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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. Pearce, Simeon Henry (1821–1886) civil servant and land agent
  2. Pearce, Henry John (1852–1920) professional sculler and master fisherman
  3. Peacock, George (1824–1900) jam manufacturer
  4. Pattison, William (1830–1896) businessman, mine director and politician
  5. Patteson, John Coleridge (1827–1871) Anglican bishop
  6. Patterson, Sir James Brown (1833–1895) butcher, auctioneer and politician
  7. Paton, John Gibson (1824–1907) Presbyterian missionary
  8. Paton, John (1834–1914) soldier and prison officer
  9. Paterson, John Ford (1851–1912) artist
  10. Paterson, James (1826–1906) shipowner and coal merchant
  11. Pasley, Charles (1824–1890) military engineer
  12. Pasco, Crawford Atchison (1818–1898) naval officer and police magistrate
  13. Parry, Henry Hutton (1826–1893) Anglican bishop
  14. Parkin, William (1801–1889) businessman, politician and philanthropist
  15. Parkes, Sir Henry (1815–1896) politician and journalist
  16. Parkes, Edmund Samuel (1834–1887) banker
  17. Parker, Sir Henry Watson (1808–1881) civil servant and politician
  18. Parker, Edward Stone (1802–1865) assistant protector of Aboriginals and Methodist preacher
  19. Panton, Joseph Anderson (1831–1913) public servant
  20. Palmerston, Christie (1850–1897) explorer and prospector
  21. Palmer, Thomas McLeod (1831–1915) pastoralist and dairy farmer
  22. Palmer, Rosina Martha (1844–1932) singer
  23. Palmer, Sir James Frederick (1803–1871) medical practitioner and politician
  24. Palmer, George Eugene (1859–1910) cricketer
  25. Palmer, Sir Arthur Hunter (1819–1898) pastoralist and politician
  26. Paling, William Henry (1825–1895) musician, merchant and philanthropist
  27. Padbury, Walter (1820–1907) pastoralist, merchant and philanthropist
  28. Packer, Frederick Augustus (1839–1902) musician and civil servant
  29. Packer, Charles Sandys (Stuart Shipley) (1810–1883) musician
  30. Owens, John Downes (1809–1866) medical practitioner and goldfields leader
  31. Owen, Robert (1799–1878) solicitor, landholder, politician and judge
  32. O'Sullivan, Richard (1840–1880) journalist and newspaper proprietor
  33. O'Sullivan, Patrick (1818–1904) politician
  34. Oster, Philipp Jacob (1830–1897) Lutheran clergyman
  35. O'Shanassy, Sir John (1818–1883) politician and businessman
  36. Osburne, Richard (1825–1895) journalist and historian
  37. Osburn, Lucy (1836–1891) hospital nurse
  38. Osborne, Patrick Hill (Pat) (1832–1902) pastoralist
  39. Osborne, John Walter (1828–1902) inventor
  40. Osborne, John (1842–1908) Wesleyan minister, journalist and secretary
  41. Orton, Arthur (1834–1898) presumed imposter and butcher
  42. Ormond, Francis (1829–1889) grazier and philanthropist
  43. O'Reilly, Thomas (1819–1881) Anglican clergyman
  44. O'Reilly, John Boyle (1844–1890) author, editor and patriot
  45. O'Reilly, Christopher (1835–1910) farmer, mining engineer and politician
  46. Ord, Sir Harry St George (1819–1885) soldier and governor
  47. Onslow, Arthur Alexander (1833–1882) naval officer and politician
  48. Onslow, Sir Alexander Campbell (1842–1908) judge
  49. O'Neill, Charles Gordon (1828–1900) engineer and charity worker
  50. O'Mahony, Timothy (1825–1892) Catholic bishop
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