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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. Webb, George Henry Frederick (1828–1891) judge
  2. Webb, Edmund (1830–1899) storekeeper and politician
  3. Webb, Charles (1821–1898) architect
  4. Wearne, Thomas (1835–1914) engineer and manufacturer
  5. Wearne, Joseph (1832–1884) flour-miller and politician
  6. Wearing, William Alfred (1816–1875) judge
  7. Waylen, Alfred Robert (1833–1901) medical practitioner and vigneron
  8. Way, Arthur Sanders (1847–1930) headmaster and translator
  9. Wawn, William Twizell (1837–1901) mariner, cartographer, artist and author
  10. Waugh, James Swanton (1822–1898) Wesleyan clergyman
  11. Watt, John Brown (1826–1897) merchant, businessman and politician
  12. Watson, Mary Beatrice (1860–1881) heroine
  13. Watson, John Boyd (1828–1889) mining magnate and investor
  14. Watson, James (1837–1907) merchant and politician
  15. Watson, George John (1829–1906) racing entrepreneur
  16. Watsford, John (1820–1907) Wesleyan minister
  17. Waters, Edward Ernest (1853–1881) journalist
  18. Waterhouse, Samuel (1830–1918) Wesleyan minister
  19. Waterhouse, Joseph (1828–1881) Wesleyan minister
  20. Waterhouse, Jabez Bunting (1821–1891) Wesleyan minister
  21. Waterhouse, George Marsden (1824–1906) merchant, pastoralist and politician
  22. Waterhouse, Frederick George (1815–1898) naturalist and museum curator
  23. Warren, William Henry (1852–1926) engineer and educationist
  24. Wardill, Richard Wilson (1835–1873) cricketer
  25. Wardill, Benjamin Johnston (1842–1917) cricket administrator
  26. Wardell, William Wilkinson (1823–1899) architect and civil servant
  27. Ward, Frederick (Fred) (1835–1870) bushranger
  28. Ward, Sir Edward Wolstenholme (1823–1890) military engineer and deputy-master of the Royal Mint
  29. Ward, Ebenezer (1837–1917) journalist and politician
  30. Warburton, Peter Egerton (1813–1889) explorer
  31. Want, Randolph John (1811–1869) solicitor
  32. Walstab, George Arthur (1834–1909) writer and journalist
  33. Walsh, William Henry (1823–1888) squatter and politician
  34. Walsh, John Joseph (1819–1895) land reformer, journalist and political agitator
  35. Wallen, Robert Elias (1831–1893) stockbroker and journalist
  36. Wallace, John Alston (1824–1901) mining entrepreneur and politician
  37. Wallace, Donald Smith (1844–1900) pastoralist, racehorse owner and parliamentarian
  38. Walker, William (1828–1908) solicitor and politician
  39. Walker, Thomas (1858–1932) lecturer, journalist and politician
  40. Walker, Robert Cooper (1833–1897) librarian
  41. Walker, Richard Cornelius Critchett (1841–1903) civil servant
  42. Walker, James Backhouse (1841–1899) solicitor and historian
  43. Walker, Henry (1821–1900) industrialist
  44. Walker, Frederick (1820–1866) pastoral superintendent, police officer and squatter
  45. Walch, Garnet (1843–1913) author and dramatist
  46. Walch, Charles Edward (1830–1915) bookseller and lay preacher
  47. Waite, Peter (1834–1922) pastoralist and benefactor
  48. Waite, James Clarke (1832–1920) artist
  49. Vosz, Heinrich Ludwig (1812–1886) hardware merchant and paint manufacturer
  50. Vogel, Sir Julius (1835–1899) journalist and premier
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