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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. Martin, Sir David James (1933–1990) naval officer and governor
  2. Martin, Sir Harold Brownlow (Mick) (1918–1988) ‘dam buster’ and air force officer
  3. Martin, Sir Leslie Harold (1900–1983) physicist
  4. Masel, Alec (1898–1988) solicitor and Jewish community leader
  5. Mason, Peter (1922–1987) physicist, educator and science communicator
  6. Massey, Sir Harrie Stewart (1908–1983) physicist
  7. Massey, John Tolson (1887–1981) Young Men’s Christian Association organiser
  8. Masterman, Kay Chauncy (1896–1981) schoolteacher and classical scholar
  9. Masters, Olga Meredith (1919–1986) author and journalist
  10. Mathias, Rex Collis (1907–1986) Methodist clergyman and peace activist
  11. Matters, Arnold Hatherleigh (1901–1990) baritone and opera producer
  12. Matzek, Karl (1895–1983) painter
  13. Mayne, Charles (1906–1990) Jesuit priest and teacher
  14. Mayo, Lilian Daphne (1895–1982) sculptor and art advocate
  15. McAuliffe, Ronald Edward (1918–1988) politician and Rugby League administrator
  16. McBride, Sir Philip Albert (1892–1982) pastoralist and politician
  17. McCabe, Adrian Francis (1939–1986) investor and newsletter entrepreneur
  18. McCarthy, Dudley (1911–1987) war historian and diplomat
  19. McCauley, Sir John Patrick Joseph (1899–1989) air force officer
  20. McCaw, Sir Malcolm Kenneth (Kenneth) (1907–1989) solicitor, barrister and politician
  21. McClemans, Sheila Mary (1909–1988) barrister and naval officer
  22. McClintock, Herbert (1906–1985) artist
  23. McColl, Gordon Kidgell (1910–1982) road haulier
  24. McCure, Russell Melton (Bill) (1918–1987) army officer and business executive
  25. McCusker, Neal (1907–1987) commissioner for railways
  26. McCutcheon, Sir Walter Paul Osborn (1899–1983) architect
  27. McDonald, Louise Warden (1903–1988) headmistress
  28. McEachern, Cranston Albury (1905–1983) army officer and solicitor
  29. McEvoy, Keith Albert (1918–1990) soldier
  30. McEwin, Sir Alexander Lyell (1897–1988) farmer and politician
  31. McGahen, Brian Patrick (1952–1990) city councillor, social worker, gay activist and social libertarian
  32. McGill, Arnold Robert (1905–1988) ornithologist and businessman
  33. McGinness, Valentine Bynoe (1910–1988) rights activist for Aboriginal people of mixed ancestry, musician and songwriter
  34. McGrath, Sir Charles Gullan (Dave) (1910–1984) company manager and director
  35. McInnis, Ronald Alison (1890–1982) surveyor and town planner
  36. McIntyre, Sir Laurence Rupert (Jim) (1912–1981) diplomat
  37. McKay, Ian Calder (1943–1990) potter
  38. McKell, Sir William John (1891–1985) boilermaker, premier, governor-general
  39. McKenzie, Florence Violet (1890–1982) signals trainer
  40. McKenzie, Margaret Dawn (1930–1984) hockey and softball player, sports administrator, coach and schoolteacher
  41. McKey, Joseph Simon (1904–1982) Catholic priest
  42. McKie, Sir William Neil (1901–1984) church musician
  43. McKinnon, Archibald Vincent (Archie) (1904–1985) psychiatric nurse and a founder of Alcoholics Anonymous in New South Wales
  44. McKnight, Allan Douglas (1918–1987) public servant and academic
  45. McLean, Allan Robert Charles (Bob) (1914–1989) cricketer, Australian Rules footballer, sporting administrator
  46. McLeay, Sir John (Jack) (1893–1982) politician, businessman, and longest serving Speaker of the House of Representatives
  47. McLennan, Ethel Irene (1891–1983) botanist and educator
  48. McLeod, Malcolm Athol Wallace (1894–1989) sheep-classer
  49. McLeod, Murdoch Stanley (1893–1981) businessman and philanthropist
  50. McMahon, John Thomas (1893–1989) monsignor and educationist
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