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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the fourth of four for the period 1940-1980 and covers names Pik-Z. [Read More]

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  1. Vallis, Robert Eliah (1887–1954) naturalist
  2. Van de Velde, Henri (1878–1947) merchant and felt manufacturer
  3. van Otterloo, Jan William (1907–1978) orchestra conductor
  4. Vanthoff, Percival Evert Russell (1894–1967) public servant
  5. Vanzetti, Francesco Cesare Luigi Stefano (1878–1967) public servant and university lecturer
  6. Varley, Arthur Leslie (1893–1944) army officer and stock-and-station agent
  7. Varley, Gwendoline (1896–1975) sports organizer and broadcaster
  8. Vasey, George Alan (1895–1945) army officer
  9. Vasey, Jessie Mary (1897–1966) founder of the War Widows' Guild of Australia
  10. Vassilieff, Danila Ivanovich (Daniel) (1897–1958) painter and sculptor
  11. Vaughan, Hubert (1888–1976) insurance manager and actuary
  12. Veale, William Charles (1895–1971) soldier, engineer and town clerk
  13. Veitch, Robert (1890–1972) entomologist
  14. Venning, Frank Osmond (1876–1968) organizer of lifesaving
  15. Verco, David James Armour (1913–1972) educationist
  16. Vernon, Barbara Mary (1916–1978) playwright
  17. Vial, Leigh Grant (1909–1943) patrol officer and coastwatcher
  18. Vickers, Patrick John (1935–1968) naval officer
  19. Vickery, Ebenezer Frank (1880–1970) solicitor and philanthropist
  20. Vickery, Joyce Winifred (1908–1979) botanist and conservationist
  21. Voss, Harriette Martha (1887–1951) medical practitioner and community worker
  22. Vroland, Anna Fellowes (1902–1978) schoolteacher and human-rights advocate
  23. Vroland, Anton William Rutherford (1874–1957) educationist
  24. Wade, Harrie Walter (1905–1964) farmer and politician
  25. Wadham, Sir Samuel Macmahon (1891–1972) professor of agriculture
  26. Wagner, Charles Arthur (1916–1943) army officer
  27. Wagstaff, Ernest Edward (1870–1965) petroleum executive
  28. Wakefield, Norman Arthur (1918–1972) naturalist
  29. Wakehurst, Margaret Loder (1899–1994) charity worker
  30. Wakehurst, second Baron (1895–1970) governor
  31. Waldock, Arthur John Alfred (1898–1950) professor of English
  32. Walker, Bertha May (1912–1975) labour activist
  33. Walker, Clifton Reginald (1905–1976) Communist Party official
  34. Walker, Theodore Gordon (1900–1971) army officer and businessman
  35. Walker, William Alexander George (1889–1969) orchardist and nurseryman
  36. Walkley, Sir William Gaston (1896–1976) businessman
  37. Walkom, Arthur Bache (1889–1976) palaeobotanist and museum director
  38. Wallace, George Leonard (1918–1968) comedian
  39. Wallace, Victor Hugo (1893–1977) medical practitioner, eugenicist and sexologist
  40. Waller, Christian Marjory (1894–1954) artist
  41. Waller, Hector Macdonald (Hec) (1900–1942) naval officer
  42. Walling, Edna Margaret (1895–1973) garden designer
  43. Wallis, Joseph John (1888–1952) boxing referee
  44. Wallwork, William John (1903–1971) magistrate
  45. Walsh, Agnes Marion McLean (1884–1967) hospital matron
  46. Walsh, Sir Cyril Ambrose (1909–1973) judge
  47. Walsh, Edward Joseph (Ted) (1894–1976) cane-farmer and politician
  48. Walsh, Francis Henry (1897–1968) stonemason and premier
  49. Walsh, Herbert Fitzgerald (1905–1972) solicitor and company director
  50. Walters, Allan Leslie (1905–1968) air force officer
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