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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the second of two for the period 1788-1850 and covers names I-Z. [Read More]

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  1. Spencer, Sir Richard (1779–1839) naval officer and settler
  2. Spode, Josiah (1790–1858) landowner and public servant
  3. Sprent, James (1808–1863) surveyor
  4. Squire, James (1754–1822) brewer and farmer
  5. Stackhouse, Alfred (1811–1876) Church of England clergyman
  6. Stanfield, Daniel (1766–1826) marine and settler
  7. Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith (1799–1869) politician
  8. Stanley, Owen (1811–1850) naval officer
  9. Stapylton, Granville William Chetwynd (1800–1840) surveyor and explorer
  10. Stephen, George Milner (1812–1894) faith healer
  11. Stephen, Sir James (1789–1859) public servant
  12. Stephen, John (1771–1833) judge
  13. Stephens, Alfred Ward (1804–1852) printer, editor and pastoralist
  14. Stephens, Edward (1811–1861) bank manager
  15. Stephens, John (1806–1850) newspaper editor
  16. Stephens, Samuel (1808–1840) company manager
  17. Stevenson, George (1799–1856) editor
  18. Stewart, William (1769–1854) soldier and lieutenant-governor
  19. Stiles, Henry Tarlton (1808–1867) Church of England clergyman
  20. Stirling, Sir James (1791–1865) governor
  21. Stokes, John Lort (1812–1885) explorer and hydrographer
  22. Stone, George Frederick (1812–1875) attorney-general
  23. Stonor, Alban Charles (1817–1866) barrister
  24. Story, George Fordyce (1800–1885) medical practitioner
  25. Stow, Thomas Quinton (1801–1862) Congregational minister
  26. Strachan, James Ford (1810–1875) merchant, woolbroker and politician
  27. Strange, Frederick (1807–1873) artist
  28. Struth, John (1804–1886) mechanical and marine engineer
  29. Strzelecki, Sir Paul Edmund de (1797–1873) explorer and scientist
  30. Sturt, Charles (1795–1869) explorer, soldier and public servant
  31. Suttor, George (1774–1859) settler
  32. Swanston, Charles (1789–1850) banker and merchant
  33. Taber, Thomas (1763–1842) teacher and parish clerk
  34. Talbot, William (1784–1845) pastoralist
  35. Tasman, Abel Janszoon (1603–1659) mariner
  36. Taylor, George (1758–1828) farmer
  37. Tegg, James (1808–1845) bookseller and publisher
  38. Tegg, Samuel Augustus (1813–1872) bookseller and publisher
  39. Tench, Watkin (1758–1833) officer of marines and author
  40. Terry, John (1771–1844) pioneer
  41. Terry, Samuel (1776–1838) merchant landowner and ‘The Botany Bay Rothschild’
  42. Therry, John Joseph (1790–1864) Catholic priest
  43. Therry, Sir Roger (1800–1874) judge
  44. Thomas, Bartholomew Boyle (1785–1831) soldier and settler
  45. Thomas, David John (1813–1871) medical practitioner
  46. Thomas, Evan Henry (1801–1837) editor and lawyer
  47. Thomas, Jocelyn Henry Connor (1780–1862) public servant and landowner
  48. Thomas, William (1793–1867) assistant protector and guardian of Aboriginals
  49. Thompson, Andrew (1773–1810) chief constable, farmer and businessman
  50. Thompson, Richard (1810–1865) journalist
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