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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. Nickle, Sir Robert (1786–1855) army officer
  2. Nicolay, Charles Grenfell (1815–1897) clergyman, geographer and geologist
  3. Nicoll, Bruce Baird (1851–1904) shipowner and politician
  4. Nicolle, Eugène Dominique (1823–1909) refrigeration engineer
  5. Nimmo, John (1819–1904) surveyor, businessman and parliamentarian
  6. Nobelius, Carl Axel (1851–1921) orchardist and nurseryman
  7. Normanby, second Marquess of (1819–1890) governor
  8. North, John Britty (1831–1917) stockbroker and mining agent
  9. Norton, Albert (1836–1914) pastoralist and politician
  10. Norton, James (1824–1906) solicitor
  11. Oakden, Percy (1845–1917) architect and surveyor
  12. Oakes, George (1813–1881) pastoralist and politician
  13. O'Connell, Sir Maurice Charles (1812–1879) soldier, public servant and politician
  14. O'Connor, Daniel (1844–1914) butcher, mining speculator and politician
  15. O'Connor, Joseph Graham (1839–1913) journalist and politician
  16. O'Connor, Michael (1829–1883) Catholic bishop
  17. O'Connor, Richard (1810–1876) parliamentary officer
  18. Oddie, James (1824–1911) Ballarat pioneer
  19. O'Doherty, Kevin Izod (1823–1905) Irish nationalist and medical practitioner
  20. O'Donovan, Denis (1836–1911) scholar and librarian
  21. O'Donovan, John (1836–1912) Catholic priest
  22. O'Farrell, Henry James (1833–1868) paranoic
  23. Officer, Charles Myles (1827–1904) pastoralist
  24. Officer, Suetonius Henry (1830–1883) pastoralist
  25. Ogilvie, Edward David (1814–1896) pastoralist
  26. Ogilvy, Arthur James (1834–1914) public servant, land reformer and author
  27. O'Grady, Michael (1824–1876) businessman, politician and Roman Catholic community leader
  28. O'Grady, Thomas (1824–1890) contractor
  29. O'Hea, Timothy (1846–1874) Victoria Cross winner and explorer
  30. O'Kane, Thadeus (1820–1890) newspaper editor
  31. Oliver, Alexander (1832–1904) public servant
  32. Oliver, Maggie (1844–1892) actress
  33. O'Loghlen, Sir Bryan (1828–1905) politician
  34. O'Mahony, Timothy (1825–1892) Catholic bishop
  35. O'Neill, Charles Gordon (1828–1900) engineer and charity worker
  36. Onslow, Sir Alexander Campbell (1842–1908) judge
  37. Onslow, Arthur Alexander (1833–1882) naval officer and politician
  38. Ord, Sir Harry St George (1819–1885) soldier and governor
  39. O'Reilly, Christopher (1835–1910) farmer, mining engineer and politician
  40. O'Reilly, John Boyle (1844–1890) author, editor and patriot
  41. O'Reilly, Thomas (1819–1881) Anglican clergyman
  42. Ormond, Francis (1829–1889) grazier and philanthropist
  43. Orton, Arthur (1834–1898) presumed imposter and butcher
  44. Osborne, John (1842–1908) Wesleyan minister, journalist and secretary
  45. Osborne, John Walter (1828–1902) inventor
  46. Osborne, Patrick Hill (Pat) (1832–1902) pastoralist
  47. Osburn, Lucy (1836–1891) hospital nurse
  48. Osburne, Richard (1825–1895) journalist and historian
  49. O'Shanassy, Sir John (1818–1883) politician and businessman
  50. Oster, Philipp Jacob (1830–1897) Lutheran clergyman
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