Born: Established: 19 Sep 1916 Brisbane, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 17 Feb 1998 Sydney, New South Wales,
Richard Lane records that Whitelock, in collaboration with composer David Arnott, completed the one-act operetta Haydee in 1933. A search using the national Library of Australia's digitised newspaper service Trove has so far failed to locate any reference to this work in 1933 or in any other year. Lane does not provide a source for his claim.
The only reference to a collaboration between Whitelock and Arnott has been found in an article published in Sydney's Sun newspaper shortly before Whitelock left for Britain in 1948. The columnist, George Johnston, records that Whitelock was taking with him 'the score of a typically Australian ballet, The Bunyip,' which he wrote in association with Arnott. The work is described as 'a combination of fact and fantasy, based on an aboriginal legend' ('Sydney Diary.' Sun 29 July 1948, 13).
Brisbane's Telegraph newspaper published an article in 1940 under the title 'Dr. Whitelock to Take Up Russian Ballet "Seriously"." (6 February 1940, p.4). The body of the article also refers to Whitelock as 'Dr" on two further occasions. No other reference to Whitelock holding a Ph D has been located, and this appears to have been an error on the part of the paper.
This entry has been sourced from research undertaken by Dr Clay Djubal into Australian-written popular music theatre (ca. 1850-1930).
Additional information sourced from Richard Lane. "All-Rounder Became BBC Stalwart." Australian 9 Mar. (1998), 15.