James "Nobby" White (c. 1820 – 20 August 1890) was a pastoralist, land agent and politician in the colony of South Australia.
He headed for the diggings in 1851 during the Victorian gold rush, and returned a year later and purchased his first block of land at Bagot's Gap, the first of many pastoral properties in the Kapunda region and elsewhere in the colony, and became quite wealthy.
[1] He was elected MHA for the seat of Light after the resignation of Edward Hamilton, and served August 1871 to December 1871 and from February 1875 to April 1881, his associates being David Nock and Randolph Isham Stow.
He was convicted under the Fraud at Auctions Act in 1876,[3] and urged to resign his commission as Justice of the Peace but refused, on the grounds that would constitute admission of guilt.
[9] Their children included: John White (c. 1855 – 1 February 1929) of "Thadmore", Bagot's Gap married Mary Slattery (c. 1827 – 13 December 1887), and had a large family.