Additional items and information have appeared from a number of sources, one of which was the collection of letters kindly loaned to me by Robert and Mareah Rhodes-White, Robert being Charles White's g.grandson. These letters can be seen here......

During Charles' stay at Curraweena, Glen Arif and Coronga Downs he was a prolific letter writer and we have been able to elaborate on several points of historical signifignance.

• There appears to be some question now as to the proposition that John Little was the freehold owner of "Curraweena Station", although it clearly states this in the electoral rolls. The first record of John being at Curraweena is in April 1876 when he is mentioned as being the Australian Joint Stock Bank's Station Manager, but from the early 1880's to 1890 he is recorded as being a freehold owner as against leasehold.

• Perhaps at the time there was what is called the home paddock , normally 640 acres or one square mile, maybe this is the freehold he owned and where he built his radical homestead and woolshed.

• It doesn't seem feasible that John Little would spend the vast amount of money building these two buildings without the security of knowing that he at least owned part of it.

• And yet when we refer to one of Charles White's letters in 1890 he mentions that John and family have been moved on from Curraweena by the Australian Joint Stock Bank and they have installed a new manager, Mr. Bishop.

• Then in a later letter, written from "Coronga Downs" in November 1893 "Uncle Johnny" becomes a victim of what today would be called "Unfair Dismissal" Charles' description can be read here....

• To refresh the readers' memory Agnes Little , John's younger sister had married John Coppock White. One of their children, Mabel, subscequently married Kenneth McKay who had inherited "Wallendbeen Station" situated not far from the township of Cootamundra. It becomes apparent that the McKays and the Horsleys from "Yabtree Station" must have had a fairly close association. Charles in one of his letters to sister Mabel has asked if she could find work at Yabtree for him, by January 1894 his wish had come true, for he is writing one of his letters to Mabel from there. Surprisingly there is no mention of John Little at this stage, with Charles speaking of Mr. Oliver, whom we know to have been the Station Manager at that time.

• Obviously with John Little's death occurring in April of 1894 he could only have been at Yabtree for at most three months.

• Donald McKay, Kenneth's brother is listed on the 1893 electoral roll as being a voter at Glen Arif, yet another link between John Litle, Wallendbeen, and Yabtree.