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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 18

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the second of two for the period 1981-1990 and covers names L-Z. [Read More]

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  1. Zischke, Mervyn Desmond (1927–1988) apostle and leader of the Apostolic Church of Queensland
  2. Yuill, Gordon John Ford (1921–1990) judge
  3. Young, Leonard Reay (Len) (1897–1988) local history enthusiast
  4. Young, Jack Ellis (1925–1987) speedway rider
  5. Young, Sir Guilford Clyde (1916–1988) Catholic archbishop
  6. Young, Constance Louise (Connie) (1900–1987) local history enthusiast
  7. Youd, Arthur William (1891–1982) trapper
  8. Yorston, Sir (Robert) Keith (1902–1983) accountancy educator and churchman
  9. Yates, Alan Geoffrey (1923–1985) author
  10. Wyndham, Sir Harold Stanley (1903–1988) director-general of education
  11. Wylie, Wilhelmina (Mina) (1891–1984) swimmer
  12. Wrigley, Henry Neilson (1892–1987) air force officer
  13. Wright, Thomas (Tom) (1902–1981) sheet-metal worker and trade union official
  14. Wright, Sir Roy Douglas (Pansy) (1907–1990) professor of physiology and university chancellor
  15. Wright, Sir Reginald Charles (1905–1990) barrister and politician
  16. Wright, Peter Arundell (1920–1990) grazier
  17. Wright, Ernest Archibald (Peter) (1908–1985) mining magnate
  18. Wrench, Alfred (1904–1987) seaman
  19. Worthley, Boyce Wilson (1917–1987) medical physicist
  20. Worrell, Eric Arthur Frederic (1924–1987) naturalist and herpetologist
  21. Wooster, Olwen Abigail (1917–1981) air force officer and telecommunications engineer
  22. Woolley, Sir Richard Van Der Riet (1906–1986) astronomer and science administrator
  23. Woods, Macdonell Watkyn Head (Don) (1911–1981) mechanical engineer
  24. Woods, Alan John (1930–1990) public servant
  25. Woodhouse, Margaret Joan (1927–1990) bookseller
  26. Woodhill, Joan Mary (1912–1990) dietitian
  27. Woodcock, Aaron Treve (Tommy) (1905–1985) strapper and horse trainer
  28. Wood, Ross Matthew (1916–1980) film cameraman
  29. Wood, Sir Ian Jeffreys (1903–1986) physician and medical scientist
  30. Wood, Frederick Sydney (Syd) (1914–1983) film cameraman
  31. Wood, Alfred Harold (1896–1989) clergyman, headmaster and author
  32. Wolmby, Isobel (1917–1989) Indigenous culture informant
  33. Wolfsohn, Hugo Adolf (1918–1982) political scientist
  34. Withers, Mary Helen (1907–1986) community leader
  35. Wise, Frank Joseph Scott (1897–1986) agricultural adviser, premier and administrator
  36. Winneke, Sir Henry Arthur (1908–1985) chief justice and governor
  37. Winn, Osbert Mervyn (1906–1983) businessman
  38. Wing, Marie Naomi (1903–1985) medical practitioner
  39. Windsor, Henry Matthew (Harry) (1914–1987) cardiac surgeon
  40. Windeyer, Sir William John Victor (Vic) (1900–1987) soldier and judge
  41. Wilton, Sir John Gordon Noel (1910–1981) army officer
  42. Wilson, Norma Linley (1898–1990) dancing entrepreneur
  43. Wilson, Sir Keith Cameron (1900–1987) politician and solicitor
  44. Wilson, John Henry (1931–1986) stockbroker and underwriter
  45. Wilson, Enid Phyllis (1908–1988) psychologist
  46. Wilson, Austral Groves (Strella) (1894–1989) soprano
  47. Willie, Florence Amy (1922–1981) community leader
  48. Williamson, Leonard Huon (1921–1989) air force officer
  49. Williamson, Hugh Dean Thomas (1901–1985) banker and philanthropist
  50. Williams, Sir John Protheroe (1896–1989) master mariner and salvor
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