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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. Shillinglaw, John Joseph (1830–1905) public servant and historian
  2. Sholl, Robert John (1819–1886) civil servant, administrator and magistrate
  3. Short, Augustus (1802–1883) Anglican bishop
  4. Short, Benjamin (1833–1912) insurance salesman and lay evangelist
  5. Siede, Julius (1825–1903) conductor and flautist
  6. Simonetti, Achille (1838–1900) sculptor
  7. Simpson, Alfred (1805–1891) iron and tin manufacturer
  8. Simpson, Alfred Muller (1843–1917) manufacturer and politician
  9. Simpson, Sir George Bowen (1838–1915) politician and judge
  10. Simson, Robert (1819–1896) pastoralist
  11. Sinclair, James (1809–1881) landscape gardener
  12. Singleton, John (1808–1891) physician and philanthropist
  13. Sinnett, Frederick (1830–1866) journalist and literary critic
  14. Sixsmith, William (1815–1893) locomotive driver
  15. Skene, Alexander John (1820–1894) government officer
  16. Skipper, John Michael (1815–1883) artist and solicitor
  17. Sladen, Sir Charles (1816–1884) lawyer, pastoralist and politician
  18. Sladen, Douglas Brooke (1856–1947) author
  19. Slattery, Patrick Joseph (1830–1903) Catholic priest
  20. Sleigh, William Campbell (1818–1887) lawyer and politician
  21. Sly, Joseph David (1844–1934) headmaster and solicitor
  22. Smalley, George Robarts (1822–1870) astronomer
  23. Smart, Thomas Christie (1816–1896) surgeon
  24. Smart, Thomas Ware (1810–1881) businessman and politician
  25. Smith, Alexander Kennedy (1824–1881) engineer
  26. Smith, Alfred Mica (Macaiah) (1844–1926) chemist and teacher
  27. Smith, Bernhard (1820–1885) sculptor and painter
  28. Smith, Charles (1816–1897) shipping merchant
  29. Smith, Sir Edwin Thomas (1830–1919) brewer, philanthropist and politician
  30. Smith, Francis Grey (1827–1900) banker
  31. Smith, Sir Francis Villeneuve (1819–1909) politician and chief justice
  32. Smith, James (1820–1910) journalist
  33. Smith, James (Philosopher) (1827–1897) explorer
  34. Smith, James William Norton (1846–1911) manager
  35. Smith, John (1811–1895) sheepbreeder
  36. Smith, John (1821–1885) professor of chemistry and experimental physics
  37. Smith, John Thomas (1816–1879) publican and landowner
  38. Smith, Louis Lawrence (1830–1910) medical practitioner and politician
  39. Smith, Pierce Galliard (1826–1908) Church of England clergyman
  40. Smith, Richard (1836–1919) merchant
  41. Smith, Robert Burdett (1837–1895) solicitor and politician
  42. Smith, Robert Murray (1831–1921) politician and businessman
  43. Smith, Samuel (1812–1889) winemaker
  44. Smith, Shepherd (1835–1886) banker
  45. Smith, Sidney (1837–1908) wine-maker
  46. Smith, Thomas (1823–1900) trade unionist
  47. Smith, Thomas (1829–1882) Anglican clergyman
  48. Smith, William Collard (1830–1894) agent, investor and politician
  49. Smith, William Howard (1814–1890) master mariner and ship-owner
  50. Smyth, Robert Brough (1830–1889) civil servant and mining engineer
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