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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. Black, Niel (1804–1880) pioneer pastoralist and politician
  2. Black, Morrice Alexander (1830–1890) actuary
  3. Black, Maurice Hume (1835–1899) sugar-planter and politician
  4. Black, John (1817–1879) politician and commission agent
  5. Black, George (1813–1902) pastoralist
  6. Black, Alexander (1827–1897) surveyor
  7. Birnie, Richard (1808–1888) barrister and journalist
  8. Bird, Samuel Dougan (1832–1904) physician
  9. Bird, Bolton Stafford (1840–1924) minister of religion, farmer and politician
  10. Binney, Thomas (1798–1874) Congregational minister
  11. Bindon, Samuel Henry (1812–1879) minister of justice, judge and pioneer of technical education
  12. Bickford, James (1816–1895) Wesleyan clergyman
  13. Beveridge, Peter (1829–1885) squatter and author
  14. Bevan, Theodore Francis (1860–1907) explorer and writer
  15. Beuzeville, James (1809–1887) sericulturist and public servant
  16. Bettington, James Brindley (1796–1857) merchant and pastoralist
  17. Bettington, James Brindley (1837–1915) merchant and pastoralist
  18. Betche, Ernst (1851–1913) botanist
  19. Best, Joseph (1830–1887) vigneron
  20. Best, Henry (1832–1913) vigneron
  21. Best, Amy Jane (1844–1932) schoolmistress
  22. Berry, Henry (1836–1923) businessman
  23. Berry, Sir Graham (1822–1904) politician
  24. Berry, David (1795–1889) agriculturist and landowner
  25. Bernays, Lewis Adolphus (1831–1908) public servant
  26. Bernays, Charles Arrowsmith (1862–1940) public servant
  27. Bermingham, Patrick (1828–1883) Roman Catholic priest
  28. Beor, Henry Rogers (1846–1880) attorney-general
  29. Bentham, George (1800–1884) botanist
  30. Bent, Sir Thomas (1838–1909) politician and land speculator
  31. Benson, John Robinson (1836–1885) medical practitioner and politician
  32. Bennett, William Christopher (1824–1889) engineer and surveyor
  33. Bennett, Samuel (1815–1878) newspaper proprietor, journalist and historian
  34. Bennet, David (1830–1915) engineer and unionist
  35. Benn, John (1821–1895) businessman
  36. Benjamin, Sir Benjamin (1834–1905) merchant, philanthropist, politician and Jewish community leader
  37. Belstead, Charles Torrens (1832–1894) public servant
  38. Belmore, fourth Earl of (1835–1913) governor
  39. Bell, Sir Joshua Peter (1827–1881) squatter and politician
  40. Bell, James (1836–1908) businessman and politician
  41. Belisario, John (1820–1900) dental surgeon
  42. Belcher, George Frederick (1823–1909) pioneer
  43. Beit, William (1829–1872) pastoralist
  44. Beg, Wazir (1827–1885) Semitic scholar, Presbyterian minister and controversialist
  45. Bedggood, John Charles (1847–1911) businessman
  46. Bedford, Edward Samuel (1809–1876) surgeon, politician and public servant
  47. Becker, Ludwig (1808–1861) artist, explorer and naturalist
  48. Beaumont, Edward Armes (1842–1913) vocalist
  49. Beaney, James George (1828–1891) surgeon, politician and philanthropist
  50. Bean, Edwin (1851–1922) educationist
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