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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. Stead, Thistle Yolette (1902–1990) biologist, educator and wildlife preservationist
  2. Stead, Christina Ellen (1902–1983) author
  3. Starcevich, Leslie Thomislav (Thomas) (1918–1989) soldier
  4. Stanner, William Edward (Bill) (1905–1981) journalist, soldier and anthropologist
  5. Stanley, Neville Fenton (1918–1984) microbiologist
  6. Staley, Andrew Gray (1890–1981) textile manufacturer
  7. Spurgeon, Stanley Herbert (1902–1982) naval officer
  8. Spender, Sir Percy Claude (1897–1985) barrister, politician and diplomat
  9. Spencer, Margaret Joan (1912–1990) army officer
  10. Spann, Richard Neville (1916–1981) professor of government and public administration
  11. Spann, Keith (1922–1990) public servant
  12. Sorensen, Paul Edwin Bielenberg (1891–1983) nurseryman and landscape gardener
  13. Somma, Umberto Raffaele (1930–1989) cheesemaker
  14. Snelling, Joyce Mary (1904–1988) army officer
  15. Snelling, Douglas Burrage (1916–1985) architect and designer
  16. Snedden, Sir Billy Mackie (1926–1987) lawyer and Speaker of the House of Representatives
  17. Smyth, John William (1902–1984) barrister
  18. Smithies, Arthur (1907–1981) economist
  19. Smith, Walter (1898–1990) cameleer, prospector and bushman
  20. Smith, Victor Charles (1892–1981) businessman
  21. Smith, Treania Helen Lindsay (1901–1990) gallery owner and artist
  22. Smith, Mary (1909–1989) psychologist
  23. Smith, Sir Harold Gengoult (1890–1983) lord mayor and medical practitioner
  24. Smith, Douglas Darian (1900–1984) photographer
  25. Smith, Bertha Chatto (1892–1984) Country Women’s Association leader and author
  26. Smart, Marjorie Gordon (1911–1982) diplomat and college principal
  27. Sloss, Albert Ross (1911–1990) politician and reputed criminal
  28. Slaughter, James Cameron (1902–1982) town clerk
  29. Slater, Patricia Violet (Pat) (1918–1990) nurse educator
  30. Skitch, Marie Elizabeth (1900–1989) labour activist and housewives’ advocate
  31. Sinclair, Marion (1896–1988) teacher, welfare worker, poet and composer
  32. Sims, Gwendoline Elizabeth (1902–1986) occupational therapist
  33. Simpson, Edwin Colin (1908–1983) author and journalist
  34. Simon, Cinderella Jane (1902–1981) Aboriginal leader, evangelist and storyteller
  35. Simogun, Sir Pita (1900–1987) soldier, politician and community leader
  36. Shorter, Lucie Emilie (Lulu) (1887–1989) china-painter
  37. Sholl, Sir Reginald Richard (1902–1988) barrister, judge, diplomat and commentator
  38. Shmith, Louis Athol (1914–1990) photographer
  39. Shippen, Elizabeth Frances (1894–1982) matron and army nurse
  40. Shevill, Ian Wotton Allnutt (1917–1988) Anglican bishop
  41. Sherrard, Howard Macoun (1897–1984) engineer and town planner
  42. Shelley, Cecelia Moore (1893–1986) trade unionist
  43. Sheehy, Kathleen Eileen (1892–1981) head teacher
  44. Sheed, Francis Joseph (1897–1981) Catholic publisher, author and street orator
  45. Shedley, Geoffrey Richard (1914–1981) architect and sculptor
  46. Shaw, Mary Turner (Mollie) (1906–1990) architect and historian
  47. Shatwell, Kenneth Owen (1909–1988) professor of law
  48. Sharpley, Cecil Herbert (1908–1985) trade unionist, communist and apostate
  49. Sharland, Michael Stanley Reid (1899–1987) naturalist, conservationist, journalist and photographer
  50. Shann, Sir Keith Charles Owen ('Mick') (1917–1988) public servant and diplomat
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