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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. Robinson, Raymond John (1905–1982) journalist and cricket historian
  2. Robinson, Kathleen Mary (1901–1983) actress and director
  3. Robinson, Eric Laidlaw (1929–1981) businessman and politician
  4. Robinson, Ellis Alfred ('Alan' or 'Allan') (1927–1983) underwater explorer
  5. Roberts, Roy Patrick (1916–1990) air force officer
  6. Roberts, Henry Emmanuel (Harry) (1900–1984) headmaster and educational reformer
  7. Roberton, Hugh Stevenson (1900–1987) farmer, politician and diplomat
  8. Roach, Philip Norman (1896–1982) solicitor
  9. Ritchie, Robert James (1915–1988) pilot and airline chief executive
  10. Richardson, Sir Horace Frank (1901–1983) retailer and company director
  11. Richards, George Ronald (Ron) (1905–1985) police officer and deputy director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization
  12. Richards, Digby George (1940–1983) singer and composer
  13. Rich, Ruby Sophia (1888–1988) Jewish community leader, feminist and pianist
  14. Reynolds, John Heywood (1905–1981) historian and university college warden
  15. Renshaw, John Brophy (Jack) (1909–1987) farmer and premier
  16. Reid, Sir John Thyne (1903–1984) company director and philanthropist
  17. Reid, Gordon Stanley (1923–1989) parliamentary official, political scientist and governor
  18. Reid, Alan Douglas (1914–1987) journalist
  19. Regan, John Basil (1903–1987) flour-miller and businessman
  20. Rees, Lucy Frances (Lu) (1901–1983) bookseller, book collector and authority on children’s literature
  21. Rees, Lloyd Frederic (1895–1988) artist
  22. Reed, Ronald Atkinson (1905–1989) schoolteacher and educationist
  23. Reed, Sir Peter Charles Reginald (1909–1982) businessman
  24. Reed, Lelda Sunday (1905–1981) art patron
  25. Reed, John Harford (1901–1981) solicitor, publisher and art patron
  26. Reed, Henry Dennison (Dick) (1898–1990) pastoralist and bushwalker
  27. Reader, Dame Audrey Tattie (1903–1989) Liberal Party organiser and community worker
  28. Rayner, Rhoda Elspeth (Betty) (1907–1981) theatre educator
  29. Rayner, Joan Ellen (1900–1999) theatre educator
  30. Rayner, Jack Maxwell (1906–1982) geophysicist
  31. Rayner, Henry Ross (1914–1989) journalist and public servant
  32. Ray, William Robert (1911–1989) Anglican clergyman and headmaster
  33. Raw, Peter Frank (1922–1988) air force officer
  34. Rattey, Reginald Roy (1917–1986) soldier
  35. Raptis, Athanasios George (Arthur) (1904–1986) commercial fisherman and businessman
  36. Rankin, Dame Annabelle Jane (1908–1986) politician
  37. Randall, Sir Richard John (Dick) (1906–1982) public servant
  38. Ramsay, Sir James Maxwell (1916–1986) naval officer and governor
  39. Rames, Christopher (1906–1981) blacksmith and farrier
  40. Ragless, Maxwell Christopher (Max) (1901–1981) artist
  41. Rado, Erwin Aladar (1914–1988) film festival director
  42. Quinn, Noel Thomas (1916–1985) air force officer
  43. Quinlin, Marcus Stanley (1890–1982) public servant
  44. Quayle, Bronte Clucas (1919–1986) lawyer and public servant
  45. Quagliotti, Winnifred Evelyn (Narrandjeri) (1931–1988) Aboriginal community leader and Wurundjeri elder
  46. Pyke, Sir Louis Frederick (1907–1988) businessman and charity worker
  47. Purcell, Richard Leo (1904–1984) political activist and co-operative housing founder
  48. Pura, Annie Helen (1894–1982) restaurateur
  49. Punshon, Ethel May (Monte) (1882–1989) teacher
  50. Pulkownik, Wladyslaw (Walter) (1909–1987) chocolate-maker and baker
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