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toria, *. d. of the late William Henry Gaunt, County Court Judge Victoria from 1889 to 1905, and ed. at Grenville College, Bal- larat, and Melbourne Univeraity (where the was the first woman atadent). Author of Dave's SteeetAearf, r*e Moe*** Wv», JTsrcAam's F6kf , Deadsusw, and fooU Bneh In, and part author of The Arm of the Leopard, m. Huhert Lindsay Miller, M.D. of Warnambool, Tic, who died in Oct 1900. Recreation*— Bridge, reading, and travel. Addrw—hyceam Club, 128 Piccadilly, London.

Gellantly, Francis Mephan, Financial 'Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald since March 1906; b. at Ballarat, Victoria, No- ▼ember 80, 1872, a. of Jamea and Christian Gellatly, and ed. at The King'a School, Par- rammtta. s». 1899 Asnes Mary Jones; two children. ^ddreet-^Glaremont, Winalow Avenue, North Sydney. N.8.W.

UOBOM, William Jfcmaw, Oommintioner of Railways Weatern Auatralia from 1902 to 1907; o. Weat Bromwich, Staffordebire, Hue;., Jan. 26, 1858, *. of Henry Willington George, ed, priv. ach. and by hia father. Was for about ten years in railway and public worka construction in Vic, Tae., and W.A.. and eight years as an engineer at Perth. M.L.A. of W.A. for Murray 1895-1902, Perth City Councillor 1894-8, Chairman or member of numerous Parity, and municipal Oomtes. and on Royal Commission on the Railway Berries 1895 ; Chairman of Campaign Oomte. m connection with the National League against federation.

OBnVAXBTOY, Bishop of; see Kelly, Rt. Rev. William Bernard.

OXBBBS, Mr Bdwnrd Osborne, 8rd Bart ; b. 1850, «. a. of the late Sir Samuel Osborne-Gfbbes, 2nd Bart., and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1874. He is Secretary of the Education Department at Wellington, at. 1879 Sara, d. of CapL John Mitchell of New Zealand MIHtia; heir son, Philip Arthur, b. 1884. Addreee— 18 Bidwell St, Wellington, NJB.

CHTJOraY, Bt. Iff. Mfcttnow,D.D., Bishop of Perth (Roman Oath.) since Jan. 1887; 5. Go. Gevan, Ireland. Ordained priest All Hallows' Coll. Dublin, June 14, 1863. Ar- rived in Aust 1868. Residence— The Palace, Victoria Square, Perth.

OXBftOV, Vlw4e*tek WIIMSJB, District. Court Judge New South Wales (North-Wee- tern District).

«MOV, John tfnalf old, Under Sserstarr in the Chief Secretary's Department New South Wales; 5. Dublin, Ireland, September 14, 1848, a. of the Ute William Frederick Gibson, Royal Mint, Sydney, ad. at Oowler School near Oxford, and arrived in Australia- in 1868. He was appointed to hia present office on June 14, 1908, and ia a Trustee- of the Public Library of New South Wales, a member of the Stores, Supply, and Tender Board, and holds other important posticus. m. 1874 Mias Capper of West Maitland. Ad- dreee— Obi* Secretary's Department, Mac- quarie St., Sydney.

IU, Thomas, I.8.O., Under Treasurer of South Australia since May 1, 1894, Comp- troller of Imperial Pensions, Treasury Officer of Oomwlth. in S.A., Public Debt Commis- sioner, Executive Officer of Public Service Su- perannuation Fund Bd.; b. Glen Osmond, 8.A., Feb. 28, 1849, a. of late Thomas GUI. ed. public and priv. schs. Entered civil ser*- vice in 1865, and served in Depts. of Volun- teer Military Force, Destitute Bd., Audit, Treasury, and Agent-General London ; on return from Eng. re-entered Audit office 1881 and Treasury 1888; Hon. Trees. S.A. branch of Royal Geog.Soc of A'sla since July 188$, Governor of Public Library, ftc., since Dec. 1896. Author of Bibliography of South Aus- tralia (1886), and Bibliography of N.T. (1902). Has a library of Austn. publications including many old and historic books. De- corated 1908. m. 1876, Louisa Jane, d. of John Bristow, Port Wakefield. Addree*— Willalar, Glen Osmond.

OXUEV, Frauds Jamas, ethnologist; b. near Adelaide, Oct 28, 1866, e. a. of Thomas Gillen. He entered the public service of South Auatralia in 1867, was stationed in Central Australia aa post and telecrraph mas- ter for over 20 yean, and travelled exten- sively in the interior, and obtained personal | knowledge of the native tribes. He is sn authority on the traditions, manners, and customs of tiie aborigines, and was President of the Ethnological and Anthropological sec- tion of the A. Asan. Advt. Science at Mel- bourne in 1900. Author (with Professor W. Baldwin Spencer, C.M.G., q.v.) of The Native Tribes of Central Australia, and The Northern Tribes of Central Australia, and in