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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. Mackie, William Henry (1799–1860) advocate-general and senior magistrate
  2. Macleay, Sir George (1809–1891) pastoralist and explorer
  3. Macleay, William Sharp (1792–1865) scholar and naturalist
  4. Maconochie, Alexander (1787–1860) naval officer, geographer, and penal reformer
  5. Macquarie, Elizabeth Henrietta (1778–1835) governor's wife
  6. Macquarie, Lachlan (1762–1824) governor
  7. Macqueen, Thomas Potter (1791–1854) politician and colonizer
  8. Macvitie, Thomas (1781–1833) merchant and banker
  9. Magarey, Thomas (1825–1902) miller and pastoralist
  10. Makinson, Thomas Cooper (1809–1893) Church of England clergyman converted to Catholicism
  11. Manifold, John (1811–1877) grazier
  12. Manifold, Peter (1817–1885) grazier
  13. Manifold, Thomas (1809–1875) grazier
  14. Mann, Charles (1799–1860) advocate-general
  15. Mann, David Dickenson (1775–1811) clerk and author
  16. Manning, Edye (1807–1889) merchant and shipowner
  17. Manning, John Edye (1783–1870) court registrar
  18. Mansfield, Ralph (1799–1880) Methodist missionary and newspaper editor
  19. Manton, John Allen (1807–1864) Wesleyan minister
  20. Margarot, Maurice (1745–1815) a ‘Scottish Martyr’
  21. Marriott, Fitzherbert Adams (1811–1890) Anglican priest
  22. Marsden, Samuel (1765–1838) chaplain, missionary and farmer
  23. Martens, Conrad (1801–1878) artist
  24. Mason, Martin (?–?) surgeon, magistrate and commander
  25. Mason, Thomas (1800–1888) police magistrate
  26. Massey, Thomas (1759–1858) police constable and settler
  27. Mather, Robert (1782–1855) retailer
  28. Maum, William James (1780–1850) Irish political prisoner
  29. McCarty, Denis (?–1820) farmer
  30. McCrae, Georgiana Huntly (1804–1890) artist and diarist
  31. McCrone, Francis Nesbitt (1810–1853) actor
  32. McDonald, Hugh (1779–1819) soldier
  33. McEncroe, John (1794–1868) Catholic priest and archdeacon
  34. McGarvie, John (1795–1853) Presbyterian minister and writer
  35. McGarvie, William (1810–1841) journalist, bookseller and pastoralist
  36. McIntyre, Peter (1783–1842) landowner
  37. McKay, Alexander (1802–1882) convict, explorer and farmer
  38. McKenny, John (1788–1847) Wesleyan Methodist minister
  39. McKenzie, Alexander Kenneth (1769–1838) banker and landowner
  40. McLachlan, Charles (1795–1855) businessman
  41. McLaren, David (1785–1850) company manager
  42. McLeay, Alexander (1767–1848) public servant and entomologist
  43. Meagher, Thomas Francis (1823–1867) Irish nationalist
  44. Mealmaker, George (1768–1808) political transportee
  45. Meares, Richard Goldsmith (1780–1862) soldier, settler and public servant
  46. Meehan, James (1774–1826) surveyor, explorer and settler
  47. Mein, James (1761–1827) settler
  48. Melville, Henry (1799–1873) journalist, publisher and author
  49. Menge, Johann (1788–1852) geologist and linguist
  50. Menzies, Sir Charles (1783–1866) officer of marines and commandant
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