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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. Lorenz, Clarice Maude (1906–1981) opera company founder
  2. Lorimer, Enid Bosworth (1887–1982) actress
  3. Love, Ida Dorothy (1908–1990) nurse and midwifery educator
  4. Loveday, Ronald Redvers (1900–1987) politician
  5. Lovejoy, Robin Casper (1923–1985) actor, theatre designer and artistic director
  6. Lovelock, William (1899–1986) music teacher, educationist, composer and music critic
  7. Lowe, Thomas Edward (1908–1990) medical practitioner and scientist
  8. Luke, Ronald Stark (Ron) (1907–1989) businessman and alderman
  9. Lumb, Sidney Firth (1893–1988) professor of dentistry
  10. Luxton, Lewis (1910–1985) businessman and sports administrator
  11. Lynch, Aileen Elizabeth (1898–1983) State superintendent, Australian Women’s Land Army
  12. Lynch, Sir Phillip Reginald (1933–1984) politician
  13. Lyons, Betty Dorothy (1921–1986) nurse educator
  14. Lyons, Dame Enid Muriel (1897–1981) politician
  15. Macarthur-Onslow, Sir Denzil (1904–1984) army officer, businessman and grazier
  16. Macfarlane, Walter Victor (1913–1982) physiologist
  17. MacGregor-Dowsett, James Harvey (Jim) (1899–1990) community leader and charity worker
  18. Mackay, Kate (1897–1983) medical practitioner
  19. Mackay, Kenneth Donald (Ken) (1925–1982) cricketer
  20. Mackerras, Neil Richard (1930–1987) barrister, solicitor and advocate for Aborigines
  21. Mackey, Denis Peter (1934–1990) medical practitioner
  22. Mackie, John Leslie (1917–1981) philosopher
  23. Mackinnon, Ewen Daniel (1903–1983) grazier, politician and diplomat
  24. Maddison, David Clarkson (1927–1981) psychiatrist
  25. Maddison, John Clarkson (1921–1982) solicitor, barrister and politician
  26. Maddox, Sir John Kempson (1901–1990) physician and cardiologist
  27. Maegraith, Brian Gilmore (1907–1989) medical scientist
  28. Magee, Charles Joseph (1901–1989) agricultural scientist
  29. Mahood, Marguerite Henriette (1901–1989) artist
  30. Main, James Millar (1924–1984) historian
  31. Maitland, George Brumfitt (1896–1982) soldier and medical practitioner
  32. Makin, Norman John (1889–1982) ambassador and Speaker of the House of Representatives
  33. Maloney, James Joseph (Jim) (1901–1982) trade unionist, politician and diplomat
  34. Malpas, Charles Henry (1899–1982) inventor and businessman
  35. Mander, Alfred Ernest (1894–1985) educator, writer and public servant
  36. Manifold, John Streeter (1915–1985) poet and musicologist
  37. Mann, Dame Ida Caroline (1893–1983) ophthalmologist
  38. Mann, Jack (1906–1989) winemaker
  39. Mann, Leonard (1895–1981) writer
  40. Manning, Eleanor (1906–1986) Girl Guide commissioner and army officer
  41. Mansell, Morgan Alexander (1919–1981) Aboriginal activist
  42. Mant, John Francis (1897–1985) solicitor
  43. Marfell, Helena Catherine (1896–1981) community worker
  44. Marika, Wandjuk Djuakan (1927–1987) Aboriginal leader and artist
  45. Maris, Hyllus Noel (1933–1986) Aboriginal rights campaigner, community worker, educator, poet and scriptwriter
  46. Marks, Harriet Elizabeth (1900–1989) schoolteacher and educationist
  47. Marks, Sir John Hedley Douglas (1916–1982) businessman
  48. Marsh, Ralph Benson (1909–1989) trade unionist and politician
  49. Marshall, Alan (1902–1984) writer and humanist
  50. Marshall, Selina Courtenay (1899–1990) medical practitioner
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