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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the third of four for the period 1851-1890 and covers names K-Q. [Read More]

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  1. O'Sullivan, Patrick (1818–1904) politician
  2. O'Sullivan, Richard (1840–1880) journalist and newspaper proprietor
  3. Owen, Robert (1799–1878) solicitor, landholder, politician and judge
  4. Owens, John Downes (1809–1866) medical practitioner and goldfields leader
  5. Packer, Charles Sandys (Stuart Shipley) (1810–1883) musician
  6. Packer, Frederick Augustus (1839–1902) musician and civil servant
  7. Padbury, Walter (1820–1907) pastoralist, merchant and philanthropist
  8. Paling, William Henry (1825–1895) musician, merchant and philanthropist
  9. Palmer, Sir Arthur Hunter (1819–1898) pastoralist and politician
  10. Palmer, George Eugene (1859–1910) cricketer
  11. Palmer, Sir James Frederick (1803–1871) medical practitioner and politician
  12. Palmer, Rosina Martha (1844–1932) singer
  13. Palmer, Thomas McLeod (1831–1915) pastoralist and dairy farmer
  14. Palmerston, Christie (1850–1897) explorer and prospector
  15. Panton, Joseph Anderson (1831–1913) public servant
  16. Parker, Edward Stone (1802–1865) assistant protector of Aboriginals and Methodist preacher
  17. Parker, Sir Henry Watson (1808–1881) civil servant and politician
  18. Parkes, Edmund Samuel (1834–1887) banker
  19. Parkes, Sir Henry (1815–1896) politician and journalist
  20. Parkin, William (1801–1889) businessman, politician and philanthropist
  21. Parry, Henry Hutton (1826–1893) Anglican bishop
  22. Pasco, Crawford Atchison (1818–1898) naval officer and police magistrate
  23. Pasley, Charles (1824–1890) military engineer
  24. Paterson, James (1826–1906) shipowner and coal merchant
  25. Paterson, John Ford (1851–1912) artist
  26. Paton, John (1834–1914) soldier and prison officer
  27. Paton, John Gibson (1824–1907) Presbyterian missionary
  28. Patterson, Sir James Brown (1833–1895) butcher, auctioneer and politician
  29. Patteson, John Coleridge (1827–1871) Anglican bishop
  30. Pattison, William (1830–1896) businessman, mine director and politician
  31. Peacock, George (1824–1900) jam manufacturer
  32. Pearce, Henry John (1852–1920) professional sculler and master fisherman
  33. Pearce, Simeon Henry (1821–1886) civil servant and land agent
  34. Pearse, William Silas (1838–1908) merchant
  35. Pearson, Charles Henry (1830–1894) historian, educationist, politician and journalist
  36. Pearson, Josiah Brown (1841–1895) scholar and divine
  37. Pearson, William (1818–1893) pastoralist and politician
  38. Peck, John Murray (1830–1903) coachline proprietor and auctioneer
  39. Pell, Morris Birkbeck (1827–1879) professor of mathematics
  40. Penfold, Christopher Rawson (1811–1870) medical practitioner and vigneron
  41. Peppin, Frederick (1828–1911) grazier
  42. Peppin, George (1827–1876) grazier
  43. Peppin, George Hall (1800–1872) pastoralist and sheep breeder
  44. Perkins, Patrick (1838–1901) brewer and politician
  45. Permewan, John (1837–1904) carrier
  46. Perry, Charles (1807–1891) Church of England bishop
  47. Peter, John (1812–1878) pastoralist
  48. Petherick, Edward Augustus (1847–1917) bookseller, publisher, bibliographer and book collector
  49. Petrie, John (1822–1892) contractor and mayor
  50. Petrie, Thomas (Tom) (1831–1910) explorer, grazier and friend of Aboriginals
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