Person
White, George Boyle (1802 - 1876)
- Born
- 24 August 1802
Bantry, Cork, Ireland - Died
- 25 May 1876
Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Surveyor and Diarist
Summary
George White was Assistant Surveyor, New South Wales from 1827 and worked in the Hunter River district. He travelled with T. Mitchell on his expedition to the Barwon River 1831-1832. In 1838 he was promoted to Surveyor and retired in 1853.
Related entries
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- George Boyle White - Records, 1827 - 1892, ML MSS 1806X; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Saclier, M. J., 'White, George Boyle (1802-1876)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z, Bede Nairn, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), p. 387. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060416b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Dalton, L., 'Surveyor George Boyle White', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 94 (2008), 126-46. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q20987351. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/120127394. Details
- 'White, G B (1802-1876)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462010. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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