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Govenor Macquarie

  Lachlan Macquarie was appointed governor in 1809 to replace the disgraced Governor Bligh following the ... continue

Dividing New South Wales ...

In 1825 Governor Brisbane received instruction to begin the process of dividing the state of ... continue

Charles Melbourne Ward

WARD, CHARLES MELBOURNE (1903-1966), actor, naturalist and marine collector, was born on 6 October 1903 ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Sir Harold George Raggatt

RAGGATT, Sir HAROLD GEORGE (1900-1968), geologist, was born on 25 January 1900 in North Sydney ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Sir Douglas Frank Hewson ...

PACKER, Sir DOUGLAS FRANK HEWSON (1906-1974), media proprietor, was born on 3 December 1906 at ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Grace Emily Munro

MUNRO, GRACE EMILY (1879-1964), a founder of the Country Women's Association, was born on ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Adolphus Peter Elkin

Adolphus Peter Elkin (1891 - 1979), by unknown photographer, courtesy of State Library of New South ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Clara Jane Shumack

SHUMACK, CLARA JANE (1899-1974), army matron, was born on 17 June 1899 at Dark Corner ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

George Brown

BROWN, GEORGE (1835-1917), Methodist missionary, was born on 7 December 1835 at Barnard Castle, Durham ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Thomas Henry Scott

Thomas Henry Scott (1907 - 1979), by unknown photographer, 1945, courtesy of Australian War Memorial. 108497 ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

George Masters

MASTERS, GEORGE (1837-1912), entomologist, was born in July 1837 in Maidstone, Kent, England, son of ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Sir Edward Strickland

STRICKLAND, Sir EDWARD (1821-1889), army officer, was born on 7 August 1821 at Loughglynn House ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Desmonde Florence Downing

DOWNING, DESMONDE FLORENCE (1920-1975), stage designer, was born on 26 November 1920 at Neutral Bay ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

James Mein

MEIN, JAMES (1761-1827), settler, was born probably at Melrose, near Galashiels, Scotland. He arrived in ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

John McGarvie

McGARVIE, JOHN (1795-1853), Presbyterian minister and writer, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and became a ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Sir Jack Keith Murray

MURRAY, Sir JACK KEITH (1889-1979), colonial administrator and teacher, was born on 8 February 1889 ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

David John Flockhart

FLOCKHART, DAVID JOHN (1889-1964), Presbyterian clergyman and administrator, was born on 11 December 1889 at ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Francis Patrick Clune

Francis Patrick (Frank) Clune (1893 - 1971), by unknown photographer, 1930-33, courtesy of State Library of ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Wazir Beg

BEG, WAZIR (1827?-1885), Semitic scholar, Presbyterian minister and controversialist, was born at Poona, India ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

George Grimm

GRIMM, GEORGE (1833-1897), Presbyterian minister, was born on 9 June 1833 at Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography