Alfred Becher Stewart White Family papers, ca. 1865-1953

MLMSS 8402

fonds

ca. 1865-1953

971165

0.17 metres of textual material (1 box)

Alfred Becher Stewart White ran the A.B.S. & Co. stockbroking firm in Sydney. He was the grandson of James Charles White who came to Australia in 1830 and became a pastoral superintendant for the Australian Agricultural Company at Port Stephens and later a magistrate at Bathurst in New South Wales and Warwick in Queensland. James Charles White also managed stations in Queensland and Northern New South Wales. James and his first wife Sarah Hoddle had 3 sons, the eldest, born in 1838 was Robert Hoddle Dreiberg White who married Eliza Jane Cowper, daughter of Rev. William Cowper, and they had four children.

R. H. D. White became the member for the seat of Gloucester from 1882-1887 and a member of the N.S.W. Legislative Council from 1888 until his death in 1900. He
purchased the property Tahlee (former headquarters of the Australian Agricultural Company in Port Stephens) in about 1882 and developed it and after the death of his wife Eliza Jane, in 1928, it was passed to their son, Alfred Becher Stewart White who used Tahlee as a holiday house. He sold it to the Tahlee Bible College in 1959. Alfred White was also the trustee for the estate of his sister, Lady Eliza Jane Cullen.

This collection of papers includes

Item 1
James White’s diary of his voyage from London to Brisbane on the ship Light Brigade which includes a detailed listing of the costs of the voyage and weather, 1870-1871.

Item 2
James Charles White's accounts ledger for pastoral stations at various locations in northern New South Wales and Queensland such as Tabulam, Warwick, Acacia Creek, Tooloom and Woodenbong. Includes payments to various station employees and lists of horse brands, 1883-1884

Item 3
Diary describing farming activities, property maintenance and associated expenses at Tahlee, Port Stephens, 1923-1924

Item 4
Papers relating to Tahlee as well as other properties owned by the White family. Includes three inventories of furniture and household contents at Tahlee, one of which includes a listing of artworks by artists such as Sydney Long and Lionel Lindsay, ca. 1882-1920s; Correspondence of Eliza Jane White with the Australian Agricultural Company and others regarding Tahlee and other property, 1898-1910; Permits and leases as well as correspondence and maps of oyster leases at Port Stephens owned by the White Family, 1901-1952; Correspondence of Alfred Becher Stewart White regarding the erection of new telephone poles on Tahlee, 1935-1940; rate notices for property owned at Carrington, 1945-1953.

Item 5
Letter, probably from Thomas John Griffin, Police Magistrate at Clermont, Queensland to Oscar de Satge regarding de Satge's upcoming visit to Griffin, c. 1865. Accompanied by envelope addresed to R. H. D. White from Oscar de Satye

Item 6
Papers and correspondence pertaining to Lady Eliza Jane Cullin's marriage settlement, shares and real estate including the sale of lots on the Tregoyd Estate at Mosman, ca. 1924-1935

Item 7
Matilda Cowper's will and documents relating to the execution of the will,
and death certficate and will of Eliza Jane White (nee Cowper), 1925-1938

Item 8
Tax receipts, shares owned by A. B. S. White and other miscellanous papers, ca. 1940s-1950s.

Copyright status:: In copyright. This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy copyright holder