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- ca. 1900-2009 (Creation)
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1 folder
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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).
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Scope and content
Original folder entitled 'Chapter 9 - The Morisset Family' (now discarded). Correspondence, notes, photographs, 2 compact discs containing photographs, 1 compact disc labelled 'James Thomas Morisset with contact prints and draft of Chapter 9.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Original order maintained. Compact disc containing labelled 'James Thomas Morisset', contact prints and draft of Chapter 9 have been inserted at the end of the original order by the processing archivist.
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Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies. Contact the Fryer Library.
Language of material
- English
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Content on compact discs must be viewed on a computer.
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Revised
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Created, FF, 10-Nov-2020. Revised, FF, 02-Dec-2020.