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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. Woodward, Oliver Holmes (1885–1966) mining engineer, metallurgist and soldier
  2. Woolcock, John Laskey (1861–1929) parliamentary counsel
  3. Woollard, Herbert Henry (1889–1939) professor of anatomy
  4. Woolley, Emmeline Mary (1843–1908) musician
  5. Woolnough, Walter George (1876–1958) geologist
  6. Wormald, Henry Percy (1874–1932) fire engineer and manufacturer
  7. Wormald, Joseph Dawson (1863–1921) fire engineer and manufacturer
  8. Worrall, Henry (1862–1940) Methodist minister and social reformer
  9. Worrall, John (1861–1937) footballer, cricketer and journalist
  10. Wragge, Clement Lindley (1852–1922) meteorologist
  11. Wray, Frederick William (1864–1943) Anglican clergyman and military chaplain
  12. Wray, Leonora (1886–1979) golfer
  13. Wreford, Sir Ernest Henry (1866–1938) banker
  14. Wren, Charles William (1856–1934) banker
  15. Wren, John (1871–1953) entrepreneur
  16. Wright, Colin William (1867–1952) studmaster
  17. Wright, David McKee (1869–1928) poet and journalist
  18. Wright, John Arthur (1841–1920) engineer and railway commissioner
  19. Wright, John Charles (1861–1933) Anglican archbishop
  20. Wrigley, Leslie James (1875–1933) educationist
  21. Wunderlich, Alfred (1865–1966) manufacturer
  22. Wunderlich, Ernest Julius (1859–1945) manufacturer
  23. Wunderlich, Frederick Otto (1861–1951) manufacturer
  24. Wylly, Guy George Egerton (1880–1962) army officer
  25. Wymark, Frederick Victor Grey (1872–1942) bookseller
  26. Wynn, Samuel (1891–1982) wine merchant and Zionist
  27. Wynne, Agar (1850–1934) politician
  28. Wynne, Watkin (1844–1921) newspaper manager
  29. Yencken, Arthur Ferdinand (1894–1944) diplomat
  30. Yencken, Edward Lowenstern (1854–1932) merchant
  31. Yewen, Alfred Gregory (1867–1923) journalist
  32. Youl, Alfred (1849–1921) farmer and politician
  33. Young, Florence Maude (1870–1920) actress and singer
  34. Young, Florence Selina (1856–1940) missionary
  35. Young, Sir Frederick William (1876–1948) politician
  36. Young, Sarah Jane (1866–1955) political reformer
  37. Young, Sir Walter James (1872–1940) businessman
  38. Young, William Blamire (1862–1935) artist
  39. Young, William John (1850–1931) pastoralist
  40. Young, William John (1878–1942) biochemist
  41. Young, William Ramsay (1894–1965) soldier and butcher
  42. Young Wai, John (1847–1930) Presbyterian minister
  43. Yuill, William John (1885–1960) dairyman
  44. Zadow, Christiane Susanne (Augusta) (1846–1896) trade unionist and factory inspector
  45. Zahel, Ethel May Eliza (1877–1951) teacher and administrator
  46. Zeal, Sir William Austin (1830–1912) engineer, businessman and politician
  47. Zelman, Samuel Victor Albert (Alberto) (1874–1927) conductor, violinist and teacher
  48. Zercho, Charles Henry (1866–1962) educationist
  49. Zercho, Frederick William (1867–1953) educationist
  50. Ziesemer, Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst (1897–1972) wheat-grower
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