Subseries Subseries 1 - Family properties: Lota House, Nindooinbah and Bluff Downs

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UQFL418-Series A-Subseries 1

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Family properties: Lota House, Nindooinbah and Bluff Downs

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  • 1988-1991 (Creation)

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2 folders

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(1939-)

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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).

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Maps of locations, correspondence and photographs of family properties including Lota House at Manly, Nindooinbah near Beaudesert and Bluff Downs near Charters Towers. Also, 'Here on a visit' manuscript written by Agnes Helena Wansey, giving an account of her childhood at Lota House and related correspondence.

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Unrestricted access.

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Copyright applies. Contact the Fryer Library.

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  • English

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  • Box: UQFL418 Box 1