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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. Drury, Albert Victor (1837–1907) public servant
  2. Druitt, Thomas (1817–1891) Anglican clergyman and schoolmaster
  3. Driver, Richard (1829–1880) solicitor and politician
  4. Doyne, William Thomas (1823–1877) civil engineer
  5. Dowse, Thomas (1809–1885) merchant and town clerk
  6. Downes, Major Francis (1834–1923) army officer
  7. Dowling, Vincent James (1835–1903) explorer and pastoralist
  8. Dowling, Thomas (1820–1914) pastoralist and politician
  9. Dowling, Robert Hawker (1827–1886) artist
  10. Dowling, James Sheen (1819–1902) judge
  11. Dowling, Christopher Vincent (1789–1873) Catholic priest
  12. Dowie, John Alexander (1847–1907) faith healer
  13. Dow, John Lamont (1837–1923) politician and journalist
  14. Douglass, Benjamin (1830–1904) trade unionist
  15. Douglas, William Bloomfield (1822–1906) naval officer and public servant
  16. Douglas, John (1828–1904) politician and administrator
  17. Douglas, Alexander Douglas (1843–1914) inspector of police and explorer
  18. Douglas, Sir Adye (1815–1906) lawyer and politician
  19. Dorsey, William McTaggart (1813–1878) medical practitioner
  20. Donnithorne, Eliza Emily (1826–1886) recluse and eccentric
  21. Donaldson, Sir Stuart Alexander (1812–1867) premier, merchant and pastoralist
  22. Donaldson, John (1841–1896) pastoralist and politician
  23. Donaghy, John (1842–1894) businessman and politician
  24. Don, Charles Jardine (1820–1866) stonemason and politician
  25. Dodery, William (1819–1912) hotel proprietor, pastoralist and politician
  26. Dodds, Sir John Stokell (1848–1914) parliamentarian and judge
  27. Docker, Joseph (1802–1884) surgeon, landowner and politician
  28. Dobson, Sir William Lambert (1833–1898) judge
  29. Dobson, Frank Stanley (1835–1895) lawyer and politician
  30. Dobson, Alfred (1848–1908) solicitor and politician
  31. Dixson, Hugh (1810–1880) tobacco manufacturer
  32. Dixon, Francis Burdett (1836–1884) trade unionist
  33. Disney, Thomas Robert (1842–1915) soldier
  34. Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth (1843–1911) politician and author
  35. Diggles, Silvester (1817–1880) naturalist, artist and musician
  36. Dietrich, Amalie (1821–1891) naturalist
  37. Dickson, James (1813–1863) merchant and politician
  38. Dickinson, Sir John Nodes (1806–1882) judge
  39. Dickens, Charles (1812–1870) novelist
  40. Dibbs, Sir Thomas Allwright (1833–1923) banker
  41. Dibbs, Sir George Richard (1834–1904) politician
  42. Dexter, Caroline (1819–1884) feminist
  43. de Vis, Charles Walter (1829–1915) clergyman, zoologist and museum director
  44. Devine, Edward (Ned) (1833–1908) coach driver
  45. Deuchar, John (1822–1872) pioneer and stock breeder
  46. de Satgé, Oscar John (1836–1906) pastoralist
  47. de Salis, Leopold Fabius (1816–1898) pastoralist and politician
  48. Desailly, George Peter (1823–1876) pastoralist
  49. Desailly, Francis William (1816–1889) pastoralist
  50. Derry, John Dickson (1840–1913) surveyor and engineer
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