Samuel Albert White

Captain Samuel Albert White (20 December 1870 - 19 January 1954) was a wealthy Australian racehorse owner, soldier, explorer, conservationist and amateur ornithologist. He was born in Fulham, South Australia and eventually died there. He fought in the South African War 1900-1903, reaching the rank of Captain, which title he continued to use throughout his life. He made several private ornithological collecting expeditions across remote areas of Australia, to Alice Springs (1913), Musgrave and Everard Ranges (1914), Cooper Creek (1916), Nullarbor Plain (1917-1918), Finke River (1921), and Adelaide to Darwin and return (1922), on behalf of Gregory Mathews.

White was a foundation member of the South Australian Ornithological Association (SAOA) in 1899, and served as its President for several periods between 1904 and 1944. He was also a foundation member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1901, and served as its President 1914-1916.

As well as numerous papers in ornithological journals, works he authored include:

White, Samuel Albert. (191?). Ornithologists at Warunda Creek. Record of the A.O.U.'s expedition to Eyre Peninsula, October 1909, with notes on ornithology, botany and entomology. W.K. Thomas & Co.: Adelaide.
White, Samuel Albert. (191?). The Gawler Ranges. An Ornithological Expedition. W.K. Thomas & Co.: Adelaide.
White, Samuel Albert. (191?). In the Far North-West. An expedition to the Musgrave and Everard Ranges. W.K. Thomas & Co.: Adelaide.
White, Samuel Albert. (191?). In the Far North-East. A scientific expedition. W.K. Thomas & Co.: Adelaide.
White, Samuel Albert. (191?). The Cruise of the `Avocet' in Search of Skuas and Other Things. W.K. Thomas & Co.: Adelaide.
White, Samuel Albert. (191?). Ooldea, on the East-West Railway. On the Flooded Murray River, and other sketches. W.K. Thomas & Co.: Adelaide.
White, Samuel Albert. (1914). Into the Dead Heart. An ornithological trip through central Australia. W.K. Thomas: Adelaide.
White, Samuel Albert. (1919). Bunya, or Mystery Mountains. To Robe via the Coorong. A Camp Out in New South Wales. Ornithologists in the West. W.K. Thomas: Adelaide.
White, Samuel Albert. (1920). The Life of Samuel White, Soldier, Naturalist, Sailor. W.K. Thomas & Co.: Adelaide.

[edit] References

Collier, Roger; Hatch, John; Matheson, Bill; & Russell, Tony. (Eds). (2000). Birds, Birders and Birdwatching, 1899-1999. Celebrating one hundred years of the South Australian Ornithological Association. SAOA: Adelaide. ISBN 0-9595142-2-8
Linn, Rob. (1989). Nature's Pilgrim. The life and journeys of Captain S.A.White, naturalist, author and conservationist. SA Government Printer: Adelaide.
Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3

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