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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. Chatterton, Sir Percy (1898–1984) missionary and politician
  2. Chauvel, Elsa (1898–1983) actress and film-maker
  3. Cheek, Donald Brook (1924–1990) medical scientist and paediatrician
  4. Cherry, Walter John (Wal) (1932–1986) theatre director and professor of drama
  5. Cheshire, Frank Walter (1896–1987) bookseller and publisher
  6. Chin, Hoi Meen (1917–1982) photographer and businessman
  7. Chinn, George Ernest (1927–1981) army officer
  8. Chisholm, Alan Rowland (1888–1981) professor of French, critic and commentator
  9. Christie, Constance Mary Charlotte (Connie) (1908–1989) writer and illustrator of children's books, designer and photographer
  10. Churchill, Clive Bernard (1927–1985) footballer
  11. Cilento, Phyllis Dorothy (1894–1987) medical practitioner and journalist
  12. Cilento, Sir Raphael West (Ray) (1893–1985) medical practitioner and public servant
  13. Clancy, Patrick Martin (Pat) (1919–1987) trade unionist
  14. Clark, Annie Evelyn (Anne) (1903–1983) netball administrator
  15. Clark, Colin Grant (1905–1989) economist and public servant
  16. Clark, Ellen (1915–1988) naturalist
  17. Clark, Sir Gordon Colvin Lindesay (1896–1986) mining engineer and company director
  18. Clayton, Eric Elwin (Sam) (1896–1987) commissioner of soil conservation
  19. Cleary, Helen Agnes (1914–1987) air force matron-in-chief
  20. Cliff, Geoffrey John (Jack) (1907–1988) civil engineer and naval officer
  21. Clifford, William (Bill) (1918–1986) criminologist
  22. Clinch, Lindsay (1907–1984) newspaper editor
  23. Cluff, Florence Amy (Flo) (1902–1990) trade unionist, communist and pensioner activist
  24. Cobley, John Frederick Clair Camphin (1914–1989) physician and historian
  25. Cochrane, Donald (Don) (1917–1983) economist and university administrator
  26. Colahan, Colin Cuthbert Orr (1897–1987) painter and sculptor
  27. Coles, Sir Arthur William (1892–1982) businessman, politician and philanthropist
  28. Coles, Sir Edgar Barton (1899–1981) businessman and philanthropist
  29. Coles, Sir Kenneth Frank (1896–1985) businessman and philanthropist
  30. Coles, Sir Norman Cameron (1907–1989) businessman and philanthropist
  31. Collins, Sir John Augustine (1899–1989) naval officer and diplomat
  32. Collins, Percy Alfred (1905–1990) sailor
  33. Collinson, Laurence Henry (Laurie) (1925–1986) poet and playwright
  34. Collisson, Marjorie Chave (1887–1982) lecturer and feminist
  35. Colquhoun, Archibald Douglas (Archie) (1894–1983) artist and teacher
  36. Commins, John Bede (Jack) (1913–1987) political journalist
  37. Connellan, Edward John (Eddie) (1912–1983) aviator, pastoralist and businessman
  38. Connolly, Sir Willis Henry (1901–1981) electrical engineer and public-utility manager
  39. Cook, Cecil Evelyn (Mick) (1897–1985) medical practitioner and administrator
  40. Cook, Kenneth Bernard (1929–1987) novelist and film-maker
  41. Cook, Sir Philip Halford (1912–1990) psychologist and public servant
  42. Cook, William Glanville Lau (Bill) (1909–1983) rationalist
  43. Cook, William Henry (Billy) (1910–1985) jockey
  44. Cooke, Maxwell Greayer (1898–1989) insurance manager
  45. Coombe, Reginald Joseph (Reg) (1899–1985) magistrate
  46. Cooper, Arthur George Stening (1899–1986) radiologist
  47. Cooper, Garrie Clifford (1935–1982) racing car designer, manufacturer and driver
  48. Cooper, Glen Albert (1915–1986) air force officer
  49. Cooper, Janet Pierson (1891–1984) medical practitioner, mayor and community worker
  50. Cooper, Revel Ronald (1934–1983) artist
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