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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. McIlwraith, John (1828–1902) manufacturer and shipowner
  2. McIlwraith, Sir Thomas (1835–1900) premier and capitalist
  3. McIntyre, Duncan (1831–1866) pastoralist and explorer
  4. McIntyre, Sir John (1832–1904) politician and businessman
  5. McIntyre, William (1805–1870) Presbyterian minister
  6. McIntyre, William (1830–1911) school inspector
  7. McKenna, Martin (1832–1907) brewer and pastoralist
  8. McKillop, Donald (1853–1925) Jesuit priest
  9. McKinlay, John (1819–1872) explorer
  10. McKinley, Alexander (Alex) (1848–1927) newspaper proprietor
  11. McLachlan, Lachlan (1810–1885) civil servant
  12. McLaurin, James (1821–1891) grazier
  13. McLean, Alexander Grant (1824–1862) surveyor-general
  14. McLean, John Donald (1820–1866) squatter and politician
  15. McLean, William (1845–1905) merchant
  16. McLellan, William (1831–1906) mining agent and politician
  17. McLerie, John (1809–1874) soldier and police officer
  18. McMeckan, James (1809–1890) master mariner, shipowner and pastoralist
  19. McMinn, Gilbert Rotherdale (1841–1924) surveyor and public servant
  20. McMinn, William (1844–1884) surveyor and architect
  21. McNab, Duncan (1820–1896) Catholic missionary
  22. McNaughtan, Alexander (1815–1884) merchant
  23. McNeil, Neil (1855–1927) railway contractor, timber merchant and landowner
  24. McPherson, James Alpin (1842–1895) bushranger
  25. McPhillamy, John Smith (1825–1887) grazier
  26. Mead, Silas (1834–1909) Baptist minister
  27. Mein, Charles Stuart (1841–1890) barrister, politician and judge
  28. Melville, Francis (1822–1857) bushranger
  29. Melville, Ninian (1843–1897) cabinet maker, undertaker and politician
  30. Mendes da Costa, Benjamin (1803–1868) merchant and philanthropist
  31. Menkens, Frederick Burnhardt (1855–1910) architect
  32. Meredith, Charles (1811–1880) politician
  33. Meredith, Louisa Ann (1812–1895) author
  34. Merewether, Edward Christopher (1820–1893) public servant and company superintendent
  35. Merewether, Francis Lewis Shaw (1811–1899) public servant and university chancellor
  36. Merriman, James (1816–1883) shipowner and alderman
  37. Meston, Archibald (1851–1924) journalist, civil servant and explorer
  38. Metcalfe, Michael (1813–1890) merchant and customs agent
  39. Michael, James Lionel (1824–1868) poet
  40. Michaelis, Moritz (1820–1902) businessman
  41. Michel, Louis John (1825–1904) gold discoverer
  42. Michie, Sir Archibald (1813–1899) lawyer and politician
  43. Middleton, John (1825–1894) policeman
  44. Mikluho-Maklai, Nicholai Nicholaievich (1846–1888) scientist and explorer
  45. Miles, William (1817–1887) squatter and politician
  46. Milford, Samuel Frederick (1797–1865) judge
  47. Miller, Granville George (1847–1910) judge
  48. Miller, Henry (1809–1888) financier and politician
  49. Miller, Maxwell (1832–1867) journalist, politician and author
  50. Miller, Robert Byron (1825–1902) lawyer and politician
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