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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. Crawford, Alexander Cameron (Alistair) (1907–1987) army officer and engineer
  2. Craven-Sands, Colin de Clouet (1917–1987) Anglican seamen’s missioner
  3. Cranley, Alison Hilma (1910–1987) schoolteacher and unionist
  4. Craig, Sybil Mary Frances (1901–1989) artist
  5. Craig, Clifford (1896–1986) surgeon, radiologist, author and collector of antiques
  6. Cowper, Sir Norman Lethbridge (1896–1987) solicitor and army officer
  7. Counihan, Noel Jack (1913–1986) artist and revolutionary
  8. Couchman, Dame Elizabeth May (1876–1982) political organiser and activist
  9. Corkhill, Elizabeth Pearl (1887–1985) nurse
  10. Cordner, George Denis Pruen (1924–1990) footballer and businessman
  11. Corder, Ada Elizabeth (1895–1987) pianist and music teacher
  12. Corbould, Harold Edward (Ted) (1909–1989) pastoralist and philanthropist
  13. Cooper, Revel Ronald (1934–1983) artist
  14. Cooper, Janet Pierson (1891–1984) medical practitioner, mayor and community worker
  15. Cooper, Glen Albert (1915–1986) air force officer
  16. Cooper, Garrie Clifford (1935–1982) racing car designer, manufacturer and driver
  17. Cooper, Arthur George Stening (1899–1986) radiologist
  18. Coombe, Reginald Joseph (Reg) (1899–1985) magistrate
  19. Cooke, Maxwell Greayer (1898–1989) insurance manager
  20. Cook, William Henry (Billy) (1910–1985) jockey
  21. Cook, William Glanville Lau (Bill) (1909–1983) rationalist
  22. Cook, Sir Philip Halford (1912–1990) psychologist and public servant
  23. Cook, Kenneth Bernard (1929–1987) novelist and film-maker
  24. Cook, Cecil Evelyn (Mick) (1897–1985) medical practitioner and administrator
  25. Connolly, Sir Willis Henry (1901–1981) electrical engineer and public-utility manager
  26. Connellan, Edward John (Eddie) (1912–1983) aviator, pastoralist and businessman
  27. Commins, John Bede (Jack) (1913–1987) political journalist
  28. Colquhoun, Archibald Douglas (Archie) (1894–1983) artist and teacher
  29. Collisson, Marjorie Chave (1887–1982) lecturer and feminist
  30. Collinson, Laurence Henry (Laurie) (1925–1986) poet and playwright
  31. Collins, Percy Alfred (1905–1990) sailor
  32. Collins, Sir John Augustine (1899–1989) naval officer and diplomat
  33. Coles, Sir Norman Cameron (1907–1989) businessman and philanthropist
  34. Coles, Sir Kenneth Frank (1896–1985) businessman and philanthropist
  35. Coles, Sir Edgar Barton (1899–1981) businessman and philanthropist
  36. Coles, Sir Arthur William (1892–1982) businessman, politician and philanthropist
  37. Colahan, Colin Cuthbert Orr (1897–1987) painter and sculptor
  38. Cochrane, Donald (Don) (1917–1983) economist and university administrator
  39. Cobley, John Frederick Clair Camphin (1914–1989) physician and historian
  40. Cluff, Florence Amy (Flo) (1902–1990) trade unionist, communist and pensioner activist
  41. Clinch, Lindsay (1907–1984) newspaper editor
  42. Clifford, William (Bill) (1918–1986) criminologist
  43. Cliff, Geoffrey John (Jack) (1907–1988) civil engineer and naval officer
  44. Cleary, Helen Agnes (1914–1987) air force matron-in-chief
  45. Clayton, Eric Elwin (Sam) (1896–1987) commissioner of soil conservation
  46. Clark, Sir Gordon Colvin Lindesay (1896–1986) mining engineer and company director
  47. Clark, Ellen (1915–1988) naturalist
  48. Clark, Colin Grant (1905–1989) economist and public servant
  49. Clark, Annie Evelyn (Anne) (1903–1983) netball administrator
  50. Clancy, Patrick Martin (Pat) (1919–1987) trade unionist
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