Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1850-2016 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
7 boxes, 6 albums, 3 parcels
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Dr Michael White OAM QC is a barrister and legal academic with a particular specialism in maritime law. After a career in the Royal Australian Navy, retiring as a Lieutenant-Commander in 1969, he studied law at the University of Queensland and became a barrister, eventually being made Queen's Counsel in 1988. Since 1999 he has been an academic at the University of Queensland. He has a particular interest in family history, and has collected extensive research material on different branches of the Duckett White family in Australia, culminating in the publication of two books: An early settler : the Duckett White family in Australia (1990) and 19th Century Pioneer: Frank Villeneuve Nicholson Family in Australia (2016).
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1886-1999
Collection previously titled as: Michael William Duckett White Collection.
Collection previously titled as: Michael William Duckett White Papers
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
All materials acquired from Michael White.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Research material relating histories of the Duckett White, the Macdonald, the Nicholson and the Morisset families.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Materials are arranged into series and sub-series based on the family to which they are related.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Material from this collection is referenced in White, Michael. An early settler : the Duckett White family in Australia. Ashgrove, Qld.: Hennessy Investments, 1990.
Publication note
Drafts for White, Michael. 19th Century Pioneer: Frank Villeneuve Nicholson Family in Australia. St Lucia QLD, Australia: Dr Michael White OAM QC, 2016 are contained in this collection.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- White, M. W. D. (Subject)
- White, William Duckett, 1807-1893 (Subject)
- White family (Subject)
- Duckett family (Subject)
- Macdonald family (Subject)
- Nicholson family (Subject)
- Morisset family (Subject)
- Macdonald, James S.R. (Subject)
- Morisset, James Thomas (Subject)
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Description control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, FF, 27-Feb-2020. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.