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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. Bowden, Eric Kendall (1871–1931) solicitor and politician
  2. Bowen, Esther Gwendolyn (Stella) (1893–1947) portrait painter and official war artist
  3. Bowen, Rowland Griffiths (1879–1965) naval commander
  4. Bowes, Euphemia Bridges (1816–1900) wife, mother and social reformer
  5. Bowles, William Leslie (1885–1954) sculptor
  6. Bowling, Peter (1864–1942) coalminer and union leader
  7. Bowman, David (1860–1916) bootmaker, union official and politician
  8. Bowser, Sir John (1856–1936) politician and journalist
  9. Boxall, Arthur d'Auvergne (1895–1944) artist
  10. Boxer, Walter Henry (1893–1927) soldier, labourer and clerk
  11. Boyce, Francis Bertie (1844–1931) Anglican clergyman
  12. Boyce, Francis Stewart (1872–1940) barrister and politician
  13. Boyce, Sir Harold Leslie (1895–1955) politician, businessman and lord mayor of London
  14. Boyd, Adam Alexander (1866–1948) mining engineer
  15. Boyd, Arthur Merric (1862–1940) artist
  16. Boyd, Edith Susan (1880–1961) artist and dramatist
  17. Boyd, Emma Minnie (1858–1936) artist
  18. Boyd, James Arthur (1867–1941) businessman and politician
  19. Boyd, Theodore Penleigh (1890–1923) artist
  20. Boyd, William Alexander (1842–1928) agricultural journalist, schoolmaster and soldier
  21. Boyd, William Merric (1888–1959) potter
  22. Boyland, John (1874–1922) miner, unionist and politician
  23. Boyle, Ignatius George (1882–1960) publican and politician
  24. Bracegirdle, Sir Leighton Seymour (1881–1970) rear admiral and secretary to governors-general
  25. Bracy, Henry (1841–1917) tenor and stage-director
  26. Braddon, Sir Edward Nicholas Coventry (1829–1904) civil servant and politician
  27. Braddon, Sir Henry Yule (1863–1955) businessman and financier
  28. Bradfield, John Job Crew (1867–1943) civil engineer
  29. Bradley, Joseph (1857–1935) musician and music teacher
  30. Bradley, Luther (1853–1917) cartoonist
  31. Brady, Alfred Barton (1856–1932) civil engineer and architect
  32. Brady, Edwin James (1869–1952) journalist and writer
  33. Bragg, Sir William Henry (1862–1942) physicist
  34. Bragg, Sir William Lawrence (1890–1971)
  35. Brahe, Mary Hannah (May) (1884–1956) composer
  36. Brand, Charles Henry (1873–1961) soldier and politician
  37. Brassey, Thomas (1836–1918) governor
  38. Braund, George Frederick (1866–1915) merchant, politician and soldier
  39. Brazenor, William (1888–1945) soldier and administrator
  40. Breinl, Anton (1880–1944) medical scientist and practitioner
  41. Brenan, Jennie Frances (1877–1964) dancing teacher
  42. Brennan, Anna Teresa (1879–1962) lawyer
  43. Brennan, Christopher John (1870–1932) poet and scholar
  44. Brennan, Edward Thomas (1887–1953) surgeon and medical administrator
  45. Brennan, Francis (Frank) (1873–1950) lawyer and politician
  46. Brennan, Frank Tenison (1884–1949) politician and judge
  47. Brennan, Martin (1839–1912) police superintendent
  48. Brennan, Sarah Octavia (1867–1928) teacher and nun
  49. Brennan, Thomas Cornelius (1866–1944) politician and barrister
  50. Brennan, William Adrian (1871–1956) journalist
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