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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. Watt, Sir Robert Dickie (1881–1965) agricultural scientist
  2. Watt, Ernest Alexander (1874–1954) shipowner, pastoralist and patron of the arts
  3. Watson, William Walker Russell (1875–1924) soldier, dentist and company director
  4. Watson, William Thornton (1887–1961) army officer
  5. Watson, William (1863–1938) businessman and politician
  6. Watson, Stanley Holm (1887–1985) railway engineer and soldier
  7. Watson, Phebe Naomi (1876–1964) educationist and women's leader
  8. Watson, John Christian (Chris) (1867–1941) trade unionist, prime minister and company director
  9. Watson, James Henry (1841–1934) businessman and historian
  10. Watson, James Frederick (Fred) (1878–1945) editor, historian and medical practitioner
  11. Watson, Elliot Lovegood Grant (1885–1970) biologist, writer and mystic
  12. Watson, Charles Vincent (1882–1930) public servant and soldier
  13. Watson, Charles Henry (1877–1962) administrator and pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church
  14. Watson, Archibald (1849–1940) professor of anatomy
  15. Watriama, William Jacob (1880–1925) soldier and patriot
  16. Watkins, David (1865–1935) miner and politician
  17. Waterworth, John Newham (1867–1949) optician
  18. Waterworth, Edith Alice (1873–1957) welfare worker
  19. Waterhouse, Walter Lawry (1887–1969) agricultural scientist
  20. Waterhouse, Gustavus Athol (1877–1950) entomologist
  21. Waterhouse, Eben Gowrie (1881–1977) linguist and camellia expert
  22. Waterhouse, Bertrand James (1876–1965) architect
  23. Warren, Hubert Ernest de Mey (1885–1934) missionary
  24. Warnes, Mary Jane (1877–1959) Country Women's Association founder
  25. Warner, William Lloyd (1898–1970) anthropologist and sociologist
  26. Wark, Blair Anderson (1894–1941) army officer and quantity surveyor
  27. Wardlaw, Alan Lindsay (1887–1938) pastoralist, soldier and parliamentarian
  28. Ward, John Frederick (1883–1954) schoolmaster
  29. Ward, Hugh Joseph (1871–1941) actor and theatrical entrepreneur
  30. Ward, Frederick William (1847–1934) journalist
  31. Ward, Frederick Furner (1872–1954) Labor Party secretary
  32. Ward, Elizabeth Jane (1842–1908) milliner and philanthropist
  33. Want, John Henry (1846–1905) barrister and politician
  34. Wanliss, Marion Boyd (1896–1984) physician
  35. Wanliss, John Newton (1861–1950) solicitor
  36. Wanliss, Harold Boyd (1891–1917) soldier and orchardist
  37. Wanliss, David Sydney (1864–1943) army officer and judge
  38. Wanliss, Cecil (1866–1933) army officer
  39. Wand, John William Charles (1885–1977) Anglican archbishop
  40. Walton, Thomas Utrick (1852–1917) industrial chemist
  41. Walters, Henry Latimer (1868–1929) public servant
  42. Walters, George Thomas (1853–1926) Unitarian minister
  43. Walter, William Ardagh Gardner (1860–1940) magistrate
  44. Walsh, Thomas (Tom) (1871–1943) seaman and trade unionist
  45. Walsh, John Joseph (1862–1926) detective
  46. Walsh, James Morgan (1897–1952) author
  47. Walsh, Henry Deane (1853–1921) engineer
  48. Walpole, Herbert Reginald Robert Seymour (1853–1928) professional organizer
  49. Wallis, William Dane (1882–1955) soldier and rural worker
  50. Wallis, Frederick Samuel (1857–1939) printer and politician
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