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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. Benson, Louisa (1845–1920) religious Sister and educationist
  2. Benson, Lucy Charlotte (1860–1943) musician and theatrical entrepreneur
  3. Benstead, Thomas Arthur (1896–1971) motor cyclist
  4. Bergin, Michael (1879–1917) Jesuit priest and military chaplain
  5. Bernacchi, Angelo Giulio Diego (1853–1925) entrepreneur
  6. Bernacchi, Louis Charles (1876–1942) scientist and Antarctic explorer
  7. Berry, Richard James (1867–1962) anatomist, neurologist and anthropologist
  8. Berry, William (1857–1928) marine engineer
  9. Bertie, Charles Henry (1875–1952) librarian and historian
  10. Bessell-Browne, Alfred Joseph (1877–1947) soldier and businessman
  11. Best, Dudley Robert William (1844–1928) naturalist
  12. Best, Sir Robert Wallace (1856–1946) politician and solicitor
  13. Bethune, Frank Pogson (1877–1942) soldier and clergyman
  14. Bethune, John Walter (1882–1960) clergyman and headmaster
  15. Betts, Selwyn Frederic (1879–1938) judge
  16. Bevan, Llewelyn David (1842–1918) Congregational minister
  17. Bevan, Louisa Jane (1844–1933) community worker
  18. Bice, Sir John George (1853–1923) blacksmith and politician
  19. Bickersteth, Kenneth Julian (1885–1962) headmaster
  20. Biddell, Walter (1859–1933) manufacturer and a founder of the surf life-saving movement
  21. Bidmead, Martha Sarah (1862–1940) nurse
  22. Biggs, Leonard Vivian (1873–1944) journalist
  23. Bignold, Hugh Baron (1870–1930) barrister
  24. Billson, Alfred Arthur (1858–1930) brewer and politician
  25. Billson, George (1817–1886) brewer and politician
  26. Billson, John William (1862–1924) trade unionist and politician
  27. Bingle, Walter David (1861–1928) public servant
  28. Binns, Kenneth (1882–1969) librarian
  29. Bird, Frederic Dougan (1858–1929) surgeon
  30. Birdwood, William Riddell (Baron Birdwood) (1865–1951) field marshal
  31. Birkbeck, Gilbert Samuel Colin Latona (1876–1947) soldier and public servant
  32. Birks, Frederick (1894–1917) soldier
  33. Birrell, Frederick William (1869–1939) typographer and politician
  34. Birtles, Francis Edwin (1881–1941) overlander
  35. Bisdee, John Hutton (1869–1930) soldier and pastoralist
  36. Bishop, Charles George (1895–1931) soldier, labourer and council inspector
  37. Bjelke-Petersen, Hans Christian (1872–1964) physical culture teacher
  38. Bjelke-Petersen, Marie Caroline (1874–1969) novelist
  39. Black, Dorothea Foster (Dorrit) (1891–1951) artist
  40. Black, George Mure (1854–1936) politician and journalist
  41. Black, John McConnell (1855–1951) botanist
  42. Black, Percy Charles (1877–1917) soldier and goldminer
  43. Black, Reginald James (1845–1928) banker, stockbroker and politician
  44. Black, William Robert (1859–1930) mine-owner and philanthropist
  45. Blackall, William Edward (1876–1941) medical practitioner and botanist
  46. Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth (1892–1960) soldier and lawyer
  47. Blackburn, Sir Charles Bickerton (1874–1972) physician and university chancellor
  48. Blackburn, Maurice McCrae (1880–1944) lawyer and politician
  49. Blacket, John (1856–1935) Methodist minister
  50. Blacket, Wilfred (1859–1937) barrister and littérateur
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