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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. Broome, Sir Frederick Napier (1842–1896) farmer, journalist and governor
  2. Broome, Lady Mary Anne (1831–1911) author and governor's wife
  3. Brophy, Daniel (1832–1895) businessman, philanthropist and parliamentarian
  4. Brough, Lionel Robert (1857–1906) actor-manager
  5. Broughton, Thomas Stafford (1810–1901) tailor, grazier and politician
  6. Brown, Alexander (1827–1877) colliery proprietor and merchant
  7. Brown, David Laughland (1839–1907) merchant
  8. Brown, Frederick (1829–1903) auctioneer, barrister, solicitor and parliamentarian
  9. Brown, George (1835–1917) Methodist missionary
  10. Brown, Gilbert Wilson (1832–1918) educationist
  11. Brown, James (1820–1895) Anglican archdeacon
  12. Brown, James (1816–1894) colliery proprietor and merchant
  13. Brown, John Ednie (1848–1899) sylviculturist
  14. Brown, Maitland (1843–1905) explorer, squatter and public servant
  15. Brown, Nicholas John (1838–1903) pastoralist, mining agent and politician
  16. Brown, Stephen Campbell (1829–1882) solicitor and politician
  17. Browne, Eyles Irwin Caulfield (1819–1886) solicitor, politician and newspaper proprietor
  18. Browne, Hugh Junor (1829–1905) Spiritualist and distiller
  19. Browne, John Harris (1817–1904) pastoralist
  20. Browne, Thomas Alexander (1826–1915) pastoralist, police magistrate and gold commissioner
  21. Browne, Sir Thomas Gore (1807–1887) colonial governor and soldier
  22. Browne, William James (1815–1894) pastoralist
  23. Brownless, Sir Anthony Colling (1817–1897) physician and educationist
  24. Brownlow, Richard (1832–1873) champion rifle-shot
  25. Brownrigg, Marcus Blake (1835–1890) Church of England minister
  26. Bruce, Alexander (1827–1903) chief inspector of stock
  27. Bruce, John (1808–1870) military officer
  28. Bruce, John Munro (1840–1901) businessman
  29. Bruce, John Vans Agnew (1822–1863) road and railway construction contractor
  30. Brunker, James Nixon (1832–1910) businessman and politician
  31. Brunning, George (1830–1893) nurseryman
  32. Brunton, Thomas (1831–1908) mill-owner
  33. Buchanan, Benjamin (1821–1912) company director
  34. Buchanan, David (1823–1890) politician, barrister and critic
  35. Buchanan, James (1827–1914) farmer and politician
  36. Buchanan, Nathaniel (Nat) (1826–1901) pastoralist and explorer
  37. Buchanan, William Frederick (1824–1911) pastoralist and gold prospector
  38. Buckland, John Richard (1819–1874) headmaster
  39. Buckland, John Vansittart (1850–1932) headmaster and Anglican minister
  40. Buckland, Thomas (1814–1896) merchant, pastoralist and banker
  41. Buckland, William Harvey (1858–1929) teacher
  42. Buckley, Henry (1813–1888) pastoralist, businessman and public servant
  43. Buckley, Mars (1825–1905) businessman
  44. Budd, Richard Hale (1816–1909) educationist
  45. Bugnion, François Louis (1822–1880) universalist missionary
  46. Buhôt, John (1831–1881) sugar-boiler
  47. Bulcock, Robert (1832–1900) party organizer, temperance advocate and businessman
  48. Bull, John Edward (1806–1901) military officer and public servant
  49. Buncle, John (1822–1889) manufacturer and inventor
  50. Bundey, Sir William Henry (1838–1909) lawyer
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