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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. Billson, George (1817–1886) brewer and politician
  2. Billson, Alfred Arthur (1858–1930) brewer and politician
  3. Bignold, Hugh Baron (1870–1930) barrister
  4. Biggs, Leonard Vivian (1873–1944) journalist
  5. Bidmead, Martha Sarah (1862–1940) nurse
  6. Biddell, Walter (1859–1933) manufacturer and a founder of the surf life-saving movement
  7. Bickersteth, Kenneth Julian (1885–1962) headmaster
  8. Bice, Sir John George (1853–1923) blacksmith and politician
  9. Bevan, Louisa Jane (1844–1933) community worker
  10. Bevan, Llewelyn David (1842–1918) Congregational minister
  11. Betts, Selwyn Frederic (1879–1938) judge
  12. Bethune, John Walter (1882–1960) clergyman and headmaster
  13. Bethune, Frank Pogson (1877–1942) soldier and clergyman
  14. Best, Sir Robert Wallace (1856–1946) politician and solicitor
  15. Best, Dudley Robert William (1844–1928) naturalist
  16. Bessell-Browne, Alfred Joseph (1877–1947) soldier and businessman
  17. Bertie, Charles Henry (1875–1952) librarian and historian
  18. Berry, William (1857–1928) marine engineer
  19. Berry, Richard James (1867–1962) anatomist, neurologist and anthropologist
  20. Bernacchi, Louis Charles (1876–1942) scientist and Antarctic explorer
  21. Bernacchi, Angelo Giulio Diego (1853–1925) entrepreneur
  22. Bergin, Michael (1879–1917) Jesuit priest and military chaplain
  23. Benstead, Thomas Arthur (1896–1971) motor cyclist
  24. Benson, Lucy Charlotte (1860–1943) musician and theatrical entrepreneur
  25. Benson, Louisa (1845–1920) religious Sister and educationist
  26. Benny, Susan Grace (1872–1944) local government councillor and housewife
  27. Bennett, Mary Montgomerie (1881–1961) teacher and advocate of Aboriginal rights
  28. Bennett, James Mallett (1894–1922) airman and mechanic
  29. Bennett, George Henry (1850–1908) brewer and radical politician
  30. Bennett, Alfred Joshua (1865–1946) soldier, educationist and administrator
  31. Bennett, Alfred Edward (1889–1963) broadcasting executive
  32. Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth (1872–1960) medical practitioner
  33. Benjamin, Sophia (Zoe) (1882–1962) pioneer of kindergarten work and of parent and sex education
  34. Benjamin, Louis Reginald (1892–1970) chemist and technologist
  35. Benjamin, David Samuel (1869–1943) merchant and charity worker
  36. Benjamin, Arthur Leslie (1893–1960) pianist, composer, conductor and teacher
  37. Benham, Frederic Charles Courtenay (1900–1962) economist
  38. Benham, Ellen Ida (1871–1917) educationist
  39. Belt, Francis Walter (1862–1938) naval commander and lawyer
  40. Bellew, Harold Kyrle Money (1850–1911) actor
  41. Bell, Peter Albany (1871–1957) caterer and philanthropist
  42. Bell, Joshua Thomas (1863–1911) barrister and politician
  43. Bell, Jane (1873–1959) hospital matron
  44. Bell, James Thomas Marsh (1839–1903) pastoralist
  45. Bell, Sir George John (1872–1944) soldier, grazier, and Speaker of the House of Representatives
  46. Bell, George Frederick Henry (1878–1966) artist and teacher
  47. Bell, Frederick William (1875–1954) soldier and colonial administrator
  48. Bell, Bertram Charles (1893–1941) airman, grazier and farmer
  49. Bell, Barbara (1870–1957) Catholic educationist
  50. Bell, Alexander Foulis (1876–1940) businessman
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