White family : SUMMARY RECORD [PRG 335] • Mixed material
Building in Durban
A large, two storey building in Durban. Photograph by J. Wallace Bradley, Durban, Natal.
Snow covered landscape in South Africa
Papers of the White family, particularly those of John White, his son Samuel White, and grandson Samuel Albert White, comprising personal and business papers, photographs, printed material and other papers relating to the particular areas of interest and/or expertise of the family members.
Snow covered streetscape in South Africa
Snow covered streetscape in South Africa, with a number of stone buildings, including a church, visible.
Snow covered streetscape in South Africa
Looking down a narrow pathway in an unidentified South African town. Stone walls line the pathway with the snow starting to melt.
J.F. Baartman's store
A group of men posed outside J.F. Baartman's retail store at an unidentified location in South Africa. Large bales and sacks of goods are piled in the street.
Snow covered landscape in South Africa
Papers of the White family, particularly those of John White, his son Samuel White, and grandson Samuel Albert White, comprising personal and business papers, photographs, printed material and other papers relating to the particular areas of interest and/or expertise of the family members.
Group of soldiers
Group of seven men in a variety of military uniforms, location unknown.
Boer officers at Trichinopoly
A group of six men in casual attire relaxing in front of a woven wall, together with three men in Indian dress.
Gideon Botha
Studio portrait of a man by J.J.D. de Graaf, Zwolle Stationsplein. See PRG 335/60/72V for the inscription on the back.
S.A. White on his horse
Portrait of S.A. (Bert) White, wearing his army uniform and seated on his horse.
S.A. White
Portrait of S.A. (Bert) White, wearing his army uniform. Photo by Hammer & Co., Adelaide.
S.A. White
Portrait of S.A. (Bert) White, wearing a uniform. The pencilled annotation on the reverse reads 'Scout Patrols / Captain S.A. White who has been appointed State Commissioner / 540'. Photograph by J.C. de Souza, Zanzibar.
S.A. White
Portrait of S.A. (Bert) White, wearing his army uniform.
S.A. White
Portrait of S.A. (Bert) White, wearing his army uniform. The inscription reads 'Your loving ex pupil S A White Lieut I.B.C. Boer War, 1899-00-01'. Photo by Hammer & Co., Adelaide.
S.A. White
Portrait of S.A. (Bert) White, wearing his army uniform. The inscription reads 'S A White Lieut I.B.C. 30/4/00'. Photo by Fruhling Studio, Adelaide.
S.A. White
Portrait of S.A. (Bert) White, wearing his army uniform. The inscription reads 'Yours very sincerely S.A.White Lieut I.B.C. Boer War 1899-00-01'. Photo by Hammer & Co., Adelaide.
S.A. White's army uniform
Captain S.A. White's army uniform comprising jacket, pants and belt, made in navy wool by 'Cleghorn and Harris, High Class Tailors, Cape Town'. The jacket has brass buttons and two matching badges pinned to the lapels. Also included are a collection of buttons and badges from uniforms, including 6 mounted on khaki wool epaulettes and two bars. The uniform was worn whilst a member of the Imperial Bushmen's contingent in South Africa. Also two silk handkerchiefs with 'S.A. White 010' inked in the corner.
Photographs taken by S.A. White, and others, of birds and during collecting expeditions
Photographs (loose) taken by S.A. White on various bird collecting expeditions and excusions. Also includes an album of the R.A.O.U. trip to Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Also includes photographs of a trip to Tasmania, purpose and date unknown. See 'items' fields for further detail.
Ornithological publications and related photographs
Three publications collected by S.A. White relating to his interest in ornithology: an offprint article by White, 'An Expedition to the Musgrave and Everard Ranges', published in 'The Emu' [Vol XIV, part 4, 1 April 1915]; 'Expedition to the Islands of Bass Strait by the Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1908'; and No. 9 Piccadilly Notes 'Contain Descriptions of nearly 2000 Original Drawings for Gould's Birds, etc, with 32 plates' [1934]. Also includes an article by S.A. White in 'The South Australian Motor'.
Newspaper cuttings relating to S.A. White's interest in ornithology
A collection of newspaper cuttings relating to S.A. White's interest in ornithology, and White's expeditions in search of new specimens.
Photographs from the AOU expedition
Photographs taken by S.A. White during the Australian Ornithologists' Union's expedition to 'Eyre's Peninsula, October 1909'. The expedition is documented in a booklet published by White in 1910 under the title 'Ornithologists at Warunda Creek' which features many photographs of the expedition; the photographs in this series are additional to those in the book. Also includes photographs of the Field Naturalist Society outing to Mount Lofty and others at a social gathering on a tennis court.
Records relating to the River Torrens
Correspondence, a collection of photographs and newspaper and magazine cuttings relating to the 1909 flood at Fulham, together with a 1981 newspaper cutting about a flood warning system for the Torrens River and other cuttings.
Photographs collected by S.A. White
Photographs collected by S.A. White. They document family gatherings, White and other family properties, activities S.A. White was engaged in, and events happening around him. Photographs 6-16 were taken by S.A. White; a note on the envelope containing images 6-11 reads 'A man who was market gardening on paddock on west of Tapleys Hill Road. The Torrens Channel was cut through this land - S.A. White property', [in another hand] 'I think his name was Gaskin M.B.W'. Images 12-16 are of Breakout Creek - S.A. White was responsible for the 'management of seeing work carried out on old Breakout Creek before channel was cut to the Gulf. The foreman was a man named Stone'. Also documented is the fact that a Royal Doulton coffee set was presented to S.A. White on 1-12-32 by the Torrens Floodwaters Relief Committee by Mr T.H. Powell, Mr E.A. Lasscock secretary for his management of seeing work carried out on old Breakout Creek.
Photographs & correspondence relating to Sir Tom Bridges' trip to Kangaroo Island
Papers relating to the planning and execution of the Kangaroo Island trip (1919-1923) with the Governor Sir Tom Bridges, comprising letters received by S.A. White (from V.H.F. Cook, R.W. Chapman and Charles Anderson, all of Kingscote), an ink sketch by Sir Tom Bridges of S.A. White and Bill Chapman titled 'The Guides disagree', and photographs taken by S.A. White during the trip around Kangaroo Island. The envelope containing the prints carries a note which reads 'K.I. Trip with Sir Tom Bridges - round the Island by [Dort] car'.
Photographs from S.A. White's time as State Commissioner for Boy Scouts
A selection of photographs, both formal and informal, taken of scouting activities in South Australia during S.A. White's time as State Commissioner for Boy Scouts. See 'contents' for further detail. [Photographs 1- 22 are mostly by S.A. White, and of scout camps at Fulham.]
Photographs of the Royal visit
Photographs and papers relating to the Duke and Duchess of York's visit to Adelaide and their attendance at a Scout rally. Some of the photographs were taken by R.E. Collett. Papers consist of Program for the review by HRH The Duke of York at Canberra, ticket to the 'official enclosure, saluting base' for the 'consecration and presentation of regimental colours to the 10th, 27th, 43rd, 48th and 50th Battalions' on Monday 25th April 1927, page from 'The Register', Monday 2 May 1927, with an account of the 'Scouts' great welcome' and 'Girl Guides honoured' on one side, and photographs of the event on the other. Also [From a Scout magazine] a photograph of 'Their Majesties the King and Queen. Taken in Adelaide during their visit as the Duke and Duchess of York', invitation from the Australian Government to Captain S.A. White, Chief Commissioner of Boy Scouts in SA, to attend the 'ceremonies connected with the Establishement of the Seat of Government at Canberra, 9 May 1927'. See 'contents' for details of photographs.
Miscellaneous administrative Scouting papers
Miscellaneous administrative papers relating to S.A. White's involvement in the Scouting movement, comprising roneoed circulars, various lists, 'The Law of the Scouts and Guides ..', telegrams, reports on activities and events, correspondence, recommendations of the Executive Committee, annual reports, papers relating to the visit of Lord & Lady Baden-Powell, letter from Baden-Powell to the Governor (handwritten & roneoed), Mafeking souvenirs sent to the Scouts at the time of Baden-Powell's visit (ribbon printed with the words 'Mafeking relieved, May 16, 1900. Bravo, Baden-Powell!; handkerchief printed with portraits captioned 'Lord Roberts of Candahar'; 'Colonel Baden-Powell the hero of Mafeking'; 'Major General Hunter'; 'Lord Kitchener, Chief of Staff'; and 'Major General French' as well as the words 'Mafeking, where Baden=Powell [sic] Defended & Defied'), and 1931 census return (from London).
Miscellaneous items relating to Scouting
Miscellaneous items with a scouting connection: 3 handwritten reports by scouts of a bike ride (by P.L. Hemer, Albert Dickinson and D. Bonney); message instructing S.A. White to be present at Government House (20/1/1927); handwritten menu card with signatures; notes 'Ceremonial for evening, December 5th, 1925'; letter to S.A. White from the Australian Federal Council of the Boy Scouts Association commending the Australian contingent on their behaviour at the World Jamboree, together with copy of letter from Baden-Powell and a booklet, 1929; post card of 'RMS Narkunda' from W. Sowden; address to S.A. White from the Port Adelaide "D" District Local Association, 14 June 1931 [OUTSIZE 6]; sample sock flashes [originals withdrawn]; and 2 photographic copies of posters promoting a 'Boy Scouts Concert Party' and Boy Scouts generally.
Photographs and papers relating to 'Weetunga'
Photographs and papers collected by the family over a period of time relating to the family home 'Weetunga' at Fulham, and the surrounding area. They include photographs of the house, the barn and garden, a large tree which fell on the property, a hand drawn map of the property (nd), an article 'Witoinga - Swamp to City : the history of Henley & Grange' by Lawrence Dalziel (ca.1975), and a number of newspaper and magazine articles on 'Weetunga' (1928-1989) and one newspaper cutting about 'Holmfirth' (1929). Information for photographs 21-24 was provided by Mrs. M. White.
Photographs taken as part of excursion to Moolooloo Station
Photographs taken on the property owned by the Lindo family, known as Moolooloo Station, which Captain S.A. White visited during an excursion in October 1915.