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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. Roberts, Sir Alfred (1823–1898) surgeon
  2. Roberts, Charles Fyshe (1837–1914) soldier
  3. Roberts, Charles James (1846–1925) publican and politician
  4. Robertson, Alexander William (1831–1896) coachline proprietor and pastoralist
  5. Robertson, George (1825–1898) bookseller and publisher
  6. Robertson, Sir John (1816–1891) land reformer and politician
  7. Robertson, William (1798–1874) pastoralist
  8. Robertson, William (1839–1892) barrister and politician
  9. Robey, Ralph Mayer (1809–1864) merchant and politician
  10. Robinson, Sir Hercules George (1824–1897) governor
  11. Robinson, Sir William Cleaver Francis (1834–1897) governor
  12. Rocher, Jean-Louis (1809–1894) Marist Father
  13. Rodd, Brent Clements (1809–1898) solicitor
  14. Rogers, Charles (1844–1909) cabinet maker and merchant
  15. Rogers, John Warrington (1822–1906) barrister and judge
  16. Rogers, John William Foster (1842–1908) educationist and politician
  17. Rolando, Charles (1844–1893) artist
  18. Rolleston, Christopher (1817–1888) public servant
  19. Romilly, Hugh Hastings (1856–1892) administrator, author and explorer
  20. Roper, John (1822–1895) explorer and civil servant
  21. Rose, Robert Henry (1833–1909) farmer
  22. Roseby, John (1835–1898) monumental mason
  23. Roseby, Thomas (1844–1918) Congregational minister
  24. Ross, Andrew Hendry (1829–1910) medical practitioner and politician
  25. Ross, John (1817–1903) explorer and station manager
  26. Ross, John (1833–1920) co-operative and radical
  27. Ross, Joseph Grafton (1834–1906) company manager and director
  28. Ross, Sir Robert Dalrymple (1827–1887) army officer and politician
  29. Rossi, Francis Robert Louis (Lewis) (1823–1903) landowner
  30. Rotton, Henry (1814–1881) pastoralist
  31. Rouse, Richard (1842–1903) pastoralists and stud-breeders
  32. Rouse, Richard (1843–1906) pastoralist and stud-breeder
  33. Rowan, Andrew (1840–1910) merchant, company director and pastoralist
  34. Rowe, George (1796–1864) artist and lithographer
  35. Rowe, George Curtis (1832–1889) actor
  36. Rowe, Richard (1828–1879) journalist and tutor
  37. Rowe, Thomas (1829–1899) architect
  38. Rowntree, Thomas Stephenson (1818–1902) master mariner and shipbuilder
  39. Ruatoka (1846–1903) missionary
  40. Rudall, James Thomas (1828–1907) surgeon and ophthalmologist
  41. Rule, James (1830–1901) educationist
  42. Rundle, Jeremiah Brice (1816–1893) squatter, merchant and businessman
  43. Rusden, George William (1819–1903) historian, educationist and civil servant
  44. Rusden, Henry Keylock (1826–1910) public servant and polemicist
  45. Russell, Henry Chamberlain (1836–1907) astronomer and meteorologist
  46. Russell, James (1829–1889) merchant and politician
  47. Russell, Sir Peter Nicol (1816–1905) ironfounder and benefactor
  48. Russell, Philip (1822–1892) flock-master and politician
  49. Russell, Thomas (1828–1920) flock-master and politician
  50. Rutherford, James (1827–1911) pastoralist
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