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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the first of four for the period 1851-1890 and covers names A-C. [Read More]

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  1. Collins, Charles (1850–1898) merchant and politician
  2. Collins, Robert Martin (1843–1913) pastoralist
  3. Collins, William (1846–1909) grazier
  4. Colls, Thomas (1822–1898) hotel-keeper
  5. Colton, Sir John (1823–1902) legislator and merchant
  6. Combes, Edward (1830–1895) engineer, pastoralist, politician and painter
  7. Conder, Charles Edward (1868–1909) painter, lithographer and fan-designer
  8. Coode, Sir John (1816–1892) civil engineer
  9. Cook, Solomon (1816–1871) shipwright, blacksmith and engineer
  10. Cooke, Cecil Pybus (1813–1895) pastoralist
  11. Cooke, Ebenezer (1832–1907) accountant, parliamentarian and public servant
  12. Cooper, Sir Daniel (1821–1902) merchant and philanthropist
  13. Cooper, Thomas (1832–1900) draper and politician
  14. Cooper, Walter Hampson (1842–1880) journalist, playwright, politician and barrister
  15. Coote, Audley (1839–1915) politician and concessionaire
  16. Coote, William (1822–1898) engineer, architect, journalist, pamphleteer, political organizer and sericulturist
  17. Cope, Thomas Spencer (1821–1891) judge
  18. Copeland, Henry (1839–1904) politician and mining expert
  19. Coppin, George Selth (1819–1906) comic actor and entrepreneur
  20. Cordner, William John (1826–1870) musician
  21. Corfield, William Henry (1843–1927) carrier, politician and storeman
  22. Cornish, William Crocker (1815–1859) building contractor
  23. Corrigan, James (1823–1871) educationist
  24. Corrigan, Tom (Tommy) (1851–1894) jockey and trainer
  25. Cosh, James (1838–1900) Presbyterian minister and professor
  26. Costello, John (1838–1923) pastoralist
  27. Cottee, William Alfred (1833–1904) banker, pastoral company manager and financial adviser
  28. Cotton, George Witherage (1821–1892) land agent and politician
  29. Couvreur, Jessie Catherine (1848–1897) novelist and short story writer
  30. Coveny, Robert (1809–1878) merchant and philanthropist
  31. Cowen, Sir Frederic Hymen (1852–1935) composer and conductor
  32. Cowie, James (1809–1892) saddler and politician
  33. Cowles, Charles (1837–1923) gunsmith and firearms dealer
  34. Cowlishaw, James (1834–1929) architect, newspaper proprietor, director and politician
  35. Cowper, Sir Charles (1807–1875) politician
  36. Cowper, Charles (1834–1911) politician and police magistrate
  37. Cowper, William Macquarie (1810–1902) dean
  38. Cox, Edward King (1829–1883) grazier
  39. Cox, Francis William (1817–1904) Congregational minister and author
  40. Cox, George Henry (1824–1901) pastoralist and sheepbreeder
  41. Cox, James Charles (1834–1912) medical practitioner
  42. Coxen, Charles (1809–1876) naturalist and politician
  43. Coxen, Henry William (1823–1915) pastoralist
  44. Cracknell, Edward Charles (1831–1893) superintendent of telegraphs, electrical engineer and torpedo expert
  45. Crane, Martin (1818–1901) Catholic bishop
  46. Crawford, Andrew (1815–1899) army officer and immigration promoter
  47. Crawford, George John (1812–1852) judge
  48. Creed, John Mildred (1842–1930) physician and politician
  49. Crews, John Branscombe (1815–1905) politician and businessman
  50. Cribb, Benjamin (1807–1874) businessman and politician
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