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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. Wilson, John Bowie (1820–1883) politician and free-thinker
  2. Wilson, Sir James Milne (1812–1880) politician, brewer and landowner
  3. Wilson, Edward (1813–1878) journalist and philanthropist
  4. Wilshire, James Robert (1809–1860) manufacturer and politician
  5. Wills, William John (1834–1861) explorer
  6. Wills, Thomas Wentworth (1835–1880) cricketer and footballer
  7. Willoughby, Howard (1839–1908) journalist
  8. Willis, Joseph Scaife (1808–1897) merchant and businessman
  9. Willis, Edward (1816–1895) pastoralist
  10. Williamson, James Cassius (1845–1913) actor and theatrical manager
  11. Williams, Thomas (1815–1891) Wesleyan missionary
  12. Williams, James Hartwell (1809–1881) consul and merchant
  13. Williams, Sir Hartley (1843–1929) judge
  14. Williams, Sir Edward Eyre (1813–1880) judge
  15. Wilkinson, Charles Smith (1843–1891) geologist
  16. Wilkins, William (1827–1892) teacher and civil servant
  17. Wilkie, David Elliot (1815–1885) physician
  18. Wilkes, William Charles (1816–1873) journalist and editor
  19. Wight, George (1817–1900) Congregational minister and journalist
  20. Wienholt, Edward (1833–1904) pastoralist and politician
  21. Wienholt, Arnold (1826–1895) pastoralist and politician
  22. Whyte, Patrick (1820–1893) headmaster
  23. Whyte, James (1820–1882) pastoralist, politician and civil servant
  24. Whitworth, Robert Percy (1831–1901) journalist and author
  25. Whitty, Ellen (1819–1892) Mercy Sister
  26. Whitton, John (1820–1898) engineer
  27. Whitfield, George (1808–1864) gunsmith and taxidermist
  28. Whitehead, Charles (1804–1862) novelist
  29. White, William Duckett (1807–1893) pastoralist and politician
  30. White, Samuel (1835–1880) ornithologist
  31. White, Robert Hoddle (1838–1900) bank manager and politician
  32. White, James Charles (1809–1894) pastoral superintendent
  33. White, James (1828–1890) pastoralist and racehorse owner and breeder
  34. White, George Boyle (1802–1876) surveyor and diarist
  35. White, Francis Maloney (1819–1888) architect
  36. White, Francis John (Frank) (1830–1875) pastoralist
  37. White, Charles (1845–1922) editor
  38. Whish, Claudius Buchanan (1827–1890) sugar-planter and civil servant
  39. Whinham, John (1803–1886) educationist
  40. Wheelwright, Horace William (Horatio) (1815–1865) hunter, naturalist and writer
  41. Wettenhall, Holford Highlord (1840–1920) pastoralist
  42. Westgarth, William (1815–1889) merchant, financier, politician and historian
  43. Weld, Sir Frederick Aloysius (1823–1891) governor
  44. Wekey, Sigismund (1825–1889) solicitor, pamphleteer and man of affairs
  45. Weigall, Albert Bythesea (1840–1912) schoolmaster
  46. Weekes, Elias Carpenter (1809–1881) ironmonger and politician
  47. Webster, Alexander George (1830–1914) merchant
  48. Webb, William Telford (1842–1911) farmer and politician
  49. Webb, Thomas Prout (1845–1916) lawyer
  50. Webb, James (1808–1870) builder
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