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- Backwoodsman, An Old - see Macredie, William (1813 - 1891), insurance manager and philanthropist
- Backyards
- Badger Creek
- Baevski, Nahum Moshe - see Myer, Norman (1897 - 1956), businessman
- Bage, Anna Frederika (Freda) (1883 - 1970), university teacher
- Bagot, Robert Cooper (1828? - 1881), civil engineer
- Bailey, Kenneth Hamilton (1898 - 1972), lawyer and public servant
- Baillière, Ferdinand François (1838 - 1881), bookseller and publisher
- Baillieu, William Lawrence (1859 - 1936), financier and politician
- Balaclava
- Balcombe
- Balcombe Place
- Baldessin, George Victor Joseph (1939 - 1978), painter, printmaker and sculptor
- Baldwin, Joseph Mason (1878 - 1945), astronomer
- Bale, Alice Marian Ellen (1875 - 1955), artist
- Ball & Welch
- Ballam Park
- Ballet
- Ballooning
- Balls, Walter - see Balls-Headley, Walter (1841 - 1918), gynaecologist
- Balls-Headley, Walter (1841 - 1918), gynaecologist
- Balnarring
- Balwyn
- Banana Alley
- Bandstand
- Bangholme
- Bank and Financial Crashes
- Bank Place
- Banking and Finance
- Banyule City
- Baptist Church
- Baptist Church Collins Street
- Baptist Place
- Baracchi, Guido Carlo Luigi (1887 - 1975), Marxist scholar and political activist
- Baracchi, Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto (1851 - 1926), astronomer
- Barber, George Calvert (1893 - 1967), Methodist Church leader and theologian
- Barber, John Andrew (1873 - 1958), Presbyterian minister
- Barker, Edward (1816 - 1885), pastoralist and surgeon
- Barker, Stephen (1846 - 1924), politician and trade unionist
- Barkly Place
- Barkman, Frances (1885 - 1946), Jewish welfare worker and teacher
- Barnet, Nahum (1855 - 1931), architect and journalist
- Barrett Alley
- Barrett, James William (1862 - 1945), ophthalmologist and publicist
- Barry Lane
- Barry, Dan - see Atkins, John Ringrose (Dan Barry) (1851 - 1908), theatrical manager
- Barry, John Vincent William (1903 - 1969), criminologist and judge
- Barry, Redmond (1813 - 1880), judge
- Barry, William Peter (Bill) (1899 - 1972), politician and trade union official
- Baseball
- The Basin
- Baskerville, Margaret Francis Ellen (1861 - 1930), sculptor
- Basketball
- Basser, Abraham - see Basser, Adolph (1887 - 1964), jeweller , optician and philanthropist
- Basser, Adolph (1887 - 1964), jeweller , optician and philanthropist
- Bassett, Flora Marjorie (Marnie) (1889 - 1980), historian
- Bassett, Walter Eric (1892 - 1978), engineer
- Bateman, Edward La Trobe (1815? - 1897), architectural decorator , book illuminator, draughtsman and garden designer
- Bathing Boxes
- Baths and Bathing
- Batman Park
- Batman Place
- Batman, John (1801 - 1839), pioneer of Melbourne
- Batmans Hill
- Batman's Treaties
- Bats
- Baxter
- Baxter, Annie Maria - see Dawbin, Annie Maria (1816 - 1905), diarist and pioneer
- Bayside City
- Bayswater
- Beaches
- Beaconsfield
- Beaney Lane
- Beaney, James George (1828 - 1891), philanthropist, politician and surgeon
- Bear Alley
- Beattie, William Anderson (1902 - 1980), agricultural consultant
- Beaumaris
- Beaumont, Edward Armes (1842 - 1913), vocalist
- Beaurepaire, Francis Joseph Edmund (Frank) (1891 - 1956), businessman, civic leader and sportsman
- Becher, Otto Humphrey (1908 - 1977), naval officer
- Beckett, Clarice Marjoribanks (1887 - 1935), painter
- a Beckett, Thomas - see à Beckett, Thomas (1836 - 1919), judge
- Beckett, William James (1870 - 1965), politician
- Beenak
- Begg, Kenneth Gowan (1901 - 1975), businessman
- Belgrave
- Belgrave Heights Convention
- Bell
- Bell Miner
- Bell, George Frederick Henry (1878 - 1966), artist and teacher
- Bell, Hector Hercules (1876 - 1964), contractor and tramways administrator
- Bellbird Corner
- Bellerive - see Tishler, Joseph (1871 - 1956), poet
- Bellevue
- Bells
- Belman Place
- Bend of Islands
- Benevolent Asylum (Kingston Centre)
- Benjamin Lane
- Benjamin, Benjamin (1834 - 1905), Jewish community leader, merchant, philanthropist and politician
- Bennetts Lane
- Bennetts, Richard John (1925 - 1978), intelligence officer and journalist
- Bennettswood
- Benson Lane
- Benson, Clarence Irving (1897 - 1980), journalist and Methodist clergyman
- Bentleigh
- Berry Street Babies Home
- Berry, Graham (1822 - 1904), politician
- Berry, Richard James Arthur (1867 - 1962), anatomist, anthropologist and neurologist
- Berwick
- Besant-Scott, Ernest - see Scott, Ernest (1867 - 1939), historian
- Betting and Gambling
- Bevan, Llewelyn David (1842 - 1918), Congregational minister
- Beyond The Ocean Of Existence
- Bicycles and Bicycling
- Big Pats Creek
- Biggs, Leonard Vivian (1873 - 1944), journalist
- Bijou Theatre
- Bilking Square
- Billiards, Snooker and Pool
- Billy Graham Crusade
- Bird Panels
- Bird, Frederic Dougan (1858 - 1929), surgeon
- Bird, Samuel Dougan (1832 - 1904), physician
- Birds
- Birnie, Richard (1808 - 1888), barrister and journalist
- Bishopscourt
- Bittern
- Black Box Flight Recorder
- Black Rock
- Black Thursday
- Black Wednesday
- Blackall, Deidre - see Cash, Deirdre [Criena Rohan] (1924 - 1963), novelist
- Blackburn
- Blackburn, Maurice McCrae (1880 - 1944), lawyer and politician
- Blackett, William Arthur Mordey (1873 - 1962), architect
- Blackham, John McCarthy (1854 - 1932), cricketer
- Blackwood, James (1820 - 1881), company manager
- Blackwood, John Hutchison (1827 - 1908), pastoralist and shipowner
- Blackwood, Robert Officer (1861 - 1940), businessman and pastoralist
- Blair, Harold (1924 - 1976), Aboriginal activist and singer
- Blairgowrie
- Blamey, Thomas Albert (1884 - 1951), army officer and commissioner of police
- Blandowski, William (1822 - 1878), naturalist
- Blashki, Myer - see Evergood, Miles (1871 - 1939), artist
- Blaubaum, Elias (1847 - 1904), editor and minister of religion
- Bleasdale, John Ignatius (1822 - 1884), Catholic clergyman
- Bligh Place
- Blind Bight
- Block Arcade
- Block Place
- Blood Transfusion Service
- Boake, Capel - see Kerr, Doris Boake (1889 - 1944), writer
- Boarding and Lodging Houses
- Bocce
- Boer War Monument
- Bohemia
- Bohemians Club
- Bohun, Hugh - see Cronin, Bernard Charles (1884 - 1968), author
- Boldrewood, Rolf - see Browne, Thomas Alexander [Rolf Boldrewood] (1826 - 1915), gold commissioner, pastoralist and police magistrate
- Bonbeach
- Bond Street
- Boneo
- Bonney, Charles (1813 - 1897), civil servant, overlander and politician
- Book Publishing
- Booksellers
- Boon Wurrung
- Booth, Charles Sylvester (1897 - 1970), businessman
- Booth, Joseph John (1886 - 1965), Anglican archbishop
- Boreham, Frank William (1871 - 1959), preacher and writer
- Boronia
- Boroondara Cemetery
- Boroondara City
- Borovansky, Edouard (1902 - 1959), ballet director
- Borovansky, Eduard Josef - see Borovansky, Edouard (1902 - 1959), ballet director
- Borrie, Edwin Fullarton (1894 - 1968), civil engineer and town planner
- Borsari's
- Bostock, William Dowling (1892 - 1968), airman, grazier, politician, sailor and soldier
- Boucicault, Dionysius George (Dot) (1859 - 1929), actor and manager
- Bourke Place
- Bourke Street
- Bourke Street (Tom Roberts)
- Bourke Street Mall
- Bourke Street West Police Station
- Bowe, Ethel Jessie (1906 - 1961), army matron-in-chief
- Bowen Lane
- Bowen Street
- Bowles, William Leslie (1885 - 1954), sculptor
- Box Hill
- Boxing
- Boy And Pelican
- Boy And Urn
- Boy On A Turtle
- Boy Rescue Societies
- Boy Roy - see Rene, Roy (Mo) (1891 - 1954), comedian
- Boy Scouts
- Boyd, Arthur Merric (1862 - 1940), artist
- Boyd, James Arthur (1867 - 1941), businessman and politician
- Boyd, Martin à Beckett (1893 - 1972), author
- Boyd, Robin Gerard Penleigh (1919 - 1971), architect and critic
- Brady, Edwin James (1869 - 1952), journalist and writer
- Brady, Joseph (1828 - 1908), civil engineer
- Braeside
- Brain, Hugh Gerner (1890 - 1976), businessman and public benefactor
- Brandon Park
- Braybrook
- Bread and Cheese Club
- Brenan, Jennie Frances (1877 - 1964), dancing teacher
- Brennan Torpedo
- Brennan, Francis (Frank) (1873 - 1950), lawyer and politician
- Brentnall, Thomas (1846 - 1937), chartered accountant
- Brett, Mary - see Fortune, Mary Helena (c. 1833 - c. 1910), author
- Brewers and Brewing
- Briar Hill
- Bride, Thomas Francis (1849 - 1927), librarian
- Bridges
- Bridges, Royal Tasman (Roy) (1885 - 1952), journalist and novelist
- Brien Lane
- Bright, Charles (1832 - 1903), insurance secretary, journalist and lecturer
- Bright, Charles Edward (1829 - 1915), businessman
- Brighton
- Brighton General Cemetery
- Brighton Tornado
- Brights Place
- Brimbank City
- Briscoe Lane
- Britannia Creek
- Broadmeadows
- Broadmeadows Babies Home
- Brockhoff Foundation
- Brodney, Maria May (1894 - 1973), labour activist
- Brodribb, Noel Kenric Stevens (1885 - 1965), public servant
- Brodribb, William Adams (1809 - 1886), pastoralist and politician
- Brodzky, Maurice (1847 - 1919), journalist
- Brogans Lane
- Broinowski, Robert Arthur (1877 - 1959), poet and public servant
- Bromby, John Edward (1809 - 1889), clergyman, public lecturer and schoolmaster
- Brooke, Gustavus Vaughan (1818 - 1866), actor
- Brookes, Herbert Robinson (1867 - 1963), businessman, pastoralist, philanthropist and public official
- Brookes, Mabel Balcombe (1890 - 1975), charity leader and society
- Brookfield
- Brooklyn
- Brooks, William Thomas (1889 - 1943), policeman
- Brother Bill - see Nichols, Reginald Gordon Clement (1888 - 1960), Anglican clergyman
- Brotherhood of St Laurence
- Brough, Lionel Robert (1857 - 1906), actor-manager
- Broughton, Edward Renata (Muhunga) (1884 - 1955), soldier
- Broughton, Tip - see Broughton, Edward Renata (Muhunga) (1884 - 1955), soldier
- Brown Alley
- Brown, Thomas Alexander - see Browne, Thomas Alexander [Rolf Boldrewood] (1826 - 1915), gold commissioner, pastoralist and police magistrate
- Browne, George Stephenson (1890 - 1970), professor of education
- Browne, Thomas Alexander [Rolf Boldrewood] (1826 - 1915), gold commissioner, pastoralist and police magistrate
- Brownless, Anthony Colling (1817 - 1897), educationist and physician
- Brownlow Medal
- Brownout
- Bruce, John Munro (1840 - 1901), businessman
- Bruce, Minnie Grant (Mary) (1878 - 1958), journalist and writer of children's books
- Bruce, Stanley Melbourne [Viscount Bruce] (1883 - 1967), businessman, prime minister and public servant
- Bruces Creek
- Brunning, George (1830 - 1893), nurseryman
- Brunswick
- Brunswick Street
- Brunton, Thomas (1831 - 1908), mill-owner
- Brunton, William (1867 - 1938), businessman and lord mayor
- Brussels, Madame - see Hodgson, Caroline (1851 - 1908), brothel proprietor
- Bryce, Lucy Meredith (1897 - 1968), haematologist
- Buchanan, Gwynneth Vaughan (1886 - 1945), zoologist
- Buck, Henry (1860 - 1933), clothing manufacturer and retailer
- Buckley & Nunn
- Buckley Place
- Buckmaster, Ernest (1897 - 1968), artist
- Budd, Richard Hale (1816 - 1909), educationist
- Buddhism
- Bugg, Hugh - see Buggy, Edward Hugh (1896 - 1974), journalist
- Buggy, Edward Hugh (1896 - 1974), journalist
- Builders Alley
- Builders Labourers' Federation
- Building and Construction
- Building Decoration
- Building Societies
- Building Technology
- Bull Alley
- Bull and Mouth Hotel
- Bull, Elliott Ronald (1942 - 1979), Aboriginal artist
- Bull, Lionel Batley (1889 - 1978), administrator and veterinary scientist
- Bulla
- Bulleen
- Bullens Lane
- Bunce, Daniel (1813 - 1872), botanist
- Buncle, John (1822? - 1889), inventor and manufacturer
- Bundoora
- Bunny, Rupert Charles Wulsten (1864 - 1947), artist
- Buntine, Walter Murray (1866 - 1953), schoolmaster
- Bunyip
- Burdett, Basil (1897 - 1942), art dealer , critic and journalist
- Burhop, Eric Henry Stoneley (1911 - 1980), physicist
- Burke and Wills Cairn
- Burke and Wills Monument
- Burke, Robert O'Hara (1821 - 1861), explorer
- Burke, Thomas Michael (1870 - 1949), businessman and philanthropist
- Burleigh
- Burley, Frank Arthur (1881 - 1957), corset manufacturer
- Burne, Lewis Charles (1898 - 1978), employer representative and master builder
- Burnley
- Burnley Gardens
- Burns Lane
- Burston, James (1856 - 1920), businessman and soldier
- Burston, Samuel Roy (1888 - 1960), army officer and physician
- Burton Street
- Burwood
- Buses
- Bushfires
- Bushranging
- Business & Industry
- Butchers Lane
- Butler, Walter Richmond (1864 - 1949), architect
- Butterflies
- Butters, James Stewart (1832 - 1912), businessman and politician
- Buttlejorrk
- Button Days