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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. Wallis, Alfred Russell (1888–1963) trade union official and conciliation commissioner
  2. Waller, Mervyn Napier (1893–1972) soldier, artist
  3. Wallace, Sir Robert Strachan (1882–1961) university vice-chancellor
  4. Wallace, George Stevenson (1895–1960) comedian
  5. Wallace, Arthur Cooper (Johnny) (1900–1975) footballer and barrister
  6. Wall, Dorothy (1894–1942) author and illustrator
  7. Walker, John (1855–1941) Presbyterian minister
  8. Walker, Jean Nellie Miles (1878–1918) nursing sister and army matron
  9. Walker, James Thomas (1841–1923) financier and politician
  10. Walker, James (1863–1942) builder, soldier and public official
  11. Walker, Hurtle Frank (1890–1975) champagnemaker and artilleryman
  12. Walker, Sir Harold Bridgwood (1862–1934) army officer
  13. Walker, Fred (1884–1935) merchant and industrialist
  14. Walker, Dame Eadith Campbell (1861–1937) philanthropist
  15. Walker, Allan Seymour (1887–1958) physician and medical historian
  16. Walker, Alan Cameron (1864–1931) architect and craftsman
  17. Waley, Sir Frederick George (1860–1933) colliery manager and businessman
  18. Wales, Sir Alexander George (1885–1962) businessman and politician
  19. Waldock, Arthur John (1872–1961) Baptist minister
  20. Walder, Sir Samuel Robert (1879–1946) businessman and politician
  21. Wakelin, Roland Shakespeare (1887–1971) artist
  22. Waite, William Charles Nightingale (1880–1973) soldier and auctioneer
  23. Waite, Edgar Ravenswood (1866–1928) zoologist and museum director
  24. Wainwright, William Edward (1873–1959) mining and metallurgical engineer
  25. Wainwright, John William (1880–1948) public servant
  26. Wager, Rhoda (1875–1953) jewellery designer
  27. Wadsworth, Arthur (1864–1931) librarian
  28. Wade, Robert Thompson (1884–1967) palaeichthyologist, clergyman and schoolmaster
  29. Wade, Sir Robert Blakeway (1874–1954) orthopaedic surgeon
  30. Wade, Leslie Augustus Burton (1864–1915) civil engineer
  31. Wade, John (1842–1931) cornflour manufacturer
  32. Wade, Sir Charles Gregory (1863–1922) premier and judge
  33. Wade, Benjamin Martin (1883–1958) building contractor, businessman and politician
  34. Wade, Arthur (1878–1951) geologist
  35. Waddy, Percival Stacy (1875–1937) Anglican clergyman
  36. Waddell, Thomas (1854–1940) pastoralist and premier
  37. Voss, Francis Henry Vivian (1860–1940) medical practitioner
  38. Vosper, Frederick Charles (1869–1901) journalist and politician
  39. Vonwiller, Oscar Ulrich (1882–1972) professor of physics
  40. Von Doussa, Heinrich Albert Alfred (1848–1926) horse-racing promoter and politician
  41. Voigt, Emil Robert (1883–1973) athlete, political organizer, engineer and radio-manager
  42. Vogt, George Leonard (1848–1937) journalist and editor
  43. Virgo, John James (1865–1956) administrator and evangelist
  44. Viney, Horace George (1885–1972) soldier and journalist
  45. Viner, William Samuel (1881–1933) chess-master
  46. Vincent, Roy Stanley (1892–1965) newspaper proprietor and politician
  47. Vincent, James (1895–1950) soldier and farmer
  48. Vincent, Alfred James (1874–1915) cartoonist
  49. Vigano, Mario Antonio Francesco Battista Virginio (1888–1966) restaurateur
  50. Vidler, Edward Alexander (1863–1942) publisher, journalist and author
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