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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. O'Collins, Sir James Patrick (1892–1983) Catholic bishop
  2. O'Connell, Daniel Joseph Kelly (1896–1982) Jesuit priest, astronomer and seismologist
  3. Oddie, Thomas Harold (Hal) (1911–1990) medical physicist and bridge player
  4. Odgers, James Rowland (1914–1985) public servant and author
  5. O’Doherty, Ellen (Sister Mary Alphonsus) (1894–1983) Sister of Charity and hospital administrator
  6. O'Donnell, Gustaf Charles (1912–1989) founder of the Copyright Agency Limited
  7. Oeser, Oscar Adolph (1904–1983) professor of psychology
  8. Ogilvie, Florinda Katharine (1902–1983) social worker and educator
  9. Ogle, Robert William George (1904–1981) engineer and army officer
  10. O'Grady, Francis Phillip (1900–1981) engineer and public servant
  11. O'Grady, John (Patrick) (1907–1981) pharmacist and author
  12. O'Hagan, John Francis (1898–1987) songwriter
  13. O'Leary, Timothy Joseph (Tim) (1925–1987) flying doctor
  14. Olive, Charles Gordon Chaloner (1916–1987) air force officer
  15. Oliver, Cecil Thompson (Charlie) (1901–1990) trade union official
  16. Öpik, Armin Aleksander (1898–1983) palaeontologist
  17. Orban, Desiderius (Dezso) (1884–1986) art teacher, artist, painter and author
  18. Orloff, Abraham (Izzy) (1891–1981) photographer
  19. Osborne, Sir Basil (1907–1987) store manager and lord mayor
  20. O'Shannassy, Ray (1923–1990) labourer, communist and trade unionist
  21. O'Shea, Clarence Lyell (Clarrie) (1905–1988) union leader
  22. O’Toole, John (Jack) (1917–1983) policeman and woodchopper
  23. Pagan, Sir John Ernest (1914–1986) merchant, philanthropist, Liberal Party president and soldier
  24. Palmer, Aileen Yvonne (1915–1988) poet, translator and political activist
  25. Palmer, Ambrose Harold (1910–1990) boxer, boxing trainer and Australian rules footballer
  26. Parbury, Philip Kingsmill (1910–1988) soldier and businessman
  27. Parker, Alan James (1933–1982) chemist and mineral technologist
  28. Parker, Sir Douglas William (1900–1988) orthopaedic surgeon
  29. Parker, Grace Dorothy (1895–1987) farmer and community leader
  30. Parker, Sir John Edward (1904–1985) civil engineer and public servant
  31. Parry-Okeden, William Nugent Fitzmaurice (1910–1982) army officer and jockey club and agricultural society executive
  32. Partridge, Percy Herbert (1910–1988) social philosopher and educationist
  33. Passi, Sam (1912–1990) schoolteacher and linguist
  34. Passmore, John Richard (1904–1984) artist
  35. Pat, John Peter (1966–1983) Aboriginal youth
  36. Patkin, Aaron (1883–1950) Zionist and Jewish community leader
  37. Patkin, Benzion (1903–1984) Zionist and Jewish community leader
  38. Paton, Sir George Whitecross (1902–1985) legal scholar and vice-chancellor
  39. Paul, Eveline Pauline (Queenie) (1893–1982) vaudeville artist, producer and entrepreneur
  40. Paulsen, Alexander Henry (Harry) (1906–1990) showman
  41. Payne-Scott, Ruby Violet (1912–1981) physicist, radio astronomer and schoolteacher
  42. Pearce, Harry Hastings (1897–1984) bibliophile, historian, writer and rationalist
  43. Pearl, Cyril Altson (1904–1987) journalist, social historian, biographer and wit
  44. Peart, Donald Richard (1909–1981) musicologist and educator
  45. Pegg, George (1927–1987) meatworks manager
  46. Peinkinna (Peynken), Donald Daratchimbar (1925–1988) Aboriginal leader
  47. Penman, David John (1936–1989) Anglican archbishop
  48. Pentland, Alexander Augustus (1894–1983) air force officer and aviator
  49. Pentreath, Arthur Godolphin (1902–1985) Anglican clergyman and headmaster
  50. Pereira, Joseph Clarke (1907–1985) trade unionist and Australian Labor Party organiser
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