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Waite, Peter (1834 - 1922)

Born
1834
Pitcairn near Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Died
1922
Victor Harbor, South Australia

Summary

Chairman of directors, Elder Smith and Co.; Managing Director, Beltaba Pastoral Co Ltd and of Mutooroo Pastoral Co Ltd; Director of the Commercial Union Assurance Co Ltd, the British Broken Hill Co Ltd and the South Australian Woollen Co Ltd.

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Published resources

Books

  • Elder, Smith & Co. Limited: the first hundred years, Adelaide Advertiser, Adelaide, 1940, 82 pp. Details
  • Bede Nairn (General Editor ), Australian Dictionary of Biography : 1851-1890, R-Z, vol. 6 of 16, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1976, 463 pp. Details
  • Findlay, W.S., The Mutooroo Pastoral Company Limited: after fifty years, Mutooroo Pastoral Co, Adelaide, South Australia, 1951, 57 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Cockburn, R., 'Peter Waite', in Pastoral pioneers of South Australia, vol. 1, Publishers Ltd, Adelaide, 1925, pp. 74-75. Details
  • Kenyon, A.S., 'Peter Waite, pioneer, pastoralist, philanthropist.', in Story of Australia: its discoverers and founder., Corio Press, Geelong, Victoria, 1940, pp. 257-260. Details

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Created: 20 January 2005, Last modified: 22 July 2014