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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. McMahon, Sir William (Billy) (1908–1988) prime minister
  2. McManus, Francis Patrick (Frank) (1905–1983) schoolteacher, party official and politician
  3. McMullin, Sir Alister (1900–1984) grazier and politician
  4. McNeill, Sir James Charles (1916–1987) businessman
  5. McNicoll, Sir Alan Wedel Ramsay (1908–1987) naval officer and diplomat
  6. McQuillan, Ernest Edward (Ern) (1905–1988) boxing trainer and manager
  7. McRae, Doris Mary (1893–1988) schoolteacher and headmistress
  8. McTiernan, Sir Edward Aloysius (Eddie) (1892–1990) politician and judge
  9. Meadows, Arthur Wilkes (1911–1987) psychologist
  10. Meagher, Edward Raymond (1908–1988) politician
  11. Meares, Ainslie Dixon (1910–1986) psychiatrist
  12. Meillon, John (1934–1989) actor
  13. Melville, James (1908–1984) agricultural scientist
  14. Mendoza, Doris Rosetta Elizabeth (Dot) (1899–1986) pianist
  15. Menlove, Desmond Aubrey (1906–1990) naval officer
  16. Menuhin, Hephzibah (1920–1981) pianist and social activist
  17. Mercier, Emile Alfred Lucien (1901–1981) cartoonist
  18. Merrifield, Samuel (1904–1982) surveyor and politician
  19. Mesley, Jack Statton (1910–1987) naval officer
  20. Metcalfe, John Wallace (1901–1982) librarian
  21. Metcalfe, Thelma Constance (1898–1984) schoolteacher and community worker
  22. Meyer, Sir Oscar Gwynne (1910–1981) engineer and businessman
  23. Michaelis, Margarethe (Margaret) (1902–1985) photographer
  24. Michaels, Eric Philip (1948–1988) anthropologist
  25. Miller, Eric Stanislaus (1903–1986) barrister
  26. Miller, Julius Sumner (1909–1987) physicist, science educator and television performer
  27. Miller, Sydney Leon (Syd) (1901–1983) cartoonist
  28. Mills, May (1890–1984) schoolteacher and sports administrator
  29. Minc, Salomon (Salek) (1906–1983) medical practitioner and art patron and collector
  30. Minogue, Sir John Patrick (1909–1989) judge
  31. Missen, Alan Joseph (1925–1986) solicitor and politician
  32. Mitchell, Thomas Walter (Tom) (1906–1984) barrister, politician and skier
  33. Mocatta, Annie Mildred (1887–1984) kindergarten teacher, medical practitioner and art patron
  34. Molesworth, Maud Margaret (Mall) (1894–1985) tennis player
  35. Moon, Rupert Theo Vance (Mick) (1892–1986) soldier and businessman
  36. Moore, Bruce Richard (1913–1985) local historian
  37. Moore, Kenneth Woodhead (1917–1990) grazier and businessman
  38. Moore, Lyle Howard (1899–1982) real estate agent and president of the Liberal Party of Australia
  39. Moorehead, Alan McCrae (1910–1983) journalist, war correspondent and historian
  40. Morey, Edward Herbert (Ted) (1902–1982) police officer, horseman and writer
  41. Morgan, Roy Edward (1908–1985) pollster, market researcher and city councillor
  42. Morley, Ian Webster (1904–1989) mining engineer
  43. Morphett, Audrey Cummins (1902–1983) community worker
  44. Morris, Bede (1927–1988) physiologist and immunologist
  45. Morris, Sir Keith Douglas (1908–1981) builder and businessman
  46. Morrison, John Walsh (1904–1988) Catholic priest
  47. Morrison, Thomas Kenneth (1911–1983) naval officer
  48. Morton, Tex (1916–1983) country-and-western singer
  49. Moses, Sir Charles Joseph (1900–1988) broadcaster and ABC general manager
  50. Mosher, Kenneth George (1913–1990) geologist, public servant and military officer
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