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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. Ball, William Macmahon (1901–1986) professor of political science, diplomat, author, journalist and radio broadcaster
  2. Ballantyne, Colin Sandergrove (1908–1988) theatre director and photographer
  3. Ballard, Bertram Charles (1903–1981) diplomat
  4. Bandt, Louis Thornett (Lewis) (1910–1987) motor vehicle designer and engineer
  5. Banks, Norman Tyrell (1905–1985) radio broadcaster
  6. Barber, Nola Isabel (1901–1985) mayor and community worker
  7. Barbour, Lyndall Harvey (1916–1986) radio actress
  8. Barcs, Emery (1905–1990) journalist
  9. Barker, Caroline (1894–1988) artist
  10. Barker, Lewis Ernest Stephen (1895–1981) army officer
  11. Barnard, Marjorie Faith (Marjory) (1897–1987) writer and historian
  12. Barnes, John Handyside (Jack) (1922–1985) medical practitioner and toxinologist
  13. Barnes, Kathleen Hope (1909–1981) nurse
  14. Barnett, Herbert Stanley (Stan) (1896–1981) farmer and entrepreneur
  15. Baron-Hay, George Kingston (1895–1989) director of agriculture
  16. Barraclough, Leslie Bernard (Toby) (1922–1988) drover
  17. Barton, Sir Charles Newton (1907–1987) commissioner of main roads and co-ordinator-general of public works
  18. Bartrop, Edgar James (1903–1989) real-estate agent and community leader
  19. Barwick, Diane Elizabeth (1938–1986) anthropologist and Aboriginal rights activist
  20. Basham, Arthur Llewellyn (1914–1986) professor of South Asian History
  21. Bate, Thelma Florence (1904–1984) community leader
  22. Baxter, Sir John Philip (1905–1989) chemical engineer and vice-chancellor
  23. Bayliss, Cedric Alfred (Syd) (1899–1983) hawker, whip-maker and saddler
  24. Beale, Sir Oliver Howard (1898–1983) barrister, politician, diplomat and company director
  25. Beaton, Gordon William (1911–1988) motor mechanic and mycologist
  26. Beeck, Sir Marcus Truby (1923–1986) farmer, grains industry leader and company director
  27. Begg, Percy Raymond (1898–1983) orthodontist
  28. Beilby, Richard Courtney (Dick) (1918–1989) author
  29. Bell, Harry James (1913–1983) soldier and grocer
  30. Benn, Stanley Isaac (1920–1986) political and social philosopher
  31. Bennett, Sir Arnold Lucas (1908–1983) barrister
  32. Bennett, Donald Clifford (Don) (1910–1986) aviator, air force officer, politician and company director
  33. Bennett, Elliott (Elley) (1924–1981) boxer
  34. Bennett, Portia Mary (1898–1989) artist
  35. Bennett, William Robert (Bill) (1921–1988) air force officer and author
  36. Beovich, Matthew (1896–1981) Catholic archbishop
  37. Berg, Charles Josef (1917–1988) accountant and music administrator
  38. Bergmann, Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm (Willy) (1899–1987) Lutheran missionary
  39. Berkelouw, Isidoor (1913–1987) book-dealer
  40. Berndt, Ronald Murray (1916–1990) social anthropologist
  41. Berry, Thomas George (1920–1981) soldier and farmer
  42. Berryman, Sir Frank Horton (1894–1981) soldier
  43. Best, Marion Esdaile Hall (1905–1988) interior designer
  44. Beyer, Thomas David (1906–1982) Anglican clergyman and air force chaplain
  45. Bialoguski, Michael (1917–1984) medical practitioner and intelligence agent
  46. Bieundurry, Jimmy (1938–1985) Aboriginal leader
  47. Bill, Beetaloo Jangari (1910–1983) labourer and Aboriginal elder
  48. Bin Bin, Dooley (Winyirin) (1900–1982) Aboriginal community leader
  49. Bingham, Colin William Hughie (1898–1986) journalist
  50. Binns, Kenneth Johnstone (1912–1987) public servant
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