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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. Partridge, Percy Herbert (1910–1988) social philosopher and educationist
  2. Parry-Okeden, William Nugent Fitzmaurice (1910–1982) army officer and jockey club and agricultural society executive
  3. Parker, Sir John Edward (1904–1985) civil engineer and public servant
  4. Parker, Grace Dorothy (1895–1987) farmer and community leader
  5. Parker, Sir Douglas William (1900–1988) orthopaedic surgeon
  6. Parker, Alan James (1933–1982) chemist and mineral technologist
  7. Parbury, Philip Kingsmill (1910–1988) soldier and businessman
  8. Palmer, Ambrose Harold (1910–1990) boxer, boxing trainer and Australian rules footballer
  9. Palmer, Aileen Yvonne (1915–1988) poet, translator and political activist
  10. Pagan, Sir John Ernest (1914–1986) merchant, philanthropist, Liberal Party president and soldier
  11. O’Toole, John (Jack) (1917–1983) policeman and woodchopper
  12. O'Shea, Clarence Lyell (Clarrie) (1905–1988) union leader
  13. O'Shannassy, Ray (1923–1990) labourer, communist and trade unionist
  14. Osborne, Sir Basil (1907–1987) store manager and lord mayor
  15. Orloff, Abraham (Izzy) (1891–1981) photographer
  16. Orban, Desiderius (Dezso) (1884–1986) art teacher, artist, painter and author
  17. Öpik, Armin Aleksander (1898–1983) palaeontologist
  18. Oliver, Cecil Thompson (Charlie) (1901–1990) trade union official
  19. Olive, Charles Gordon Chaloner (1916–1987) air force officer
  20. O'Leary, Timothy Joseph (Tim) (1925–1987) flying doctor
  21. O'Hagan, John Francis (1898–1987) songwriter
  22. O'Grady, John (Patrick) (1907–1981) pharmacist and author
  23. O'Grady, Francis Phillip (1900–1981) engineer and public servant
  24. Ogle, Robert William George (1904–1981) engineer and army officer
  25. Ogilvie, Florinda Katharine (1902–1983) social worker and educator
  26. Oeser, Oscar Adolph (1904–1983) professor of psychology
  27. O'Donnell, Gustaf Charles (1912–1989) founder of the Copyright Agency Limited
  28. O’Doherty, Ellen (Sister Mary Alphonsus) (1894–1983) Sister of Charity and hospital administrator
  29. Odgers, James Rowland (1914–1985) public servant and author
  30. Oddie, Thomas Harold (Hal) (1911–1990) medical physicist and bridge player
  31. O'Connell, Daniel Joseph Kelly (1896–1982) Jesuit priest, astronomer and seismologist
  32. O'Collins, Sir James Patrick (1892–1983) Catholic bishop
  33. Oberdoo, Jacob (Minyjun) (1920–1989) Aboriginal community leader
  34. Oakes, Roland Frank (1896–1986) army officer and grazier
  35. Northam, Sir William Herbert (1905–1988) Olympic yachtsman, businessman and alderman
  36. Norris, Sir John Gerald (1903–1990) judge
  37. Norris, Sir Frank Kingsley (1893–1984) physician and army medical officer
  38. Norris, Dame Ada May (1901–1989) schoolteacher and campaigner for women’s rights
  39. Norman, Noel Wilson ('Louis Kaye') (1901–1981) author
  40. Norman, Leslie (1876–1954) civil servant
  41. Norman, Clara (Decima) (1909–1983) athlete
  42. Nock, Sir Norman Lindfield (1899–1990) businessman and lord mayor
  43. Noble, Robert Jackson (1894–1981) agricultural scientist and public servant
  44. Noble, Beryl Margaret Elizabeth (1907–1984) Australian Women’s Army Service officer
  45. Noakes, Lyndon Charles (1914–1990) geologist, coastwatcher and public servant
  46. Noad, Sir Kenneth Beeson (Bob) (1900–1987) physician and neurologist
  47. Nicol, Thomas Bruce (1896–1987) civil engineer
  48. Nicholson, Sir Arthur William (1903–1981) builder and civic leader
  49. Nicholls, Sir Douglas Ralph (Doug) (1906–1988) footballer, pastor, activist and governor
  50. Nichol, Gerard Joseph (1921–1990) Catholic priest
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