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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. Walker, Henry (1821–1900) industrialist
  2. Walker, James Backhouse (1841–1899) solicitor and historian
  3. Walker, Richard Cornelius Critchett (1841–1903) civil servant
  4. Walker, Robert Cooper (1833–1897) librarian
  5. Walker, Thomas (1858–1932) lecturer, journalist and politician
  6. Walker, William (1828–1908) solicitor and politician
  7. Wallace, Donald Smith (1844–1900) pastoralist, racehorse owner and parliamentarian
  8. Wallace, John Alston (1824–1901) mining entrepreneur and politician
  9. Wallen, Robert Elias (1831–1893) stockbroker and journalist
  10. Walsh, John Joseph (1819–1895) land reformer, journalist and political agitator
  11. Walsh, William Henry (1823–1888) squatter and politician
  12. Walstab, George Arthur (1834–1909) writer and journalist
  13. Want, Randolph John (1811–1869) solicitor
  14. Warburton, Peter Egerton (1813–1889) explorer
  15. Ward, Ebenezer (1837–1917) journalist and politician
  16. Ward, Sir Edward Wolstenholme (1823–1890) military engineer and deputy-master of the Royal Mint
  17. Ward, Frederick (Fred) (1835–1870) bushranger
  18. Wardell, William Wilkinson (1823–1899) architect and civil servant
  19. Wardill, Benjamin Johnston (1842–1917) cricket administrator
  20. Wardill, Richard Wilson (1835–1873) cricketer
  21. Warren, William Henry (1852–1926) engineer and educationist
  22. Waterhouse, Frederick George (1815–1898) naturalist and museum curator
  23. Waterhouse, George Marsden (1824–1906) merchant, pastoralist and politician
  24. Waterhouse, Jabez Bunting (1821–1891) Wesleyan minister
  25. Waterhouse, Joseph (1828–1881) Wesleyan minister
  26. Waterhouse, Samuel (1830–1918) Wesleyan minister
  27. Waters, Edward Ernest (1853–1881) journalist
  28. Watsford, John (1820–1907) Wesleyan minister
  29. Watson, George John (1829–1906) racing entrepreneur
  30. Watson, James (1837–1907) merchant and politician
  31. Watson, John Boyd (1828–1889) mining magnate and investor
  32. Watson, Mary Beatrice (1860–1881) heroine
  33. Watt, John Brown (1826–1897) merchant, businessman and politician
  34. Waugh, James Swanton (1822–1898) Wesleyan clergyman
  35. Wawn, William Twizell (1837–1901) mariner, cartographer, artist and author
  36. Way, Arthur Sanders (1847–1930) headmaster and translator
  37. Waylen, Alfred Robert (1833–1901) medical practitioner and vigneron
  38. Wearing, William Alfred (1816–1875) judge
  39. Wearne, Joseph (1832–1884) flour-miller and politician
  40. Wearne, Thomas (1835–1914) engineer and manufacturer
  41. Webb, Charles (1821–1898) architect
  42. Webb, Edmund (1830–1899) storekeeper and politician
  43. Webb, George Henry Frederick (1828–1891) judge
  44. Webb, James (1808–1870) builder
  45. Webb, Thomas Prout (1845–1916) lawyer
  46. Webb, William Telford (1842–1911) farmer and politician
  47. Webster, Alexander George (1830–1914) merchant
  48. Weekes, Elias Carpenter (1809–1881) ironmonger and politician
  49. Weigall, Albert Bythesea (1840–1912) schoolmaster
  50. Wekey, Sigismund (1825–1889) solicitor, pamphleteer and man of affairs
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