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George Boyle White was born in Bantry, Cork, Ireland on the 25th May 1802 was the oldest son of Boyle & Honaria (nee O'Sullivan) White. George Boyle White came to Australia on the Cawdrey on the 7th January 1826 and went on to be appointed as assitant surveyor on the 1st February 1827 by the Surveyor General's Department. White was well know for surveying the Hunter River district of NSW and worked on an expedition with Sir Thomas Mitchell from November 1831 to March 1832.

Apart from his surveying, White was a well known diarist and kept detailed diaries up to the time of his death in 1876. Many of White's diaries can now be found in the Mitchell Library within the State Library of NSW.