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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. Sheehy, Samuel John Austin (1827–1910) Benedictine priest
  2. Shearer, David (1832–1891) teacher and Presbyterian minister
  3. Shaw, William Henry (1830–1896) engineer and ironfounder
  4. Shaw, Thomas junior (1827–1907) pastoralist
  5. Shackell, James (1833–1899) politician, auctioneer and agent
  6. Seymour, David Thompson (1831–1916) soldier and police commissioner
  7. Service, James (1823–1899) businessman and politician
  8. Serra, Joseph Benedict (1810–1886) Catholic bishop
  9. Serisier, Jean Emile (1824–1880) storekeeper and vigneron
  10. Seppelt, Oscar Benno Pedro (1845–1931) wine-maker
  11. Seppelt, Joseph Ernest (1813–1868) winemaker
  12. Selwyn, Arthur Edward (1823–1899) Church of England clergyman
  13. Selwyn, Alfred Richard (1824–1902) geologist
  14. Sellheim, Philip Frederic (1832–1899) pastoralist and mining official
  15. Selfe, Norman (1839–1911) engineer and educationist
  16. Searle, Henry Ernest (1866–1889) sculler
  17. Scratchley, Sir Peter Henry (1835–1885) military engineer and colonial administrator
  18. Scott, William (1825–1917) Church of England clergyman and astronomer
  19. Scott, Walter Jervoise (1835–1890) pastoralist
  20. Scott, James Reid (1839–1877) explorer and politician
  21. Scott, Henry James Herbert (1858–1910) cricketer and physician
  22. Scott, Helena (Nellie) (1832–1910) artist and naturalist
  23. Scott, Harriet (1830–1907) artist and naturalist
  24. Scott, Eugene Montagu (Monty) (1835–1909) cartoonist and illustrator
  25. Scott, Andrew George (1842–1880) bushranger
  26. Scott, Alexander Walker (1800–1883) entomologist and entrepreneur
  27. Schurr, Felix (1827–1900) missionary
  28. Schomburgk, Moritz Richard (1811–1891) botanist
  29. Schleinitz, Georg Gustav Freiherr von (1834–1910) hydrographer and governor
  30. Schirmeister, Carl Friedrich Alexander Franz (1814–1887) Lutheran pastor
  31. Saywell, Thomas (1837–1928) merchant and developer
  32. Savage, Robert (1818–1888) agricultural writer and inventor
  33. Sargood, Sir Frederick Thomas (1834–1903) merchant and politician
  34. Sani, Tomaso (1839–1915) sculptor
  35. Sands, John (1818–1873) engraver, printer and stationer
  36. Sandford, Daniel Fox (1831–1906) Anglican bishop
  37. Samuel, Sir Saul (1820–1900) merchant and politician
  38. Salter, William (1804–1871) vigneron
  39. Salter, Edward (1837–1913) vigneron
  40. Salomons, Sir Julian Emanuel (1835–1909) barrister and politician
  41. Salier, James Ebenezer (1819–1894) merchant
  42. Salier, George (1813–1892) merchant and politician
  43. Ryan, James Tobias (Toby) (1818–1899) butcher, pastoralist, politician and sportsman
  44. Rutherford, James (1827–1911) pastoralist
  45. Russell, Thomas (1828–1920) flock-master and politician
  46. Russell, Philip (1822–1892) flock-master and politician
  47. Russell, Sir Peter Nicol (1816–1905) ironfounder and benefactor
  48. Russell, James (1829–1889) merchant and politician
  49. Russell, Henry Chamberlain (1836–1907) astronomer and meteorologist
  50. Rusden, Henry Keylock (1826–1910) public servant and polemicist
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