Summary

Melbourne merchant, agent and stock broker. Established J.B. Were and Son.

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Published resources

Books

• Douglas Pike (General Editor), Australian Dictionary of Biography : 1788-1850, I-Z, vol. 2 of 16, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1967, 634 pp. Details
• Ellis, A.T. [ed.], The House of Were 1839-1954: the history of J.B. Were & Son and its founder, Jonathan Binns Were, McCarron, Bird and Co, Melbourne, Victoria, 1954, 520 pp. Details
• Were, J.B., A voyage from Plymouth to Melbourne in 1839: the shipboard and early Melbourne diary of Jonathan Binns Were, C.M.G., J.B. Were and Son, Melbourne, Victoria, 1964, 309 pp. Details
• Were, J.B. and Son, A great Australian pioneer, 1809-1885. Jonathan Binns Were, C.M.G., McCarron, Bird and Co, Melbourne, Victoria, 1961, 28 pp. Details

Book Sections

• 'Jonathan Binns Were, C.M.G., J.P.', in Leavitt, T.W.H. (ed.), Australian Representative Men. Vol 1, Biography No XXIX., Wells and Leavitt, Melbourne, Victoria, 1887. Details
• 'Jonathan Binns Were, C.M.G., J.P. [Reprint of 1887 biography]', in Leavitt, T.W.H. And Lilburn, W.D. (eds), Jubilee history of Victoria and Melbourne. Vol. 1 part 4., Wells and Leavitt, Melbourne, Victoria, 1888. Details
• 'Jonathan Binns Were.', in Colwell, J. (ed.), The story of Australia: past and present: in pen and picture. Volume 6. The Pioneers., S.J. Clarke Publishing Co, Sydney, 1925, pp. 364-366. Details