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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the sixth of six for the period 1891-1939 and covers names Smy-Z. [Read More]

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  1. Watson, William (1863–1938) businessman and politician
  2. Watson, William Thornton (1887–1961) army officer
  3. Watson, William Walker Russell (1875–1924) soldier, dentist and company director
  4. Watt, Ernest Alexander (1874–1954) shipowner, pastoralist and patron of the arts
  5. Watt, Sir Robert Dickie (1881–1965) agricultural scientist
  6. Watt, Walter Oswald (Toby) (1878–1921) airman, grazier and merchant
  7. Watt, William Alexander (1871–1946) premier, company director and Speaker of the House of Representatives
  8. Watt, William Shand (1876–1958) mining engineer and meteorologist
  9. Watterston, David (1845–1931) journalist
  10. Way, Sir Samuel James (1836–1916) chief justice and lieutenant-governor
  11. Way Lee, Yet Soo War (1853–1909) merchant
  12. Wayn, Amelia Lucy (1862–1951) historical researcher
  13. Wearne, Walter Ernest (1867–1931) grazier and politician
  14. Weatherburn, Charles Ernest (1884–1974) mathematician
  15. Weatherly, Lionel James (1881–1962) pastoralist
  16. Weatherly, May Isabella (1868–1950) headmistress
  17. Weatherly, William (1839–1914) sheep-farmer
  18. Weathers, Lawrence Carthage (1890–1918) undertaker and soldier
  19. Weaver, Reginald Walter (1876–1945) real estate agent and politician
  20. Webb, Chris (1866–1948) boatman
  21. Webb, Frederick William (1837–1919) public servant
  22. Webb, Jessie Stobo (1880–1944) historian
  23. Webb, William Alfred (1878–1936) railway administrator
  24. Webber, William Thomas Thornhill (1837–1903) Anglican bishop
  25. Weber, Clarence Alfred (1882–1930) athlete and physical culturist
  26. Weber, Horace George Martin (1887–1968) organist
  27. Weber, Ivy Lavinia (1892–1976) physical culturist and politician
  28. Webster, Charles Ernest (1861–1936) merchant and businessman
  29. Webster, Edwin Herbert (1864–1947) businessman and yachtsman
  30. Webster, Ellen (1877–1965) grazier and politician
  31. Webster, William (1860–1936) quarryman and politician
  32. Webster, William Maule (1885–1958) estate manager
  33. Weedon, Sir Henry (1859–1921) businessman and lord mayor
  34. Weigall, Cecil Edward (1870–1955) barrister
  35. Weigall, Theyre à Beckett (1860–1926) barrister and judge
  36. Weigall, Sir William Ernest George Archibald (1874–1952) governor
  37. Weindorfer, Gustav (1874–1932) naturalist and conservationist
  38. Weingarth, John Leopold (1862–1925) surveyor
  39. Weir, Stanley Price (1866–1944) army officer and public servant
  40. Welch, Eric Wilfred (1900–1983) sporting commentator
  41. Wellish, Edward Montague (1882–1948) mathematician
  42. Wells, Lawrence Allen (1860–1938) explorer
  43. Welsby, Thomas (1858–1941) company director, politician and sportsman
  44. Welsh, David Arthur (1865–1948) pathologist
  45. Wendt, Joachim Matthias (1830–1917) silversmith
  46. Wentworth-Shields, Wentworth Francis (1867–1944) Anglican bishop
  47. Wenz, Paul (1869–1939) grazier and writer
  48. Wesché, Awdry Gordon (1865–1938) shipping manager
  49. Wesché, Phoebe Ellen (1871–1950) charity worker
  50. West, John (1856–1926) journalist, horticulturist and irrigation pioneer
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