George Boyle White - Fieldbooks, ca.1827-1895

B 629 - B 649

series

1827-1828, 1839, 1842, 1846-1847, 1857-1859, 1866, 1877-1895

Textual Records, Drawings

433125

32 volumes - 0.35 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Drawings

G.B WHITE (B 629 to B 639)
8 Feb. - 29 May 1827; "Commenced the trace of the Windsor Road from the Centre of Road of the Paramatta [i.e. Parramatta] Turnpike Gate", notes and measurements. (Call No.: B 630)
17 Apr. - 19 July 1827; Surveying in the Richmond area. Description and measurement of activities including the marking of the south boundary of Windsor and Richmond common land, tracing of the Nepean Road, and measuring the area between parishes of Cordelia and Nelson. (Call No.: B 629)
Sept. 1827; "Continued trace of the Muroola [?] road from last station of ...". Measurements, notes, and sketches. (Call No.: B 631)
4 - 25 Oct. 1828; Parish of Ravenswoth. Description of landscape, measurements, and maps (Call No.: B 632)
1833-1834; Maitland Surveyors. Contains mainly measurements and diagrams. On page 2 & 3 are references to "Field Book No.1 page 36 - At Wallis" and "Field Book No.2 page 26" (Call No.: B 633-1)
1827, 1839, 1842, 1857; Measurements from the Summit of Sugar Loaf and Mount Carrow; drawings of water courses, land features, and Snapper Hole Island Point dated 26 Nov. 1857; and list of names of Grantees holding Newcastle allotments 1827. (Call No.: B 633-2)
1846-1847; Memo of rations 1847, list of provisions, measurement of acres of land near Morpeth Church and Clarence Town, lot diagrams. (Call No.: B 634)
1853; Notes, diagrams of blocks of land and properties, and measurements from common fence-lines. (Call No.: B 635)
1854; Lot numbers and [prices?], lists of supplies, measurements from fence-lines, and notes. (Call No.: B 636)
12 - 16 Apr. 1858; Loder's Estate - Mr G. Loder. Price of land in the parish of Wittingham (near Earls) and several diagrams with measurements, including "Tracing Hunter River" [3 maps], "Homestead sketch", "Mitchell Road Tracing [6 maps], Loder's Ridge and Creek [6 maps]. (Call No.: B 637)
1859; Maitland. Notes relating to measurements and fence-lines, and diagrams of properties, geographical features, and Mr Scott's drain section from River Paterson. (Call No.: B 638)
1866; Diagrams of properties and description of huts and cattle encountered, notes on Brisbane Field, and the survey of Long Point. (Call No.: B 639)
ITEMS OF UNKNOWN PROVENANCE (B 640 to B 649)
1877-1879; Survey of land near River Wallondilly (Parish of Lechnet) and areas in the County of Camden, with maps and dates. (Call No.: B 640)
1877-1878, 1880, 1882; Survey of land in Parishes of Fingal and Wallerobba, County of Durham, with maps and dates. (Call No.: B 641)
June 1878 - Feb. 1879; Survey of land in Counties of Durham and Gloucester, with maps and dates. (Call No.: B 642)
Nov.- Dec. 1878, 1879-1880; Survey of land in Counties of Durham (Parishes of Dungong and Holywell) and Gloucester, with maps and dates. Includes looseleaf plan of Dungong. (Call No.: B 643)
1881-1884; Survey of land in Counties of Durham and Gloucester, with maps, names, measurements, and dates (Call No.: B 644)
1853-1854, 1864-1865, 1876, 1880-1882; This volume contains material written by G.B. White [in black ink] and another author.
G.B. White: Calculations of ... allotments, notes, table of farms of the Millers Forest as subdivided - descriptions who given to &c., survey of the Albion farm, and River Hunter.
Unknown Hand: Observations for determining the latitude and observations to ascertain the true Meridian, survey of schools at Oakendale and Gresford, survey of points near Double Bay and South Head Road, trace of Darling Point Road. (Call No.: B 645)
1884; Survey measurements, mathematical equations, and diagrams of Williams River, W. Longbottom and Jacob Walz's portions of land, and Kellner's line. (Call No.: B 649)
1884-1885, 1887; Survey of land in Counties of Durham and Gloucester, with maps, dates, and index. (Call No.: B 646)
1887-1890, 1892-1895; Survey of land in Counties of Durham and Gloucester. (Call No.: B 647)
n.d.; General notes on surveying property near the Bismark line. (Call No.: B 648)

As George Boyle White died in 1876, he cannot be the author of fieldbooks B 640 to B 649, which fall after this date. These volumes are written in an unknown hand.
Some fieldbooks are written in "Henry Penny's Metallic Memorandum Books".
"G.B. White" signature appears on reverse of front cover or front endpapers of B 634.
B 630, B 631, B 633-2, B 635, B 638, B 639 are reversible as they have been used from front to back.
Initials "G.B.W." appears inside front cover of B 631 and B 638.
B 631 has watermark, "Gilling / & / Allford / 1823"
B 632 and B 637 are not in hardback format.
B 633-1 was rebound in Sept. 1936 and comprises notes on blue and off-white paper. A "Mitchell Library" bookplate has been placed inside the front cover.
B 634 is numbered "No.18".
"Fieldbook G.B. White 1866" on front endpaper of B 639.
B 639 bears and inscription in a different hand, "Maitland / Dec 1B [?] 90 / N.S.W. / December / 12/12/90 / West Maitland / N.S.W."
On the front cover of B 645 in ink is "1853". This volume contains entries of a wide date range (1853-1882) in both pencil and ink. It appears to have been originally used by G.B. White, consistent with the year markings that appear on G.B. White's diaries, but re-used by an unknown person at a later date.

This collection was listed as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.

Embossed on the cover of B 646, "Fieldbook. / D / Surveyor General's Department. / Sydney."