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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. Costello, John (1838–1923) pastoralist
  2. Cosh, James (1838–1900) Presbyterian minister and professor
  3. Corrigan, Tom (Tommy) (1851–1894) jockey and trainer
  4. Corrigan, James (1823–1871) educationist
  5. Cornish, William Crocker (1815–1859) building contractor
  6. Corfield, William Henry (1843–1927) carrier, politician and storeman
  7. Cordner, William John (1826–1870) musician
  8. Coppin, George Selth (1819–1906) comic actor and entrepreneur
  9. Copeland, Henry (1839–1904) politician and mining expert
  10. Cope, Thomas Spencer (1821–1891) judge
  11. Coote, William (1822–1898) engineer, architect, journalist, pamphleteer, political organizer and sericulturist
  12. Coote, Audley (1839–1915) politician and concessionaire
  13. Cooper, Walter Hampson (1842–1880) journalist, playwright, politician and barrister
  14. Cooper, Thomas (1832–1900) draper and politician
  15. Cooper, Sir Daniel (1821–1902) merchant and philanthropist
  16. Cooke, Ebenezer (1832–1907) accountant, parliamentarian and public servant
  17. Cooke, Cecil Pybus (1813–1895) pastoralist
  18. Cook, Solomon (1816–1871) shipwright, blacksmith and engineer
  19. Coode, Sir John (1816–1892) civil engineer
  20. Conder, Charles Edward (1868–1909) painter, lithographer and fan-designer
  21. Combes, Edward (1830–1895) engineer, pastoralist, politician and painter
  22. Colton, Sir John (1823–1902) legislator and merchant
  23. Colls, Thomas (1822–1898) hotel-keeper
  24. Collins, William (1846–1909) grazier
  25. Collins, Robert Martin (1843–1913) pastoralist
  26. Collins, Charles (1850–1898) merchant and politician
  27. Collin, William (1834–1914) master mariner
  28. Collier, Jenkin (1829–1921) grazier and contractor
  29. Cole, Edward William (1832–1918) bookseller
  30. Cohen, Henry Emanuel (1840–1912) judge
  31. Cohen, Edward Aaron (1822–1877) merchant, parliamentarian and Jewish community leader
  32. Cockle, Sir James (1819–1895) mathematician and chief justice
  33. Cockburn-Campbell, Sir Thomas (1845–1892) journalist and legislator
  34. Coburn, Isaac (?–?) schoolmaster and inspector
  35. Cobb, Freeman (1830–1878) businessman and coach line proprietor
  36. Coates, Joseph (1844–1896) schoolmaster and cricketer
  37. Clisby, Harriet Jemima (1830–1931) physician and feminist
  38. Clifton, Marshall Waller (1787–1861) civil servant, colonizer and colonial politician
  39. Clibborn, Thomas Strettel (1837–1910) administrator
  40. Cleland, George Fullerton (1852–1931) wine merchant
  41. Clay, Henry Ebenezer (1844–1896) public servant and poet
  42. Claxton, Marshall (1813–1881) artist
  43. Clarke, Sir William John (1831–1897) landowner, stud-breeder and philanthropist
  44. Clarke, William Branwhite (1798–1878) geologist and Anglican clergyman
  45. Clarke, William (1843–1903) businessman and parliamentarian
  46. Clarke, Thomas (1840–1867) bushranger
  47. Clarke, Margaret Turner (1836–1887) harpist and nurse
  48. Clarke, Marcus Andrew (1846–1881) journalist and novelist
  49. Clarke, Joseph (1834–1895) grazier
  50. Clarke, John (1846–1867) bushranger
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