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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. Quinn, Matthew (1821–1885) Catholic bishop
  2. Quinn, James (1819–1881) Roman Catholic bishop
  3. Quick, William Abraham (1820–1915) Wesleyan minister
  4. Pyke, Vincent (1827–1894) politician, public servant and writer
  5. Pye, James (1801–1884) orchardist
  6. Püttmann, Hermann Wilhelm (1840–1914) journalist and poet
  7. Püttmann, Hermann (1811–1874) journalist, writer and editor
  8. Purves, William (1811–1870) Presbyterian minister
  9. Purves, James Liddell (1843–1910) lawyer and nationalist
  10. Pumpkin (1850–1908) Aboriginal stockman
  11. Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1831–1896) journalist, politician and public servant
  12. Pring, Ratcliffe (1825–1885) lawyer and politician
  13. Primrose, Archibald Philip (1847–1929) statesman and author
  14. Pratt, Sir Thomas Simson (1797–1879) army officer
  15. Pownall, William Henry (1834–1903) Anglican clergyman
  16. Power, Henry (Harry) (1820–1891) bushranger
  17. Powell, Walter (1822–1868) businessman and Wesleyan layman
  18. Poupinel, François Victor (1815–1884) Marist Father
  19. Pottinger, Sir Frederick William (1831–1865) police inspector
  20. Pottie, John (1832–1908) veterinary surgeon
  21. Poore, John Legg (1816–1867) Congregational minister
  22. Pohlman, Robert Williams (1811–1877) judge
  23. Plummer, Andrew (1812–1901) medical practitioner and agriculturist
  24. Playfair, John Thomas (1832–1893) butcher and ships' providore
  25. Plant, Edmund Harris Thornburgh (1844–1926) mine owner and politician
  26. Pitt, George Matcham (1814–1896) stock and station agent
  27. Pitman, Jacob (1810–1890) builder and architect
  28. Pillinger, Alfred Thomas (1839–1899) landowner and politician
  29. Piguenit, William Charles (1836–1914) artist
  30. Pigdon, John (1832–1903) building contractor and businessman
  31. Piddington, William Richman (1815–1887) bookseller and politician
  32. Phillips, Samuel Pole (1819–1901) ‘Squire’ pastoralist
  33. Petterd, William Frederick (1849–1910) scientist and boot importer
  34. Petrie, Thomas (Tom) (1831–1910) explorer, grazier and friend of Aboriginals
  35. Petrie, John (1822–1892) contractor and mayor
  36. Petherick, Edward Augustus (1847–1917) bookseller, publisher, bibliographer and book collector
  37. Peter, John (1812–1878) pastoralist
  38. Perry, Charles (1807–1891) Church of England bishop
  39. Permewan, John (1837–1904) carrier
  40. Perkins, Patrick (1838–1901) brewer and politician
  41. Peppin, George Hall (1800–1872) pastoralist and sheep breeder
  42. Peppin, George (1827–1876) grazier
  43. Peppin, Frederick (1828–1911) grazier
  44. Penfold, Christopher Rawson (1811–1870) medical practitioner and vigneron
  45. Pell, Morris Birkbeck (1827–1879) professor of mathematics
  46. Peck, John Murray (1830–1903) coachline proprietor and auctioneer
  47. Pearson, William (1818–1893) pastoralist and politician
  48. Pearson, Josiah Brown (1841–1895) scholar and divine
  49. Pearson, Charles Henry (1830–1894) historian, educationist, politician and journalist
  50. Pearse, William Silas (1838–1908) merchant
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