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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the second of four for the period 1851-1890 and covers names D-J. [Read More]

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  1. Daintree, Richard (1832–1878) geologist and photographer
  2. D'Albertis, Luigi Maria (1841–1901) explorer
  3. Dale, Robert William (1829–1895) Congregational minister
  4. Dalgarno, Isabella (1805–1878) temperance advocate
  5. Dalgety, Frederick Gonnerman (1817–1894) merchant and financier
  6. Dalgleish, Daniel Cameron (1827–1870) engineer and politician
  7. Dallachy, John (1808–1871) botanist and curator
  8. Dalley, William Bede (1831–1888) ‘patriot, scholar and statesman’
  9. Dalrymple, George Augustus (1826–1876) explorer, public servant and politician
  10. Dalton, James (1834–1919) merchant and pastoralist
  11. Dalton, Joseph (1817–1905) Jesuit priest
  12. Daly, Sir Dominick (1798–1868) governor
  13. Dampier, Alfred (1843–1908) actor-manager
  14. Dangar, Albert Augustus (1840–1913) pastoralist
  15. Dangar, Francis Richard (1845–1873) landowner
  16. Dangar, Frederick Holkham (1831–1921) merchant and financier
  17. Dangar, Henry Cary (1830–1917) barrister, politician and sportsman
  18. Dangar, Thomas Gordon (Tom) (1829–1890) pastoralist and politician
  19. Dangar, William John (1829–1890) pastoralist
  20. Danks, John (1828–1902) businessman
  21. Daplyn, Alfred James (1844–1926) artist
  22. Darley, Benjamin (1811–1864) captain and merchant
  23. Darley, Sir Frederick Matthew (1830–1910) chief justice and lieutenant-governor
  24. Darling, Sir Charles Henry (1809–1870) military officer and governor
  25. Darling, John (1831–1905) merchant and grain exporter
  26. Darling, John (1852–1914) merchant and politician
  27. Darrell, George Frederick Price (1851–1921) dramatist and theatrical manager
  28. Darvall, Sir John Bayley (1809–1883) barrister and politician
  29. Davenport, Sir Samuel (1818–1906) landowner and parliamentarian
  30. Davidson, John (1834–1881) Presbyterian minister and scholar
  31. Davies, David Mortimer (1840–1894) politician
  32. Davies, George Schoen (1841–1910) banker, company manager and accountant
  33. Davies, John (1813–1872) convict, hotel-keeper, journalist and newspaper proprietor
  34. Davies, John (1839–1896) ironmonger and politician
  35. Davies, Sir John Mark (1840–1919) solicitor, politician and speculator
  36. Davies, Joseph (1839–1922) mine manager
  37. Davies, Joseph Bartlett (1843–1924) accountant, banker and speculator
  38. Davies, Sir Matthew Henry (1850–1912) solicitor, speculator, politician and philanthropist
  39. Davies, Maurice Coleman (1835–1913) timber merchant, building contractor and pastoralist
  40. Davies, William (1824–1890) storekeeper and parliamentarian
  41. Davis, Alexander Barnard (1828–1913) Jewish minister
  42. Davitt, Arthur (1808–1860) educationist
  43. Dawson, James (Jimmy) (1806–1900) pastoralist and friend of the Aboriginals
  44. Dawson, Robert Barrington (1815–1891) studmaster, civil servant and pastoralist
  45. Day, George (1826–1906) entrepreneur and parliamentarian
  46. Dean, Horace (1814–1887) physician, journalist and store-keeper
  47. de Boos, Charles Edward (1819–1900) journalist and police magistrate
  48. Deffell, George Hibbert (1819–1895) judge
  49. Degotardi, John (1823–1882) printer and photographer
  50. Degraves, William (1821–1883) flour-miller, merchant and station-owner
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