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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the second of two for the period 1788-1850 and covers names I-Z. [Read More]

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  1. Yuranigh (?–1850) Aboriginal guide
  2. Young, Adolphus William (1814–1885) merchant and sheriff
  3. Youl, John (1773–1827) Independent missionary and Anglican clergyman
  4. Wynyard, Edward Buckley (1788–1864) military officer
  5. Wyndham, George (1801–1870) farmer, wine-grower and pastoralist
  6. Wylie (?–?) Aboriginal guide
  7. Wylde, Sir John (1781–1859) deputy judge advocate
  8. Wyatt, William (1804–1886) surgeon, landowner and public servant
  9. Wyatt, Joseph (1788–1860) theatre lessee and owner
  10. Wroe, John (1782–1863) evangelist
  11. Wright, Edward (1788–1859) surgeon
  12. Wortman, Ignatz (?–?) match manufacturer and exporter
  13. Wortman, Adolphus (?–?) match manufacturer and exporter
  14. Worgan, George Bouchier (1757–1838) surgeon
  15. Woolley, Thomas (1809–1858) merchant
  16. Woods, Roger Henry (?–?) public servant
  17. Woodriff, Daniel (1756–1842) naval officer
  18. Wollstonecraft, Edward (1783–1832) merchant and landowner
  19. Wollaston, John Ramsden (1791–1856) Anglican archdeacon
  20. Wittenoom, John Burdett (1788–1855) colonial chaplain
  21. Wiseman, Solomon (1777–1838) merchant
  22. Windeyer, Richard (1806–1847) journalist, barrister and politician
  23. Windeyer, Charles (1780–1855) magistrate
  24. Windeyer, Archibald (1785–1870) landowner and pastoralist
  25. Winder, Thomas White (1789–1853) merchant and farmer
  26. Wilton, Charles Pleydell (1795–1859) Church of England chaplain
  27. Wilson, Thomas Braidwood (1792–1843) medical practitioner and settler
  28. Wilson, Thomas (1787–1863) solicitor and author
  29. Wilson, John Thomas (?–?) confidence man
  30. Wilson, John (?–1800) wild white man and explorer
  31. Wilson, Henry Croasdaile (?–?) barrack master and police magistrate
  32. Wilshire, James (1771–1840) public servant and manufacturer
  33. Willson, Robert William (1794–1866) Catholic bishop
  34. Wills, Horatio Spencer Howe (1811–1861) pastoralist and politician
  35. Willis, Richard (1777–1855) settler
  36. Willis, John Walpole (1793–1877) judge
  37. Williamson, James (1758–1826) public servant and landholder
  38. Williams, Zephaniah (1795–1874) Chartist and mine owner
  39. Williams, John (1796–1839) missionary
  40. Williams, John (1797–1872) trader, coalminer and settler
  41. Williams, Francis (1780–1831) merchant
  42. Wild, Joseph (1773–1847) bushman and constable
  43. Wickham, John Clements (1798–1864) naval officer and magistrate
  44. Whyte, Thomas (1793–1826) master mariner
  45. Whitefoord, John (1809–1892) magistrate
  46. White, John (1756–1832) naval surgeon
  47. Weston, William Pritchard (1804–1888) pastoralist
  48. Westall, William (1781–1850) landscape artist
  49. West, John (1809–1873) Congregational minister, author and newspaper editor
  50. Were, Jonathan Binns (1809–1885) stockbroker
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