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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. Pugh, Clifton Ernest (1924–1990) artist
  2. Puckey, Mary Grace Courtenay (1898–1990) medical practitioner and hospital administrator
  3. Prowse, Russell Blair (1915–1982) banker
  4. Price, Raymond Arthur (1921–1990) jazz musician
  5. Preston, Arthur William (1912–1985) Methodist and Uniting Church minister
  6. Prest, Wilfred (1907–1985) economist
  7. Prescott, James Arthur (1890–1987) agricultural chemist
  8. Pownall, Marjorie Evelyn (Eve) (1902–1982) historian and author of children’s books
  9. Pounder, Betty Mildred (1921–1990) choreographer and dancer
  10. Porter, Harold Edward (Hal) (1911–1984) writer
  11. Porter, Eric Ernest (1911–1983) film and television producer and director and animation pioneer
  12. Pope, Sir Sidney Barton (1905–1983) industrialist
  13. Pollard, Reginald Thomas (1894–1981) soldier, farmer and politician
  14. Poignant, Harald Emil Axel (1906–1986) photographer
  15. Plimsoll, Sir James (1917–1987) public servant, diplomat and governor
  16. Playford, Sir Thomas (Tom) (1896–1981) politician and orchardist
  17. Pitney, William Robert (1921–1986) haematologist and medical educator
  18. Pinter, Joseph (1912–1981) engineer and businessman
  19. Pinter, Gerda (1915–2003) patron of the arts
  20. Pilot, Boggo (1921–1981) Anglican clergyman
  21. Pikler, Robert (1909–1984) violinist, violist and conductor
  22. Pike, Veronica (1900–1986) solicitor
  23. Pidgeon, William Edwin (Wep) (1909–1981) portrait painter, cartoonist and illustrator
  24. Piazza, Angela Josephine (1911–1988) hairdresser and beautician
  25. Phillips, Sir John Grant (Jock) (1911–1986) central banker
  26. Phillips, Hubert Palmer (1897–1987) Methodist minister
  27. Phillips, Angell Arthur (1900–1985) literary critic and schoolteacher
  28. Petty, Sir Horace Rostill (1904–1982) politician
  29. Pettingell, Sir William Walter (1914–1987) industrial chemist and businessman
  30. Perry, Grace Amelia (1927–1987) poet and medical practitioner
  31. Perkins, William Herbert (1910–1988) educationist and film enthusiast
  32. Peres, Leon George (1928–1984) political scientist and public servant
  33. Pereira, Joseph Clarke (1907–1985) trade unionist and Australian Labor Party organiser
  34. Pentreath, Arthur Godolphin (1902–1985) Anglican clergyman and headmaster
  35. Pentland, Alexander Augustus (1894–1983) air force officer and aviator
  36. Penman, David John (1936–1989) Anglican archbishop
  37. Peinkinna (Peynken), Donald Daratchimbar (1925–1988) Aboriginal leader
  38. Pegg, George (1927–1987) meatworks manager
  39. Peart, Donald Richard (1909–1981) musicologist and educator
  40. Pearl, Cyril Altson (1904–1987) journalist, social historian, biographer and wit
  41. Pearce, Harry Hastings (1897–1984) bibliophile, historian, writer and rationalist
  42. Payne-Scott, Ruby Violet (1912–1981) physicist, radio astronomer and schoolteacher
  43. Paulsen, Alexander Henry (Harry) (1906–1990) showman
  44. Paul, Eveline Pauline (Queenie) (1893–1982) vaudeville artist, producer and entrepreneur
  45. Paton, Sir George Whitecross (1902–1985) legal scholar and vice-chancellor
  46. Patkin, Benzion (1903–1984) Zionist and Jewish community leader
  47. Patkin, Aaron (1883–1950) Zionist and Jewish community leader
  48. Pat, John Peter (1966–1983) Aboriginal youth
  49. Passmore, John Richard (1904–1984) artist
  50. Passi, Sam (1912–1990) schoolteacher and linguist
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