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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. Zox, Ephraim Laman (1837–1899) financier and politician
  2. Zouch, Henry (1811–1883) soldier, pastoralist, gold commissioner and superintendent of police
  3. Zelman, Alberto (1832–1907) musician
  4. Yuille, William Cross (1819–1894) pastoralist
  5. Younger, Montague Thomas (1836–1899) church musician
  6. Young, Robert (1796–1865) Wesleyan minister
  7. Young, John Lorenzo (1826–1881) engineer and schoolmaster
  8. Young, John (1827–1907) building contractor
  9. Young, Sir John (1807–1876) governor
  10. Young, James Henry (1834–1908) businessman and politician
  11. Young, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803–1870) colonial administrator
  12. Young, Edmund Mackenzie (Edmond) (1838–1897) financier
  13. Young, Charles Frederick (1819–1874) comedian
  14. Youl, Richard (1821–1897) medical practitioner and coroner
  15. Youl, Sir James Arndell (1811–1904) pastoralist
  16. Yelverton, Henry John (1854–1906) mill-manager and politician
  17. Yelverton, Henry (1821–1880) timber merchant
  18. Yabsley, William (1812–1880) shipwright, ship-owner and pastoralist
  19. Wyselaskie, John Dickson (1818–1883) pastoralist and philanthropist
  20. Wrixon, Sir Henry John (1839–1913) barrister and politician
  21. Wright, William Henry (1816–1877) gold commissioner and public servant
  22. Wright, John James (1821–1904) storekeeper
  23. Wright, Horatio George Anthony (1827–1901) medical practitioner
  24. Wright, Francis Augustus (1835–1903) carrier and politician
  25. Wrenfordsley, Sir Henry Thomas (1825–1908) judge
  26. Worsnop, Thomas (1821–1898) town clerk and author
  27. Woore, Thomas (1804–1878) naval officer, surveyor and pastoralist
  28. Woolner, Thomas (1825–1892) sculptor and poet
  29. Woolls, William (1814–1893) Church of England clergyman, schoolmaster and botanist
  30. Woolley, John (1816–1866) professor and clergyman
  31. Woods, John (1822–1892) engineer, politician and inventor
  32. Wood, John Dennistoun (1829–1914) barrister and politician
  33. Wood, Harrie (1831–1917) miner and civil servant
  34. Wolseley, Frederick York (1837–1899) inventor
  35. Withnell, Emma Mary (1842–1928) pioneer
  36. Withers, William Bramwell (1823–1913) journalist and historian
  37. Wise, George Foster (1814–1897) immigration agent
  38. Wise, Edward (1818–1865) politician and judge
  39. Wisdom, Sir Robert (1830–1888) barrister and politician
  40. Winter-Irving, William Irving (1840–1901) pastoralist
  41. Winter, Samuel Vincent (1843–1904) journalist
  42. Winter, Samuel Pratt (1816–1878) pastoralist
  43. Winter, Joseph (1844–1915) journalist
  44. Winter, James (1834–1885) pastoralist
  45. Windsor, Arthur Lloyd (1833–1913) journalist
  46. Windich, Tommy (1840–1876) Aboriginal tracker and explorer
  47. Windeyer, Sir William Charles (1834–1897) politician and judge
  48. Wilson, William Parkinson (1826–1874) professor of mathematics
  49. Wilson, Sir Samuel (1832–1895) pastoralist and politician
  50. Wilson, John Bracebridge (1828–1895) headmaster and naturalist
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