General Biographies

BATTYE, J.S. (editor)
The Cyclopedia of Western Australia.
Carlisle: Hesperian Press, 1985. Facsimile - original published Adelaide: Hussey & Gillingham, 1912-1913. 2 volumes. Also available on microfilm. [Q994.104 BAT *]
This was a subscription publication and contains articles on prominent men of the time.

BATTYE, J.S. (editor)
The history of the North West of Australia, embracing Kimberley, Gascoyne and Murchison districts with descriptive and biographical information.
Carlisle: Hesperian Press, 1985. Facsimile - original published Perth: V.K. Jones, 1915. [Q994.13 BAT *]
Brief biographies of leading men in these districts.

COLLESS, V.H.
Men of Western Australia, representative of the public, professional, ecclesiastical, commercial and sporting life of Western Australia as existant (sic) in the years 1936-1937.
Perth: V.H. Colless, 1937. Available on microfilm. [B *]
Includes brief biographies of men in public, professional, ecclesiastical, commercial and sporting life in 1936-1937, and also caricatures with photographic reproduction of face.

GERALDTON REGIONAL LIBRARY
Geraldton : 150 years, 150 lives.
Geraldton, W.A. : Geraldton Regional Library, 2001. [B/994 GER]
Provides substantial biographies of 150 prominent Geraldton citizens.

GIBBNEY, H.J. & SMITH, A.G. (compilers)
A biographical register: 1788-1939: notes from the name index of the Australian dictionary of biography.
Canberra: Australian National University, 1987. [B/994]
Brief notes on people not deemed appropriate for a full entry in the Australian dictionary of biography. Contains over 8,000 entries and is arranged alphabetically. Entries usually provide birth, death and marriage and biographical details and a bibliography (sources of verification or extra information on the subject). Some entries are Western Australians.

HUNT, Lyall (editor)
Westralian portrait .
Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, 1979. [B/994 *]
Contains substantial biographies of prominent Western Australians in the period 1829-1979.

KELLY, John (editor)
The Swan who's who [and] who's what in Western Australia, [1995-1996].
Perth, W.A : Kelly Monte Corporate Communications; Canning Vale : Swan Brewery Company, [1995]. [994.1 SWA]
Contains biographies of prominent Western Australians of the time.

KIMBERLY, W.B. (compiler)
History of West Australia: a narrative of her past together with biographies of her leading men.
Melbourne: F.W. Niven, 1897. Available on microfilm. [Q994.1 HIS *]
Contains articles on leading citizens of the time.

KNUPPE, Nicholai & VOGEL, Winifred (editors)
The who's who & who's what in WA 1997.
Quinns Rock, W.A.: V&K WA Services Pty Ltd, 1997. [994.1 WHO]
Contains brief biographies of 600 recognised personalities in Western Australia in 1997.

Leading personalities of Western Australia.
Perth: Paterson Brokensha, 1950. [QB *]
Contains brief biographies on leading citizens of the time.

MATTERS, L.W.
Australasians who count in London and who counts in Western Australia.
London: Truscott, 1913. Available on microfilm. [B *]
Brief biographies of prominent citizens.

MENNELL, P.
The dictionary of Australasian biography, comprising notes on eminent colonists from the inauguration of responsible government down to the present time, (1855-1892).
London: Hutchinson, 1892. [B/994 MEN *]
Covers prominent people of the time, including Western Australians.

PIKE, D (editor)
Australian dictionary of biography.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966 -. [B/994 *]
Vols 1-2 cover 1788-1850, vols 3-6 cover 1851-1890, vols 7-12 cover 1891-1939, vols 13-16 cover 1940-1980. They are also available online. They contain biographies of prominent Australians, including Western Australians.

RAESIDE, Jules
Golden days: being memoirs and reminiscences of the goldfields of Western Australia.
Carlisle: Hesperian Press, 1996 Facsimile – original edition 1929. [994.1 EAS*]
Includes references to people on the goldfields in the late 1890s and early 1900s.

REID, Arthur
Those were the days.
Carlisle: Hesperian Press, 1986. Facsimile - original edition 1933. [994.16 REI]
Contains biographical reminiscences of people on the Eastern Goldfields in the early days.

SACKS, Margaret A. (editor)
The WAY 79 who is who: synoptic biographies of Western Australians.
Nedlands: Crawley Publishers, 1979. [B/994 WAY]
Contains brief biographies of prominent Western Australians of the time.

SERLE, P.
Dictionary of Australian biography.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1949. [B *]
Includes biographies of distinguished Western Australians.

THIEL, P.W.H. (editor)
Twentieth century impressions of Western Australia.
Carlisle: Hesperian Press, 2000. Facsimile – original published 1901. Also available on microfilm. [Q994.1 TWE *]
Contains articles on prominent men of the time.

TRUTHFUL THOMAS
Through the spy-glass: short sketches of well-known Westralians as others see them.
Perth: Praagh & Lloyd, 1905. [B TRU*]
Short, humorous sketches on prominent Western Australian residents of the time.

Who's who in Western Australia : state of interest.
North Melbourne : Crown Content Pty. Ltd., 2008. [B/994 WHO]
Brief biographies of 4,300 Western Australian men and women across a range of endeavours. Includes quotes on what interests its most prominent individuals.

WILSON, J.G. (editor)
Western Australia's centenary, 1829-1929: first century's progress with antecedent records 1527-1828.
Perth: Historic Press, 1929. [Q994.1 WES*]
Contains contemporary biographical articles.

Those books marked with an * have been indexed into the Biographical Index.