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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. Mitchell, Thomas Walter (Tom) (1906–1984) barrister, politician and skier
  2. Missen, Alan Joseph (1925–1986) solicitor and politician
  3. Minogue, Sir John Patrick (1909–1989) judge
  4. Minc, Salomon (Salek) (1906–1983) medical practitioner and art patron and collector
  5. Mills, May (1890–1984) schoolteacher and sports administrator
  6. Miller, Sydney Leon (Syd) (1901–1983) cartoonist
  7. Miller, Julius Sumner (1909–1987) physicist, science educator and television performer
  8. Miller, Eric Stanislaus (1903–1986) barrister
  9. Michaels, Eric Philip (1948–1988) anthropologist
  10. Michaelis, Margarethe (Margaret) (1902–1985) photographer
  11. Meyer, Sir Oscar Gwynne (1910–1981) engineer and businessman
  12. Metcalfe, Thelma Constance (1898–1984) schoolteacher and community worker
  13. Metcalfe, John Wallace (1901–1982) librarian
  14. Mesley, Jack Statton (1910–1987) naval officer
  15. Merrifield, Samuel (1904–1982) surveyor and politician
  16. Mercier, Emile Alfred Lucien (1901–1981) cartoonist
  17. Menuhin, Hephzibah (1920–1981) pianist and social activist
  18. Menlove, Desmond Aubrey (1906–1990) naval officer
  19. Mendoza, Doris Rosetta Elizabeth (Dot) (1899–1986) pianist
  20. Melville, James (1908–1984) agricultural scientist
  21. Meillon, John (1934–1989) actor
  22. Meares, Ainslie Dixon (1910–1986) psychiatrist
  23. Meagher, Edward Raymond (1908–1988) politician
  24. Meadows, Arthur Wilkes (1911–1987) psychologist
  25. McTiernan, Sir Edward Aloysius (Eddie) (1892–1990) politician and judge
  26. McRae, Doris Mary (1893–1988) schoolteacher and headmistress
  27. McQuillan, Ernest Edward (Ern) (1905–1988) boxing trainer and manager
  28. McNicoll, Sir Alan Wedel Ramsay (1908–1987) naval officer and diplomat
  29. McNeill, Sir James Charles (1916–1987) businessman
  30. McMullin, Sir Alister (1900–1984) grazier and politician
  31. McManus, Francis Patrick (Frank) (1905–1983) schoolteacher, party official and politician
  32. McMahon, Sir William (Billy) (1908–1988) prime minister
  33. McMahon, John Thomas (1893–1989) monsignor and educationist
  34. McLeod, Murdoch Stanley (1893–1981) businessman and philanthropist
  35. McLeod, Malcolm Athol Wallace (1894–1989) sheep-classer
  36. McLennan, Ethel Irene (1891–1983) botanist and educator
  37. McLeay, Sir John (Jack) (1893–1982) politician, businessman, and longest serving Speaker of the House of Representatives
  38. McLean, Allan Robert Charles (Bob) (1914–1989) cricketer, Australian Rules footballer, sporting administrator
  39. McKnight, Allan Douglas (1918–1987) public servant and academic
  40. McKinnon, Archibald Vincent (Archie) (1904–1985) psychiatric nurse and a founder of Alcoholics Anonymous in New South Wales
  41. McKie, Sir William Neil (1901–1984) church musician
  42. McKey, Joseph Simon (1904–1982) Catholic priest
  43. McKenzie, Margaret Dawn (1930–1984) hockey and softball player, sports administrator, coach and schoolteacher
  44. McKenzie, Florence Violet (1890–1982) signals trainer
  45. McKell, Sir William John (1891–1985) boilermaker, premier, governor-general
  46. McKay, Ian Calder (1943–1990) potter
  47. McIntyre, Sir Laurence Rupert (Jim) (1912–1981) diplomat
  48. McInnis, Ronald Alison (1890–1982) surveyor and town planner
  49. McGrath, Sir Charles Gullan (Dave) (1910–1984) company manager and director
  50. McGinness, Valentine Bynoe (1910–1988) rights activist for Aboriginal people of mixed ancestry, musician and songwriter
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