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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the fourth of four for the period 1851-1890 and covers names R-Z. [Read More]

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  1. Barr Smith, Robert (1824–1915) businessman and philanthropist
  2. Rae, John (1813–1900) public servant, author and painter
  3. Raff, George (1815–1889) merchant, sugar-grower and politician
  4. Ramsay, Andrew Mitchell (1809–1869) Presbyterian minister
  5. Ramsay, Edward Pierson (1842–1916) ornithologist and zoologist
  6. Ramsay, Robert (1818–1910) pastoralist and politician
  7. Ramsay, Robert (1842–1882) solicitor and politician
  8. Randell, George (1830–1915) businessman and politician
  9. Randell, William Richard (1824–1911) paddle-steamer owner and politician
  10. Ranken, George (1827–1895) surveyor, pastoralist, public servant and writer
  11. Raphael, Joseph George (1818–1879) politician and philanthropist
  12. Rasp, Charles (1846–1907) prospector
  13. Rays, Marquis de (1832–1893) speculator and romantic
  14. Read, Charles Rudston (1818–1854) naval officer and adventurer
  15. Read, Henry (1831–1888) Anglican clergyman, professor of classics and medical practitioner
  16. Rechner, Gustav Julius (1830–1900) Lutheran pastor
  17. Rede, Robert William (1815–1904) goldfields commissioner and sheriff
  18. Redmond, John Edward (1856–1918) Irish nationalist
  19. Redmond, William Hoey Kearney (1861–1917) Irish nationalist
  20. Reed, Joseph (1823–1890) architect
  21. Rees, John (1825–1917) farmer and politician
  22. Rees, Rowland (1840–1904) architect and politician
  23. Reeve, Edward (1822–1889) writer, museum curator and police magistrate
  24. Reibey, Thomas (1821–1912) clergyman, farmer and politician
  25. Reid, Curtis Alexander (1838–1886) winemaker
  26. Reid, David (1820–1906) pastoralist and politician
  27. Reid, John (1825–1882) grazier
  28. Reid, Robert Dyce (1829–1900) pastoralist and politician
  29. Reid, Walter Ballantyne (1834–1911) merchant
  30. Renard, Jules (1833–1898) wool-broker and merchant
  31. Renwick, Sir Arthur (1837–1908) physician, philanthropist and politician
  32. Reymond, Joseph Bernard (1834–1918) miller and politician
  33. Reynell, John (1809–1873) pastoralist and vigneron
  34. Reynell, Walter (1846–1919) pastoralist and vigneron
  35. Reynolds, Christopher Augustine (1834–1893) Catholic archbishop
  36. Reynolds, Thomas (1818–1875) politician
  37. Richards, Thomas (1800–1877) author
  38. Richards, Thomas (1831–1898) government printer
  39. Richardson, John (1810–1888) store-keeper and politician
  40. Richardson, John Soame (1836–1896) soldier
  41. Richmond, James (1834–1923) sheep breeder
  42. Riddell, John Carre (1809–1879) pastoralist and politician
  43. Ridley, William (1819–1878) Presbyterian minister
  44. Rignall, George Richard (1839–1912) actor-manager
  45. Riley, Alban Joseph (1844–1914) draper and politician
  46. Rintel, Moses (1823–1880) Jewish minister
  47. Ritchie, Robert Adam (1836–1891) manufacturer and politician
  48. Ritchie, Samuel Sextus (1825–1879) company manager
  49. Ritchie, William (1832–1897) solicitor
  50. Robb, John (1834–1896) contractor
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