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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 18

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the second of two for the period 1981-1990 and covers names L-Z. [Read More]

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  1. Sims, Gwendoline Elizabeth (1902–1986) occupational therapist
  2. Sinclair, Marion (1896–1988) teacher, welfare worker, poet and composer
  3. Skitch, Marie Elizabeth (1900–1989) labour activist and housewives’ advocate
  4. Slater, Patricia Violet (Pat) (1918–1990) nurse educator
  5. Slaughter, James Cameron (1902–1982) town clerk
  6. Sloss, Albert Ross (1911–1990) politician and reputed criminal
  7. Smart, Marjorie Gordon (1911–1982) diplomat and college principal
  8. Smith, Bertha Chatto (1892–1984) Country Women’s Association leader and author
  9. Smith, Douglas Darian (1900–1984) photographer
  10. Smith, Sir Harold Gengoult (1890–1983) lord mayor and medical practitioner
  11. Smith, Mary (1909–1989) psychologist
  12. Smith, Treania Helen Lindsay (1901–1990) gallery owner and artist
  13. Smith, Victor Charles (1892–1981) businessman
  14. Smith, Walter (1898–1990) cameleer, prospector and bushman
  15. Smithies, Arthur (1907–1981) economist
  16. Smyth, John William (1902–1984) barrister
  17. Snedden, Sir Billy Mackie (1926–1987) lawyer and Speaker of the House of Representatives
  18. Snelling, Douglas Burrage (1916–1985) architect and designer
  19. Snelling, Joyce Mary (1904–1988) army officer
  20. Somma, Umberto Raffaele (1930–1989) cheesemaker
  21. Sorensen, Paul Edwin Bielenberg (1891–1983) nurseryman and landscape gardener
  22. Spann, Keith (1922–1990) public servant
  23. Spann, Richard Neville (1916–1981) professor of government and public administration
  24. Spencer, Margaret Joan (1912–1990) army officer
  25. Spender, Sir Percy Claude (1897–1985) barrister, politician and diplomat
  26. Spurgeon, Stanley Herbert (1902–1982) naval officer
  27. Staley, Andrew Gray (1890–1981) textile manufacturer
  28. Stanley, Neville Fenton (1918–1984) microbiologist
  29. Stanner, William Edward (Bill) (1905–1981) journalist, soldier and anthropologist
  30. Starcevich, Leslie Thomislav (Thomas) (1918–1989) soldier
  31. Stead, Christina Ellen (1902–1983) author
  32. Stead, Thistle Yolette (1902–1990) biologist, educator and wildlife preservationist
  33. Steele, Owen Beevor (1898–1981) monsignor
  34. Steger, Jane Winifred (1882–1981) writer
  35. Steinbeck, Muriel Myee (1913–1982) actress
  36. Steinohrt, Herbert Walter (Herb) (1897–1985) rugby league footballer
  37. Stephen, Sir Alastair Edward (1901–1982) solicitor and company director
  38. Stevenson, Clare Grant (1903–1988) air force officer, company executive and welfare worker
  39. Stewart, Beatrice Anne (1897–1990) florist
  40. Stewart, Bernard Denis (1900–1988) Catholic bishop
  41. Stewart, Douglas Alexander (1913–1985) poet, editor and literary critic
  42. Stirling, Alfred Thorp (1902–1981) diplomat
  43. Stone, Julius (1907–1985) professor of jurisprudence
  44. Stone, Walter William (1910–1981) bibliophile, bibliographer and publisher
  45. Stout, Alan Ker (1900–1983) professor of philosophy
  46. Strange, Arthur Thomas (1893–1987) Methodist minister and social welfare administrator
  47. Strasser, Sir Paul (1911–1989) property developer
  48. Strong, Philip Nigel (1899–1983) Anglican archbishop
  49. Strutt, Horace William (1903–1985) merchant, army officer and politician
  50. Stuart, Donald Robert (1913–1983) author
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