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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. Peel, Thomas (1793–1865) colonial promoter and landowner
  2. Pedder, Sir John Lewes (1793–1859) judge
  3. Paterson, William (1755–1810) soldier, explorer and lieutenant-governor
  4. Parsons, Charles Octavius (1799–1863) pastoralist
  5. Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) naval officer and explorer
  6. Parramore, William Thomas (1797–1854) public servant
  7. Parkinson, Sydney (1745–1771) natural history draughtsman
  8. Pamphlett, Thomas (1789–1838) castaway
  9. Palmer, Thomas Fyshe (1747–1802) Unitarian minister and political reformer
  10. Palmer, Philip (1799–1853) Anglican clergyman
  11. Palmer, John (1760–1833) commissary
  12. Palmer, George Thomas (1784–1854) landholder
  13. Page, Samuel (1810–1878) publican, coach proprietor and pastoralist
  14. Oxley, John Joseph (1784–1828) surveyor-general and explorer
  15. Ovens, John (1788–1825) soldier and engineer
  16. O'Shaughnessy, Edward (1801–1840) journalist, poet and editor
  17. Osborne, Henry (1803–1859) pastoralist
  18. Orton, Joseph Rennard (1795–1842) Wesleyan Methodist missionary
  19. Orr, William Morgan (?–1843) merchant and landowner
  20. O'Neil, Peter (1757–1835) Roman Catholic priest
  21. O'Halloran, William Littlejohn (1806–1885) public servant
  22. O'Halloran, Thomas Shuldham (1797–1870) pioneer and commissioner of police
  23. Ogilvie, James (1795–1828) wine merchant
  24. O'Flynn, Jeremiah Francis (1788–1831) Roman Catholic priest
  25. O'Flaherty, Eliza (1818–1882) actress and novelist
  26. Officer, Sir Robert (1800–1879) medical officer and politician
  27. O'Connor, Roderic (1784–1860) public servant and landowner
  28. O'Connell, Sir Maurice Charles (1768–1848) soldier
  29. O'Brien, William Smith (1803–1864) Irish nationalist
  30. O'Brien, Henry (1793–1866) pastoralist
  31. O'Brien, Cornelius (Neal) (1796–1869) pastoralist
  32. Oatley, James (1770–1839) watch maker and settler
  33. Oakes, Francis (1770–1844) chief constable
  34. Oakden, Philip (1784–1851) merchant, banker and social worker
  35. Norton, James (1795–1862) solicitor
  36. Nobbs, George Hunn (1799–1884) schoolteacher and pastor
  37. Nixon, Francis Russell (1803–1879) Church of England bishop
  38. Nicholson, Sir Charles (1808–1903) statesman, landowner, businessman, connoisseur, scholar and physician
  39. Nichols, Isaac (1770–1819) farmer, shipowner and public servant
  40. Nicholas, John Liddiard (1784–1868) author and traveller
  41. Newland, Ridgway William (1790–1864) Congregational minister and pioneer
  42. Nepean, Nicholas (1757–1823) marine and army officer
  43. Nepean, Sir Evan (1752–1822) civil servant
  44. Neales, John Bentham (1806–1873) auctioneer and politician
  45. Nathan, Isaac (1790–1864) musician
  46. Nash, Robert (1771–1819) miller
  47. Nash, Richard West (1808–1850) advocate-general
  48. Nairn, William (1767–1853) army officer
  49. Murray, Sir Terence Aubrey (1810–1873) landowner and politician
  50. Murray, Robert Lathrop (1777–1850) landowner, soldier, convict and journalist
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