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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. Woolnough, Walter George (1876–1958) geologist
  2. Woolley, Emmeline Mary (1843–1908) musician
  3. Woollard, Herbert Henry (1889–1939) professor of anatomy
  4. Woolcock, John Laskey (1861–1929) parliamentary counsel
  5. Woodward, Oliver Holmes (1885–1966) mining engineer, metallurgist and soldier
  6. Woodward, Henry Page (1858–1917) geologist
  7. Woodward, Frank Lee (1871–1952) headmaster and Buddhist scholar
  8. Woodward, Bernard Henry (1846–1916) museum director
  9. Woods, William Maitland (1864–1927) Anglican clergyman and military chaplain
  10. Woods, Walter Alan (1861–1939) journalist and politician
  11. Woods, Percy William (1885–1937) soldier and manufacturer
  12. Woods, James Park (1886–1963) soldier and orchardist
  13. Woods, James (1893–1975) aviator
  14. Woodruff, Harold Addison (1877–1966) veterinary pathologist and bacteriologist
  15. Woodhouse, William John (1866–1937) classical scholar
  16. Woodfull, William Maldon (1897–1965) cricketer and schoolteacher
  17. Woodd, Henry Alexander (1865–1954) Anglican clergyman
  18. Woodcock, Lucy Godiva (1889–1968) teacher and trade union leader
  19. Wood, Thomas (1892–1950) composer and author
  20. Wood, George Arnold (1865–1928) historian
  21. Wollaston, Tullie Cornthwaite (1863–1931) opal dealer
  22. Wollaston, Sir Harry Newton Phillips (1846–1921) barrister and public servant
  23. Wolfe, Herbert Austin (1897–1968) turf journalist
  24. Wittenoom, Frederick Francis (Frank) (1855–1939) pastoralist, mine and business manager
  25. Wittenoom, Sir Edward Charles (Horne) (1854–1936) pastoralist, politician and company director
  26. Withers, Walter Herbert (1854–1914) artist and teacher
  27. Wiseman, Thomas (1847–1941) trader, publican and transport operator
  28. Wise, Percy William Charlton (1870–1950) Anglican priest
  29. Wise, George Henry (1853–1950) politician and solicitor
  30. Wise, Bernhard Ringrose (1858–1916) barrister, politician and Federationist
  31. Wisdom, Evan Alexander (1869–1945) businessman, soldier and administrator
  32. Wirth, Philip Peter Jacob (1864–1937) bandsman and circus proprietor
  33. Wirth, May Emmeline (1894–1978) circus rider
  34. Wirth, Mary Elizabeth Victoria (Marizles) (1868–1948) equestrienne
  35. Wirth, George (1867–1941) bandsman and circus proprietor
  36. Winter, Joseph (1853–1896) journalist and politician
  37. Winter, Anthony William (1894–1955) athlete
  38. Winspear, William Robert (1859–1944) socialist and journalist
  39. Winneke, Henry Christian (1874–1943) judge
  40. Winn, Roy Coupland (1890–1963) psychoanalyst
  41. Windeyer, William Archibald (1871–1943) solicitor
  42. Windeyer, Richard (1868–1959) barrister
  43. Windeyer, Lady Mary Elizabeth (1836–1912) community worker
  44. Windeyer, Margaret (Margy) (1866–1939) librarian and feminist
  45. Windeyer, John Cadell (Jack) (1875–1951) obstetrician
  46. Winchcombe, Frederick Earle (1855–1917) wool broker and politician
  47. Wiltshire, Aubrey Roy Liddon (1891–1969) banker and soldier
  48. Wilton, Olive Dorothea Graeme (1883–1971) actress and producer
  49. Wilton, John Raymond (1884–1944) mathematician
  50. Wilson, William Hardy (1881–1955) architect
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