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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. Richardson, John Matthew (1797–1882) gardener
  2. Riddell, Campbell Drummond (1796–1858) public servant
  3. Ridley, John (1806–1887) miller, inventor and preacher
  4. Riley, Alexander (1778–1833) merchant and pastoralist
  5. Riley, Edward (1784–1825) merchant and pastoralist
  6. Ritchie, Thomas (1789–1851) naval officer and landowner
  7. Robe, Frederick Holt (1802–1871) soldier and administrator
  8. Robertson, Gilbert (1794–1851) editor and agriculturist
  9. Robinson, George Augustus (1791–1866) protector of Aboriginals
  10. Robinson, Joseph Phelps (1815–1848) banker and landowner
  11. Robinson, Michael Massey (1744–1826) convict, public servant and poet
  12. Rodius, Charles (1802–1860) artist
  13. Roe, John Septimus (1797–1878) naval officer, surveyor and explorer
  14. Roemer, Charles William (1799–1874) merchant
  15. Rogers, Thomas George (1806–1903) religious instructor
  16. Rose, David (?–1826) farmer
  17. Rose, Thomas (1754–1833) farmer
  18. Rose, Thomas (?–1837) baker, publican and water conservator
  19. Ross, Hugh Cokeley (1795–1869) lawyer
  20. Ross, James (1786–1838) teacher and editor
  21. Ross, Robert (1740–1794) officer of marines and lieutenant-governor
  22. Ross, Robert (1792–1862) Congregational minister
  23. Rossi, Francis Nicholas (1776–1851) soldier and public servant
  24. Rous, Henry John (1795–1877) naval officer
  25. Rouse, Richard (1774–1852) public servant and settler
  26. Rowcroft, Charles (1798–1856) novelist
  27. Rowley, Thomas (1747–1806) soldier and landholder
  28. Rümker, Christian Carl Ludwig (1788–1862) astronomer
  29. Ruse, James (1759–1837) pioneer and smallholder
  30. Russell, Francis Thomas (1823–1876) Church of England clergyman
  31. Russell, George (1812–1888) pastoralist
  32. Russell, Henry Stuart (1818–1889) pastoralist, explorer and historian
  33. Russell, John (1792–1878) statesman
  34. Russell, Philip (1796–1844) pastoralist
  35. Russell, Robert (1808–1900) surveyor, architect and artist
  36. Rutledge, William (Billy) (1806–1876) merchant, banker and settler
  37. Ryan, Thomas (1790–1846) soldier
  38. Sadleir, Richard (1794–1889) naval officer, schoolmaster and pamphleteer
  39. Salmon, Thomas (1780–1847) merchant and landowner
  40. Salting, Severin Kanute (1805–1865) merchant and landowner
  41. Salvado, Rosendo (1814–1900) Benedictine monk, missionary and author
  42. Samson, Lionel (1799–1878) pioneer and merchant
  43. Saunders, John (1806–1859) Baptist minister
  44. Savage, Arthur (1798–1852) naval surgeon
  45. Savage, John (1770–?) surgeon
  46. Savery, Henry (1791–1842) businessman, forger, convict and author
  47. Schaffer, Philip (?–1828) farmer
  48. Schaw, Charles (1785–1874) soldier and police magistrate
  49. Schmidt, Karl Wilhelm Edward (?–1864) missionary
  50. Schofield, William (1793–1878) Wesleyan missionary
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