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Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, 1991. Softcover. FINE!. AUSTRALIANA BIOGRAPHYPeter Waite was a South Australian pastoralist, businessman, company director and public benefactor. Waite's philanthropic endeavors provided significant benefit to the University of Adelaide and to local public schools, and generations of students have benefited from his largesse.Peter Waite (1834-1922), pastoralist and benefactor, was born on 9 May 1834 at Pitcairn near Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, son of James Waite, farmer, and his wife Elizabeth, née Stocks. Left fatherless, Waite trained and worked as an ironmonger in Edinburgh and Aberdeen. On 8 June 1859 he arrived in Melbourne in the British Trident and went to his brother James's station, Pandappa, near Terowie, South Australia. In 1862 with (Sir) Thomas Elder Waite bought the adjoining Paratoo run, and he took over Pandappa's lease when his brother died in 1863. On 21 November 1864 Waite married his first cousin Matilda…
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Peter Waite 1834-1922 The Story of his Life and Times Paperback - 1991
by Hogg, Gladys
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- Title Peter Waite 1834-1922 The Story of his Life and Times
- Author Hogg, Gladys
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- Pages 56
- Language ENG
- Publisher The Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide
- Date 1991
- ISBN 9780959054057
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Adelaide: The Waite Agricultural Research Institute. 1991. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good+ condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Signed by author. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 56 pages. The biography of the remarkable South Australian pioneer and benefactor. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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