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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. Stubbs-Brown, Thomas Victor (1907–1985) orthopaedic surgeon
  2. Stuckey, Roy Darrell (1900–1985) town clerk
  3. Sutcliffe, Annie Gladys ('Suttie') (1900–1990) lawn bowler
  4. Sutherland, Margaret Ada (1896–1984) composer, pianist and teacher
  5. Swan, Trevor Winchester (1918–1989) economist
  6. Sweeney, John Bernard (1911–1981) industrial advocate and judge
  7. Syme, Sir Colin York (1903–1986) businessman
  8. Symes, Olga Lesle (1925–1982) librarian
  9. Tainton, Joseph (1901–1981) Methodist minister
  10. Tait, Sir James Blair (1890–1983) barrister and company director
  11. Tait, Robert Peters (1924–1985) criminal
  12. Tallon, Donald (Don) (1916–1984) cricketer
  13. Tammelo, Ilmar (1917–1982) legal philosopher
  14. Tanabe, Shunsuke (1897–1984) businessman
  15. Tangney, Dame Dorothy Margaret (1907–1985) politician
  16. Tasker, John Howard (1933–1988) theatre and opera director
  17. Taylor, Alexander John (1916–1984) soldier and realtor
  18. Taylor, Beatrice Mary (1893–1982) schoolteacher
  19. Taylor, James Lindsay (1901–1987) patrol officer and explorer
  20. Taylor, Stanley Cassin (1896–1982) public servant, barrister and judge
  21. Tenario, Ventura (Chief Little Wolf) (1911–1984) professional wrestler and showman
  22. Tennant, Kathleen (Kylie) (1912–1988) author
  23. ten Seldam, Rolf (1906–1982) professor of pathology
  24. Terry, Michael (1899–1981) explorer and author
  25. Thake, Eric Prentice Anchor (1904–1982) artist
  26. Theeman, Frank William (1913–1989) businessman and land developer
  27. Thomas, Robert Reginald (1903–1989) soldier
  28. Thompson, Albert Baden (1900–1982) trade union leader
  29. Thompson, George Thomas (1895–1987) surveyor and conservationist
  30. Thompson, Leslie James (1888–1982) accountant and company director
  31. Thompson, Phillip Cecil (1944–1986) soldier and Vietnam War veterans’ advocate
  32. Thomson, Andrew Kilpatrick (1901–1989) schoolteacher, trade unionist and professor of English
  33. Thorp, Roland (1915–1987) pharmacologist
  34. Thwaites, John Barrass (1902–1986) public servant, bushwalker and conservationist
  35. Tickle, Ormond Grayson (Tom) (1912–1990) businessman
  36. Titterton, Sir Ernest William (1916–1990) nuclear physicist
  37. (T)jalkalyirri, 'Tiger' (1906–1985) Aboriginal guide, elder and land-rights campaigner
  38. Tjampijinpa, ‘Stumpy’ Martin (1932–1986) Aboriginal stockman and land-rights campaigner
  39. Tjungurrayi, Timothy Jugadai (1920–1988) Aboriginal stockman and artist
  40. Toft, Colin Bramwell (1921–1990) sugar-cane farmer and businessman
  41. Toner, Pauline Therese (1935–1989) educator and politician
  42. Tong-Way, Samuel John (1894–1988) teacher, community leader and soldier
  43. Towers, Cyril Henry Thomas (1906–1985) rugby union player
  44. Townley, Reginald Colin (Rex) (1904–1982) pharmacist and politician
  45. Traill, John David Edward (1932–1983) barrister and Catholic layman
  46. Travers, Isobel Dieudonnée (1898–1982) educationist
  47. Traynor, Thomas Francis (Frank) (1927–1985) jazz musician
  48. Treatt, Sir Vernon Haddon (1897–1984) politician and barrister
  49. Trigellis-Smith, Beryl Randall (1892–1985) probation officer
  50. Trikojus, Victor Martin (Trik) (1902–1985) professor of biochemistry
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