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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. Riley, Edward (1784–1825) merchant and pastoralist
  2. Riley, Alexander (1778–1833) merchant and pastoralist
  3. Ridley, John (1806–1887) miller, inventor and preacher
  4. Riddell, Campbell Drummond (1796–1858) public servant
  5. Richardson, John Matthew (1797–1882) gardener
  6. Reveley, Henry Willey (1788–1875) civil engineer
  7. Reid, Thomas (1791–1825) naval surgeon and prison reformer
  8. Reid, David (1777–1840) naval surgeon
  9. Reid, Alexander (1783–1858) landowner
  10. Reibey, Mary (1777–1855) businesswoman and trader
  11. Reed, Henry (1806–1880) landowner, shipowner, merchant and philanthropist
  12. Redmond, Edward (1766–1840) publican, dealer and Catholic layman
  13. Redfern, William (1774–1833) surgeon
  14. Reddall, Thomas (1780–1838) clergyman and educationist
  15. Read, Richard (1765–1829) artist
  16. Read, Richard (1796–1862) artist
  17. Read, George Frederick (1788–1860) merchant, settler and banker
  18. Raymond, James (1786–1851) postmaster-general
  19. Raven, William (1756–1814) master mariner and merchant
  20. Raper, George (1768–1797) seaman and artist
  21. Ransom, Thomas (1757–1829) boat builder and publican
  22. Ranken, George (1793–1860) farmer and pastoralist
  23. Ramsay, David (1794–1860) medical practitioner and merchant
  24. Raine, Thomas (1793–1860) mariner and merchant
  25. Raine, John (1786–1837) speculator and merchant
  26. Quiros, Pedro Fernandez de (1563–1615) navigator
  27. Quaife, Barzillai (1798–1873) Congregational and Presbyterian minister
  28. Pugh, William Russ (1805–1897) medical practitioner
  29. Prout, John Skinner (1805–1876) artist
  30. Prieur, François Xavier (1814–1891) merchant and author
  31. Price, John Giles (1808–1857) magistrate and penal administrator
  32. Price, Charles (1807–1891) Congregational minister
  33. Preiss, Johann August Ludwig (1811–1883) naturalist
  34. Powlett, Frederick Armand (1811–1865) public servant
  35. Power, Robert (1794–1869) military officer and surveyor-general
  36. Powell, Edward (1762–1814) farmer and innkeeper
  37. Polding, John Bede (1794–1877) Catholic archbishop
  38. Plunkett, John Hubert (1802–1869) lawyer and politician
  39. Platt, John Laurio (1782–1836) sailor and settler
  40. Pitt, Richard (1765–1826) constable and settler
  41. Pitcairn, Robert (1802–1861) solicitor
  42. Piper, John (1774–1851) military officer, public servant and landowner
  43. Pinnock, James Denham (1810–1875) public servant and banker
  44. Pidgeon, Nathaniel (1803–1879) city missionary
  45. Phillip, Arthur (1738–1814) admiral and governor
  46. Petrie, Andrew (1798–1872) builder and architect
  47. Petchy, John (?–1850) merchant
  48. Perry, Samuel Augustus (1787–1854) soldier and surveyor
  49. Péron, François (1775–1810) naturalist, explorer and historian
  50. Pelsaert, Francisco (1591–1630) officer of the Dutch East India Co.
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