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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the first of six for the period 1891-1939 and covers names A-Ch. [Read More]

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  1. Barker, Stephen (1846–1924) trade unionist and politician
  2. Barker, Tom (1887–1970) labour activist and socialist
  3. Barlow, Andrew Henry (1836–1915) bank officer and politician
  4. Barlow, Christopher George (1858–1915) Anglican bishop
  5. Barlow, Mary Kate (1865–1934) charity worker and women's leader
  6. Barlow, William (1834–1915) barrister and university administrator
  7. Barnes, George Powell (1856–1949) businessman and politician
  8. Barnes, Gustave Adrian (1877–1921) artist
  9. Barnes, John (1868–1938) trade union official and politician
  10. Barnes, Walter Henry (1858–1933) businessman and politician
  11. Barnett, Frederick Oswald (1883–1972) social reformer
  12. Barnett, Henry Walter (1862–1934) photographer
  13. Barnett, Percy Neville (1881–1953) author and book-plate authority
  14. Barraclough, Sir Samuel Henry Egerton (1871–1958) mechanical engineer
  15. Barrett, Charles Leslie (1879–1959) naturalist and journalist
  16. Barrett, Edith Helen (1872–1939) medical practitioner
  17. Barrett, Sir James William (1862–1945) ophthalmologist and publicist
  18. Barrett, John George (1858–1928) tinsmith and politician
  19. Barrett, Walter Franklyn (1873–1964) film cameraman and director
  20. Barron, Ellen (1875–1951) nurse
  21. Barron, Sir Harry (1847–1921) soldier and governor
  22. Barron, Johanna (1865–1948) Brigidine nun
  23. Barry, John (1875–1938) Catholic bishop
  24. Barry, John Arthur (1850–1911) author and journalist
  25. Bartlett, Charles Henry Falkner Hope (1853–1916) soldier
  26. Barton, Alan Sinclair Darvall (1886–1950) medical practitioner
  27. Barton, Sir Edmund (Toby) (1849–1920) federationist, prime minister and judge
  28. Barwell, Sir Henry Newman (1877–1959) lawyer and premier
  29. Basedow, Herbert (1881–1933) anthropologist, geologist, explorer and medical practitioner
  30. Basedow, Martin Peter Friedrich (1829–1902) teacher, newspaper proprietor and politician
  31. Baskerville, Margaret Francis Ellen (1861–1930) sculptor
  32. Bassett, Samuel Symons (1840–1912) vigneron and pastoralist
  33. Batchelor, Egerton Lee (1865–1911) politician
  34. Bates, Daisy May (1863–1951) anthropologist
  35. Bath, Thomas Henry (1875–1956) miner, politician, farmer and co-operator
  36. Batty, Francis de Witt (1879–1961) Anglican bishop
  37. Battye, James Sykes (1871–1954) librarian
  38. Bavin, Sir Thomas Rainsford (Tom) (1874–1941) lawyer and politician
  39. Bavister, Thomas (1850–1923) trade unionist and politician
  40. Bayldon, Arthur Albert Dawson (1865–1958) poet
  41. Bayldon, Francis Joseph (1872–1948) master mariner and nautical instructor
  42. Baylebridge, William (1883–1942) writer
  43. Bayles, Norman (1865–1946) politician and solicitor
  44. Bayley, Arthur Wellesley (1865–1896) discoverer of the Coolgardie goldfield
  45. Baynes, Ernest (1864–1930) butcher and meat exporter
  46. Baynes, George (1862–1907) butcher and meat exporter
  47. Baynes, Harry (1858–1920) butcher and meat exporter
  48. Baynton, Barbara Jane (1857–1929) writer
  49. Beadle, Jane (Jean) (1868–1942) Labor leader, feminist and social worker
  50. Beal, George Lansley (1869–1952) public servant
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