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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. Lennox, David (1788–1873) bridge-builder
  2. Leslie, Patrick (1815–1881) pioneer and grazier
  3. Levey, Barnett (1798–1837) merchant and theatre director
  4. Levey, Solomon (1794–1833) emancipist and merchant
  5. Lewin, John William (1770–1819) naturalist and artist
  6. Lewis, Mortimer William (1796–1879) surveyor and architect
  7. Lewis, Richard (1789–1867) auctioneer and merchant
  8. Lhotsky, John (1795–1866) naturalist
  9. Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn (1799–1878) hotel-keeper and water-colourist
  10. Light, William (1786–1839) soldier and surveyor
  11. Lillie, John (1806–1866) Presbyterian minister
  12. Lindesay, Sir Patrick (1778–1839) soldier and acting governor
  13. Lithgow, William (1784–1864) auditor-general
  14. Littlejohn, Robert (1756–1818) gardener
  15. Loane, Roland Walpole (?–1844) merchant and settler
  16. Lochée, Francis (1811–1893) lawyer, editor and banker
  17. Lockyer, Edmund (1784–1860) soldier and landowner
  18. Logan, Patrick (1791–1830) soldier
  19. Lonsdale, William (1799–1864) soldier and administrator
  20. Lord, David (1785–1847) landowner
  21. Lord, Edward (1781–1859) officer of marines, commandant, pastoralist and merchant
  22. Lord, Simeon (1771–1840) entrepreneur
  23. Lord, Thomas Daunt (1783–1865) commandant of convicts and settler
  24. Loveless, George (1797–1874) Dorchester labourer and Tolpuddle 'martyr'
  25. Lovell, Esh (1796–1865) Wesleyan missioner
  26. Lowe, Robert (1783–1832) grazier
  27. Lowe, Robert (1811–1892) politician
  28. Lowe, William (1805–1878) shipbuilder
  29. Lowes, Thomas Yardley (1798–1870) distiller, merchant and auctioneer
  30. Lucas, James (1792–1853) pilot
  31. Lucas, Nathaniel (1764–1818) joiner, carpenter and builder
  32. Luttrell, Edward (1756–1824) surgeon
  33. Lycett, Joseph (1774–1828) convict and artist
  34. Lynch, John (?–?) stonemason and political agitator
  35. Lyons, Samuel (1791–1851) businessman
  36. Lyttleton, William Thomas (1784–1839) soldier and settler
  37. Macarthur, Archibald (?–1847) Presbyterian minister
  38. Macarthur, Elizabeth (1766–1850) grazier
  39. Macarthur, Hannibal Hawkins (1788–1861) pastoralist, politician and businessman
  40. Macarthur, James (1798–1867) landowner and politician
  41. Macarthur, John (1767–1834) soldier, entrepreneur and pastoralist
  42. Macdermott, Henry (1798–1848) merchant and politician
  43. Macdougall, John Campbell (1805–1848) printer, publisher and editor
  44. Macdowell, Edward (1798–1860) barrister
  45. Macdowell, Thomas (1813–1868) newspaper editor
  46. MacGillivray, John (1821–1867) naturalist
  47. Mackaness, John (1770–1838) barrister and public servant
  48. MacKellar, Neil (1769–1802) military officer
  49. Mackenzie, David (?–?) author, lecturer and landowner
  50. Mackersey, John (1789–1871) Presbyterian minister
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