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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. Kossak, Ladislaus Sylvester (1828–1918) police inspector
  2. Kranewitter, Aloysius (1817–1880) Jesuit priest
  3. Krausé, Ferdinand Moritz (1841–1918) civil engineer and geologist
  4. Krefft, Johann Ludwig (Louis) (1830–1881) zoologist
  5. Krichauff, Friedrich Eduard (1824–1904) politician
  6. Kruse, Johann Secundus (1859–1927) violinist
  7. Kubary, John Stanislaw (1846–1896) naturalist and ethnographer
  8. Labilliere, Francis Peter (1840–1895) author and imperialist
  9. Laboureyas, Pierre (1842–1924) Marist Brother
  10. Lackey, Sir John (1830–1903) pastoralist and politician
  11. Laidlaw, Thomas (1813–1876) businessman
  12. Lalor, Peter (1827–1889) Eureka stockade leader and politician
  13. Lamb, Edward William (1828–1910) pastoralist, public servant and politician
  14. Lamb, Sir Horace (1849–1934) mathematician
  15. Lamb, John de Villiers (1833–1900) merchant and pastoralist
  16. Lamb, Walter (1825–1906) businessman and pastoralist
  17. Landsborough, William (1825–1886) explorer
  18. Lang, John (1816–1864) barrister and novelist
  19. Lang, Matthew (1830–1893) wine and spirits merchant
  20. Langham, Frederick (1833–1903) Wesleyan missionary
  21. Langlands, George (1803–1861) merchant and magistrate
  22. Langridge, George David (1829–1891) politician
  23. Langton, Edward (1828–1905) politician
  24. Lanigan, William (1820–1900) Roman Catholic bishop
  25. Lansell, George (1823–1906) mining entrepreneur
  26. Laporte, François Louis Nompar de Caumont (1810–1880) naturalist and diplomat
  27. Lardner, John (1839–1931) surveyor
  28. Larnach, Donald (1817–1896) banker and financier
  29. Lascelles, Edward Harewood (1847–1917) pastoralist and businessman
  30. Lassetter, Frederic (Fred) (1828–1911) merchant
  31. Lassetter, Henry Beauchamp (1860–1926) army officer
  32. Latham, Edward (1839–1905) brewer and businessman
  33. Laurens, John (1821–1894) grocer and politician
  34. Lawes, William George (1839–1907) missionary
  35. Leake, George Walpole (1825–1895) barrister and magistrate
  36. Leake, Sir Luke Samuel (1828–1886) merchant and speaker
  37. Leakey, Caroline Woolmer (1827–1881) author
  38. Learmonth, Peter (1821–1893) pastoralist
  39. Learmonth, William (1815–1889) pastoralist
  40. Leary, Joseph Michael (1831–1881) solicitor and politician
  41. Ledger, Charles (1818–1905) adventurer
  42. Lee, Benjamin (1825–1917) shipowner, politician and civil servant
  43. Lee, David (1837–1897) organist and conductor
  44. Lee, George (1834–1912) pastoralist and stud-breeder
  45. Lefroy, Anthony O'Grady (1816–1897) pastoralist and civil servant
  46. Lefroy, Sir John Henry (1817–1890) soldier, governor and administrator
  47. Legge, William Vincent (1841–1918) soldier and scientist
  48. Leibius, Charles Adolph (Carl) (1833–1893) chemist and public servant
  49. Lennon, Hugh (1833–1886) manufacturer
  50. Leon, Andrew (1841–1920) businessman
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