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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. Cilento, Sir Raphael West (Ray) (1893–1985) medical practitioner and public servant
  2. Cilento, Phyllis Dorothy (1894–1987) medical practitioner and journalist
  3. Churchill, Clive Bernard (1927–1985) footballer
  4. Christie, Constance Mary Charlotte (Connie) (1908–1989) writer and illustrator of children's books, designer and photographer
  5. Chisholm, Alan Rowland (1888–1981) professor of French, critic and commentator
  6. Chinn, George Ernest (1927–1981) army officer
  7. Chin, Hoi Meen (1917–1982) photographer and businessman
  8. Cheshire, Frank Walter (1896–1987) bookseller and publisher
  9. Cherry, Walter John (Wal) (1932–1986) theatre director and professor of drama
  10. Cheek, Donald Brook (1924–1990) medical scientist and paediatrician
  11. Chauvel, Elsa (1898–1983) actress and film-maker
  12. Chatterton, Sir Percy (1898–1984) missionary and politician
  13. Chandler, Arthur Bertram (Bert) (1912–1984) science fiction writer and merchant navy officer
  14. Champion, Ivan Francis (1904–1989) patrol officer, naval officer and public servant
  15. Chamberlain, Sir Reginald Roderic St Clair (1901–1990) judge
  16. Chamberlain, Francis Edward (Joe) (1900–1984) Labor Party secretary
  17. Chalmers, John (Jack) (1894–1982) surf lifesaver and labourer
  18. Chaffey, William Adolphus (Bill) (1915–1987) farmer and politician
  19. Chadwick, Sir Albert Edward (Bert) (1897–1983) sportsman, businessman and sports administrator
  20. Cawthorne, Cecil Hamilton (Jim) (1906–1985) soldier
  21. Cavanagh, James Luke (Jim) (1913–1990) politician and trade unionist
  22. Cashman, Ellen Imelda (Mel) (1891–1983) union organiser and arbitration inspector
  23. Casey, John Brendan (1909–1985) Jesuit priest and educationist
  24. Casey, Lady Ethel Marian (Maie) (1891–1983) writer, artist and flyer
  25. Casey, Daniel (Dan) (1899–1987) lawyer
  26. Carruthers, James William (Jimmy) (1929–1990) boxer
  27. Carr, Stella Grace Maisie (1912–1988) botanist and conservationist
  28. Carne, Harold Roy (1901–1990) professor of veterinary science
  29. Capell, Arthur (1902–1986) linguist, anthropologist, ethnographer and Anglican clergyman
  30. Cant, James Montgomery (1911–1982) artist
  31. Campbell, Stuart Alexander Caird (1903–1988) air force officer, aviator, administrator and businessman
  32. Campbell, Ross McKay (1910–1982) journalist and humorist
  33. Campbell, Dame Kate Isabel (1899–1986) paediatrician
  34. Campbell, John Stanislaus (Jack) (1904–1984) Christian Brother and schoolteacher
  35. Campbell, Jean May (1901–1984) author
  36. Campbell, Sir James Keith (1928–1983) accountant and company director
  37. Campbell, Alan Johnston (1895–1982) grazier and political party organiser
  38. Camm, Ronald Ernest (Ron) (1914–1988) cane farmer and politician
  39. Cameron, Linden Arthur (1918–1986) army officer and farmer
  40. Cameron, Kathleen Gordon (Kay) (1899–1987) rural community leader and environmentalist
  41. Cameron, Claude Ewen (1894–1982) army officer, accountant and company director
  42. Caldwell, William Blythe (Bill) (1914–1983) army officer and public servant
  43. Cairns, Kevin Michael Kiernan (1929–1984) dentist, economist and politician
  44. Byrne, Lorna (1897–1989) agriculture extension officer and broadcaster
  45. Buxton, Dame Rita Mary (1896–1982) community worker
  46. Butler, Stuart Thomas (1926–1982) nuclear scientist
  47. Butement, William Alan (1904–1990) defence scientist and public servant
  48. Butcher, Alfred Dunbavin (Alf) (1915–1990) biologist, manager of natural resources and public servant
  49. Bush, Charles William (1919–1989) artist
  50. Busch, Rolland Arthur (Rollie) (1920–1985) Presbyterian and Uniting Church minister, theologian and chaplain-general
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