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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the fourth of four for the period 1851-1890 and covers names R-Z. [Read More]

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  1. Weld, Sir Frederick Aloysius (1823–1891) governor
  2. Westgarth, William (1815–1889) merchant, financier, politician and historian
  3. Wettenhall, Holford Highlord (1840–1920) pastoralist
  4. Wheelwright, Horace William (Horatio) (1815–1865) hunter, naturalist and writer
  5. Whinham, John (1803–1886) educationist
  6. Whish, Claudius Buchanan (1827–1890) sugar-planter and civil servant
  7. White, Charles (1845–1922) editor
  8. White, Francis John (Frank) (1830–1875) pastoralist
  9. White, Francis Maloney (1819–1888) architect
  10. White, George Boyle (1802–1876) surveyor and diarist
  11. White, James (1828–1890) pastoralist and racehorse owner and breeder
  12. White, James Charles (1809–1894) pastoral superintendent
  13. White, Robert Hoddle (1838–1900) bank manager and politician
  14. White, Samuel (1835–1880) ornithologist
  15. White, William Duckett (1807–1893) pastoralist and politician
  16. Whitehead, Charles (1804–1862) novelist
  17. Whitfield, George (1808–1864) gunsmith and taxidermist
  18. Whitton, John (1820–1898) engineer
  19. Whitty, Ellen (1819–1892) Mercy Sister
  20. Whitworth, Robert Percy (1831–1901) journalist and author
  21. Whyte, James (1820–1882) pastoralist, politician and civil servant
  22. Whyte, Patrick (1820–1893) headmaster
  23. Wienholt, Arnold (1826–1895) pastoralist and politician
  24. Wienholt, Edward (1833–1904) pastoralist and politician
  25. Wight, George (1817–1900) Congregational minister and journalist
  26. Wilkes, William Charles (1816–1873) journalist and editor
  27. Wilkie, David Elliot (1815–1885) physician
  28. Wilkins, William (1827–1892) teacher and civil servant
  29. Wilkinson, Charles Smith (1843–1891) geologist
  30. Williams, Sir Edward Eyre (1813–1880) judge
  31. Williams, Sir Hartley (1843–1929) judge
  32. Williams, James Hartwell (1809–1881) consul and merchant
  33. Williams, Thomas (1815–1891) Wesleyan missionary
  34. Williamson, James Cassius (1845–1913) actor and theatrical manager
  35. Willis, Edward (1816–1895) pastoralist
  36. Willis, Joseph Scaife (1808–1897) merchant and businessman
  37. Willoughby, Howard (1839–1908) journalist
  38. Wills, Thomas Wentworth (1835–1880) cricketer and footballer
  39. Wills, William John (1834–1861) explorer
  40. Wilshire, James Robert (1809–1860) manufacturer and politician
  41. Wilson, Edward (1813–1878) journalist and philanthropist
  42. Wilson, Sir James Milne (1812–1880) politician, brewer and landowner
  43. Wilson, John Bowie (1820–1883) politician and free-thinker
  44. Wilson, John Bracebridge (1828–1895) headmaster and naturalist
  45. Wilson, Sir Samuel (1832–1895) pastoralist and politician
  46. Wilson, William Parkinson (1826–1874) professor of mathematics
  47. Windeyer, Sir William Charles (1834–1897) politician and judge
  48. Windich, Tommy (1840–1876) Aboriginal tracker and explorer
  49. Windsor, Arthur Lloyd (1833–1913) journalist
  50. Winter, James (1834–1885) pastoralist
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