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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. Cutts, William Henry (1828–1897) physician
  2. Cuthbertson, James Lister (1851–1910) poet-schoolmaster
  3. Cuthbert, John (1815–1874) shipbuilder
  4. Cuthbert, Sir Henry (1829–1907) lawyer and politician
  5. Custance, John Daniel (1842–1923) professor of agriculture
  6. Currie, John Lang (1818–1898) pastoralist
  7. Currie, Archibald (1830–1914) master mariner and businessman
  8. Curran, John Milne (Michael) (1859–1928) priest and geologist
  9. Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (1820–1889) squatter and author
  10. Curley, James (1846–1913) coal-miner and trade union official
  11. Cunneen, James Augustine (1826–1889) farmer, politician and land agent
  12. Cuningham, Hastings (1825–1908) pastoralist and wool broker
  13. Cumming, Thomas Forrest (1842–1918) sheep breeder
  14. Cumming, John (1830–1883) pastoralist
  15. Cullen, Paul (1803–1878) Catholic cardinal and archbishop
  16. Crowther, William Lodewyk (1817–1885) surgeon, naturalist and parliamentarian
  17. Crowther, Edward Lodewyk (1843–1931) surgeon
  18. Crouch, Thomas James (1805–1890) under-sheriff
  19. Crouch, James Joseph (1830–1891) imposter, lecturer and journalist
  20. Crouch, George Stanton (1834–1914) temperance advocate
  21. Crosby, William (1832–1910) merchant and politician
  22. Crooke, Edward (1810–1873) pastoralist
  23. Crompton, Joseph (1840–1901) vigneron, manufacturer and exporter
  24. Crommelin, George Whiting (1845–1905) entrepreneur
  25. Crisp, Christopher (1844–1915) editor and newspaper proprietor
  26. Cribb, Robert (1805–1893) baker and politician
  27. Cribb, Benjamin (1807–1874) businessman and politician
  28. Crews, John Branscombe (1815–1905) politician and businessman
  29. Creed, John Mildred (1842–1930) physician and politician
  30. Crawford, George John (1812–1852) judge
  31. Crawford, Andrew (1815–1899) army officer and immigration promoter
  32. Crane, Martin (1818–1901) Catholic bishop
  33. Cracknell, Edward Charles (1831–1893) superintendent of telegraphs, electrical engineer and torpedo expert
  34. Coxen, Henry William (1823–1915) pastoralist
  35. Coxen, Charles (1809–1876) naturalist and politician
  36. Cox, James Charles (1834–1912) medical practitioner
  37. Cox, George Henry (1824–1901) pastoralist and sheepbreeder
  38. Cox, Francis William (1817–1904) Congregational minister and author
  39. Cox, Edward King (1829–1883) grazier
  40. Cowper, William Macquarie (1810–1902) dean
  41. Cowper, Sir Charles (1807–1875) politician
  42. Cowper, Charles (1834–1911) politician and police magistrate
  43. Cowlishaw, James (1834–1929) architect, newspaper proprietor, director and politician
  44. Cowles, Charles (1837–1923) gunsmith and firearms dealer
  45. Cowie, James (1809–1892) saddler and politician
  46. Cowen, Sir Frederic Hymen (1852–1935) composer and conductor
  47. Coveny, Robert (1809–1878) merchant and philanthropist
  48. Couvreur, Jessie Catherine (1848–1897) novelist and short story writer
  49. Cotton, George Witherage (1821–1892) land agent and politician
  50. Cottee, William Alfred (1833–1904) banker, pastoral company manager and financial adviser
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