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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. Peres, Leon George (1928–1984) political scientist and public servant
  2. Perkins, William Herbert (1910–1988) educationist and film enthusiast
  3. Perry, Grace Amelia (1927–1987) poet and medical practitioner
  4. Pettingell, Sir William Walter (1914–1987) industrial chemist and businessman
  5. Petty, Sir Horace Rostill (1904–1982) politician
  6. Phillips, Angell Arthur (1900–1985) literary critic and schoolteacher
  7. Phillips, Hubert Palmer (1897–1987) Methodist minister
  8. Phillips, Sir John Grant (Jock) (1911–1986) central banker
  9. Piazza, Angela Josephine (1911–1988) hairdresser and beautician
  10. Pidgeon, William Edwin (Wep) (1909–1981) portrait painter, cartoonist and illustrator
  11. Pike, Veronica (1900–1986) solicitor
  12. Pikler, Robert (1909–1984) violinist, violist and conductor
  13. Pilot, Boggo (1921–1981) Anglican clergyman
  14. Pinter, Gerda (1915–2003) patron of the arts
  15. Pinter, Joseph (1912–1981) engineer and businessman
  16. Pitney, William Robert (1921–1986) haematologist and medical educator
  17. Playford, Sir Thomas (Tom) (1896–1981) politician and orchardist
  18. Plimsoll, Sir James (1917–1987) public servant, diplomat and governor
  19. Poignant, Harald Emil Axel (1906–1986) photographer
  20. Pollard, Reginald Thomas (1894–1981) soldier, farmer and politician
  21. Pope, Sir Sidney Barton (1905–1983) industrialist
  22. Porter, Eric Ernest (1911–1983) film and television producer and director and animation pioneer
  23. Porter, Harold Edward (Hal) (1911–1984) writer
  24. Pounder, Betty Mildred (1921–1990) choreographer and dancer
  25. Pownall, Marjorie Evelyn (Eve) (1902–1982) historian and author of children’s books
  26. Prescott, James Arthur (1890–1987) agricultural chemist
  27. Prest, Wilfred (1907–1985) economist
  28. Preston, Arthur William (1912–1985) Methodist and Uniting Church minister
  29. Price, Raymond Arthur (1921–1990) jazz musician
  30. Prowse, Russell Blair (1915–1982) banker
  31. Puckey, Mary Grace Courtenay (1898–1990) medical practitioner and hospital administrator
  32. Pugh, Clifton Ernest (1924–1990) artist
  33. Pulkownik, Wladyslaw (Walter) (1909–1987) chocolate-maker and baker
  34. Punshon, Ethel May (Monte) (1882–1989) teacher
  35. Pura, Annie Helen (1894–1982) restaurateur
  36. Purcell, Richard Leo (1904–1984) political activist and co-operative housing founder
  37. Pyke, Sir Louis Frederick (1907–1988) businessman and charity worker
  38. Quagliotti, Winnifred Evelyn (Narrandjeri) (1931–1988) Aboriginal community leader and Wurundjeri elder
  39. Quayle, Bronte Clucas (1919–1986) lawyer and public servant
  40. Quinlin, Marcus Stanley (1890–1982) public servant
  41. Quinn, Noel Thomas (1916–1985) air force officer
  42. Rado, Erwin Aladar (1914–1988) film festival director
  43. Ragless, Maxwell Christopher (Max) (1901–1981) artist
  44. Rames, Christopher (1906–1981) blacksmith and farrier
  45. Ramsay, Sir James Maxwell (1916–1986) naval officer and governor
  46. Randall, Sir Richard John (Dick) (1906–1982) public servant
  47. Rankin, Dame Annabelle Jane (1908–1986) politician
  48. Raptis, Athanasios George (Arthur) (1904–1986) commercial fisherman and businessman
  49. Rattey, Reginald Roy (1917–1986) soldier
  50. Raw, Peter Frank (1922–1988) air force officer
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