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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. Thomson, Adam Compton (1800–1859) Church of England clergyman
  2. Thomson, Alexander (1798–1866) medical practitioner and pastoralist
  3. Thomson, Sir Edward Deas (1800–1879) public servant and parliamentarian
  4. Thomson, James Alexander (1805–1860) architect, engineer and building contractor
  5. Threlkeld, Lancelot Edward (1788–1859) missionary and Congregational minister
  6. Throsby, Charles (1777–1828) surgeon, settler and explorer
  7. Tims, Martin (1750–1830) agriculturist, soldier and public servant
  8. Tom, William (1791–1883) farmer and Methodist leader
  9. Tompson, Charles (1807–1883) poet and public servant
  10. Toosey, James Denton (1801–1883) pastoralist
  11. Torrens, Robert (1780–1864) officer of marines, political economist and colonization commissioner
  12. Torres, Luis Vaez de (?–?) navigator
  13. Townson, John (1759–1835) army officer and settler
  14. Townson, Robert (1762–1827) scholar, scientist and settler
  15. Tregurtha, Edward Primrose (1803–1880) sea captain
  16. Trigg, Henry (1791–1882) superintendent of public works and Congregational lay leader
  17. Tucker, James (1808–1888) convict and supposed author
  18. Tuckfield, Francis (1808–1865) missionary
  19. Turnbull, Adam (1803–1891) medical practitioner, public servant and Presbyterian minister
  20. Tyers, Charles James (1806–1870) surveyor and public servant
  21. Ullathorne, William Bernard (1806–1889) Catholic prelate
  22. Underwood, James (1771–1844) shipbuilder, distiller and merchant
  23. Underwood, Joseph (1779–1833) merchant and sealing master
  24. Uther, Reuben (1791–1880) merchant and manufacturer
  25. Vale, Benjamin (1788–1863) Church of England clergyman
  26. Vancouver, George (1757–1798) naval officer and hydrographer
  27. Vaux, James Hardy (1782–1841) convict and author
  28. Verge, John (1782–1861) architect, builder and pioneer settler
  29. Victor, James Conway (1792–1864) soldier and engineer
  30. Vidal, Mary Theresa (1815–1873) author
  31. Vlamingh, Willem de (?–?) skipper of the Dutch East India Co.
  32. Von Stieglitz, Frederick Lewis (1803–1866) pastoralist
  33. Wainewright, Thomas Griffiths (1794–1847) artist and writer
  34. Wakefield, Edward Gibbon (1796–1862) author and colonial promoter
  35. Walker, George Washington (1800–1859) Quaker, shopkeeper and humanitarian
  36. Walker, John (1799–1874) miller, brewer, merchant and landowner
  37. Walker, Thomas (1804–1886) merchant, banker and benefactor
  38. Walker, Thomas (1791–1861) commissary and settler
  39. Walker, William (1787–1854) merchant
  40. Walker, William (1800–1855) Methodist minister
  41. Wallace, William Vincent (1812–1865) musician
  42. Wallis, James (1785–1858) soldier
  43. Walsh, William Horatio (1812–1882) Church of England clergyman
  44. Warby, John (1774–1851) convict and explorer
  45. Wardell, Robert (1793–1834) barrister and newspaper editor
  46. Waterfield, William (1795–1868) Congregational minister
  47. Waterhouse, Henry (1770–1812) naval officer
  48. Watling, Thomas (1762–?) convict and artist
  49. Watson, Robert (1756–1819) harbourmaster
  50. Wedge, John Helder (1793–1872) surveyor and explorer
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