[1][2] Myrtle Rose White was the third child of Dina Ann (née Adams) and miner Mark Albert Kennewell.

[1] Following her marriage in 1910 to Cornelius White, known as Con, the couple moved to Lake Elder in South Australia, where he managed a rural property.

[4] Originally published in 1932, a new edition was released by Angus & Robertson in 1954, incorporating illustrations by Elizabeth Durack.

[5] White's husband Con died in Adelaide in 1940[6] and was buried in Centennial Park Cemetery.

[7] White died on 11 July 1961 while visiting her son, Alan, at Port Hedland, Western Australia.