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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'Loghlen, Sir Bryan (1828–1905) politician
  2. Oliver, Maggie (1844–1892) actress
  3. Oliver, Alexander (1832–1904) public servant
  4. O'Kane, Thadeus (1820–1890) newspaper editor
  5. O'Hea, Timothy (1846–1874) Victoria Cross winner and explorer
  6. O'Grady, Thomas (1824–1890) contractor
  7. O'Grady, Michael (1824–1876) businessman, politician and Roman Catholic community leader
  8. Ogilvy, Arthur James (1834–1914) public servant, land reformer and author
  9. Ogilvie, Edward David (1814–1896) pastoralist
  10. Officer, Suetonius Henry (1830–1883) pastoralist
  11. Officer, Charles Myles (1827–1904) pastoralist
  12. O'Farrell, Henry James (1833–1868) paranoic
  13. O'Donovan, John (1836–1912) Catholic priest
  14. O'Donovan, Denis (1836–1911) scholar and librarian
  15. O'Doherty, Kevin Izod (1823–1905) Irish nationalist and medical practitioner
  16. Oddie, James (1824–1911) Ballarat pioneer
  17. O'Connor, Richard (1810–1876) parliamentary officer
  18. O'Connor, Michael (1829–1883) Catholic bishop
  19. O'Connor, Joseph Graham (1839–1913) journalist and politician
  20. O'Connor, Daniel (1844–1914) butcher, mining speculator and politician
  21. O'Connell, Sir Maurice Charles (1812–1879) soldier, public servant and politician
  22. Oakes, George (1813–1881) pastoralist and politician
  23. Oakden, Percy (1845–1917) architect and surveyor
  24. Norton, James (1824–1906) solicitor
  25. Norton, Albert (1836–1914) pastoralist and politician
  26. North, John Britty (1831–1917) stockbroker and mining agent
  27. Normanby, second Marquess of (1819–1890) governor
  28. Nobelius, Carl Axel (1851–1921) orchardist and nurseryman
  29. Nimmo, John (1819–1904) surveyor, businessman and parliamentarian
  30. Nicolle, Eugène Dominique (1823–1909) refrigeration engineer
  31. Nicoll, Bruce Baird (1851–1904) shipowner and politician
  32. Nicolay, Charles Grenfell (1815–1897) clergyman, geographer and geologist
  33. Nickle, Sir Robert (1786–1855) army officer
  34. Nicholson, William (1816–1865) merchant and politician
  35. Nicholson, Mark (1818–1889) pastoralist
  36. Nicholson, John Henry (1838–1923) teacher and writer
  37. Nicholson, Germain (1814–1888) grocer
  38. Nichols, George Robert (Bob) (1809–1857) lawyer and politician
  39. Nicholls, Henry Richard (1830–1912) newspaper editor and author
  40. Nicholls, Charles Frederick (1826–1888) mining consultant and journalist
  41. Newton, Frederick Robert (1841–1926) schoolmaster and Anglican minister
  42. Newell, John (1849–1932) miner, businessman and politician
  43. Newcastle-under-Lyme, fifth Duke of (1811–1864) statesman
  44. Newbery, James Cosmo (1843–1895) industrial chemist and public servant
  45. Neumayer, Georg Balthasar von (1826–1909) scientist, magnetician, hydrographer, oceanographer and meteorologist
  46. Nettleton, Charles (1826–1902) photographer
  47. Neild, James Edward (1824–1906) forensic pathologist, drama critic, medical editor and journalist
  48. Nathan, Charles (1816–1872) surgeon
  49. Nash, James (1834–1913) discoverer of the Gympie goldfield
  50. Nairn, William Edward (1812–1869) public servant and politician
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