–1984) journalist and newspaper proprietor
  19. Grounds, Sir Roy Burman (1905–1981) architect
  20. Grove, Rupert Howard (1906–1982) solicitor and Methodist (Uniting Church) layman
  21. Guertner, Beryl Annie Blanche (1917–1981) magazine editor and author
  22. Gunther, Sir John Thomson (1910–1984) medical practitioner, public servant and vice-chancellor
  23. Gunz, Friedrich Walter (Frederick) (1914–1990) haematologist
  24. Guthrie, Sir Rutherford Campbell (1899–1990) politician and grazier
  25. Haag, Stefan Hermann (1925–1986) singer, director, designer and arts administrator
  26. Hadgraft, Cecil Harry Huddlestone Hay (1904–1987) university lecturer and literary critic
  27. Hailes, Dorothy Jean (1926–1988) medical practitioner
  28. Halberstater, Leslie (Les) (1901–1988) medical practitioner
  29. Haldane, William Hamilton (Bill) (1912–1983) commercial fisherman
  30. Hall, Robert Lowe (1901–1988) economist
  31. Halliday, John Howell (1899–1990) cardiologist
  32. Halliwell, Keith (1916–1983) mechanical engineer and inventor
  33. Hamilton, Keith Reginald (1928–1984) airline administrator
  34. Hamilton, Leslie Bruce (1911–1989) public servant
  35. Hammerman, Bernhard (1913–1983) furrier and arts patron
  36. Hampshire, Keith Macdermott (1914–1982) air force officer
  37. Hampton, Kenneth Valentine (Ken) (1935–1987) Aboriginal community leader and Anglican deacon
  38. Hancock, Sir William Keith (1898–1988) historian
  39. Hanrahan, Ethel Frances (1909–1981) army and repatriation hospital matron
  40. Hardman, Sir James Donald Innes (1899–1982) air force officer
  41. Hardy, Mary Veronica (1931–1985) entertainer
  42. Hardy, William Dick (1914–1985) agronomist, public servant and grazier
  43. Harper, Norman Denholm (1906–1986) historian and educator
  44. Harrison, Arthur Mander (1912–1986) civil engineer and air force officer
  45. Harrison, Peter Firman (1918–1990) architect and town planner
  46. Hart, Sir Byrne (1895–1989) soldier, accountant and company director
  47. Hart, Iris Correll (1910–1983) singer, actor and director
  48. Hartigan, Trevor Russell (1940–1990) barrister and judge
  49. Hartigan, William Anthony (Bill) (1908–1989) telegraphist and Australian Labor Party official
  50. Hartnell, Geoffrey Clark (Geoff) (1916–1981) air force officer
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