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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. Edis, Margaret Dorothy (Dot) (1890–1981) nurse
  2. Edwards, Charles Augustus (Bill) (1905–1990) pharmacist, businessman and sports administrator
  3. Edwards, Sir Hughie Idwal (1914–1982) air force officer, businessman and governor
  4. Einihovici, Avrum (Tim) (1895–1988) medical practitioner and Esperantist
  5. Elliot, Douglas George (Doug) (1917–1989) radio and television broadcaster and politician
  6. Elliott, Eliot Valens (Vic) (1902–1984) trade unionist
  7. Ellis, Ulrich Ruegg (1904–1981) journalist, author, political organiser and activist
  8. Elphick, Gladys (1904–1988) Aboriginal community leader
  9. Else, Alick (1916–1985) soldier and farmer
  10. England, John Armstrong (1911–1985) farmer and grazier, politician, and administrator of the Nerthern Territory
  11. English, Peter Bede (1904–1984) ophthalmologist and army medical officer
  12. Erwin, George Dudley (1917–1984) politician
  13. Evans, Sir Bernard (1905–1981) army officer, lord mayor and architect
  14. Evans, Harry Lindley (1895–1982) pianist
  15. Evans, Henry James (Harry) (1912–1990) exploration geologist
  16. Evatt, Clive Raleigh (1900–1984) barrister and politician
  17. Everett, Mervyn George (Merv) (1917–1988) lawyer, politician and judge
  18. Everist, Selwyn Lawrence (1913–1981) botanist
  19. Eyre, Frank (1910–1988) publisher
  20. Facey, Albert Barnett (Bert) (1894–1982) soldier, farmer, tram driver and autobiographer
  21. Fagan, Roy Frederick (1905–1990) politician
  22. Fair, Richard Edward (1907–1982) actor and radio compère
  23. Fairfax, Sir Warwick Oswald (1901–1987) newspaper proprietor
  24. Fairfax-Ross, Basil Edward (1910–1984) coastwatcher and businessman
  25. Farmer, Kenneth William George (Ken) (1910–1982) Australian Rules footballer
  26. Farrell, Francis Michael (Frank) (1916–1985) footballer and policeman
  27. Favell, Leslie Ernest (Les) (1929–1987) cricketer
  28. Featherstone, Sydney (Don) (1902–1984) ambulance officer and amateur cinematographer
  29. Felgate, Rhoda Mary (1901–1990) speech and drama teacher and theatre director
  30. Feltham, Percy Victor (1902–1986) solicitor and politician
  31. Fenton, Clyde Cornwall (1901–1982) flying doctor
  32. Ferguson, Ian Bruce (1917–1988) soldier
  33. Ferrier, James Bennett (Jim) (1915–1986) golfer
  34. Fethers, Geoffrey Ernest (Geoff) (1897–1988) veterinarian
  35. Fidge, Sir Harold Roy (1904–1981) solicitor, mayor and community leader
  36. Field, Albert Patrick (Pat) (1910–1990) French polisher, trade union official and politician
  37. Field, Francis (Frank) (1904–1985) solicitor, politician and deputy-premier
  38. Finey, George Edmond (1895–1987) caricaturist and artist
  39. Finger, Alan Henry (1909–1985) medical practitioner and communist
  40. Fingleton, John Henry (Jack) (1908–1981) journalist and cricketer
  41. Fink, Miriam (Mina) (1913–1990) Jewish community leader
  42. Fitchett, Ian Glynn (Fitch) (1908–1988) political journalist and war correspondent
  43. Fitton, Dame Doris Alice (1897–1985) theatrical producer, director and actor
  44. Fitts, Sir Clive Hamilton (1900–1984) physician
  45. Fitzgerald, Patrick Charles Mitchell (Paddy) (1896–1984) businessman
  46. FitzGerald, Robert David (Bob) (1902–1987) surveyor and poet
  47. Fitzhardinge, Hope Verity (1908–1986) teacher and bookseller
  48. Fitzpatrick, Kathleen Elizabeth (1905–1990) historian
  49. Foley, Horace John (1900–1989) medical practitioner, mayor and alderman
  50. Fong Lim, Alexander (Alec) (1931–1990) businessman and lord mayor
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