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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000184b.htm person White Samuel AACR2 15 June 1835 16 November 1880 Place of Birth St Johns Wood, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Ornithologist Samuel White managed his father's property at Tatiara, South Australia from the 1850s and began collecting ornithological specimens. He led a number of expeditions in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, as well as north of Australia. On one of these expeditions he found a new blue wren, Malurus callainus.

Born London, 15 June 1835. Died Sydney, 16 November 1880. Arrived Australia 1842. Managed his father's station, Tatiara, in the south-east of South Australia during the 1850s. After his father's death in 1860 he began a series of collecting expeditions, including along the Murray River (1863, 1865); north of Lake Eyre 1863; west of Spencer Gulf 1865; Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria 1867-68; North Queensland 1871, 1878-79; Torres Straits islands 1878-79; Aru Islands, Arafura Sea 1880.

 White, Samuel Albert (1870 - 1954)

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 White, Samuel (1835-1880)

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 'White, Samuel', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology White, Samuel Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: White, Samuel (1835-1880), ornithologist Cunneen, Chris White, Samuel (1835-1880), ornithologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 390-391 Journal Article: Samuel White's Ornithological Explorations in Northern South Australia in 1863 Parker, S. A. Samuel White's Ornithological Explorations in Northern South Australia in 1863 1980 South Australian Ornithologist 28 5 113-119 Book: The Life of Samuel White White, S. A. The Life of Samuel White Adelaide W. K. Thomas 1920 Journal Article: Bird seeking in Queensland 1779 - 1922 (part 1-2) Chisholm, A. H. Bird seeking in Queensland 1779 - 1922 (part 1-2) 1922 Queensland naturalist 3 5 66-70, 93-101 Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records ML MSS 563 1860 - 1912 Correspondence and miscellaneous papers 1860-1912, containing letters dealing with natural history received from scientific colleagues, including, W.T. Denison, W. Woolls, W.B. Clarke, S. Diggles, A.W. Scott and his daughters Harriett and Helena, C. French (senior), K.H. Bennett, J. MacGillivray, G.W. Barnard, W.E. Armit, K. Broadbent, J.T. Cockerell, J. Rainbird, R. Grant, T.A. Gulliver, S. White, J.F. Wilcox, Count Castlenau [Laporte, François] and F. Mueller. 7 volumes