South Australia

General

  • The New Counties, Hundreds and District Atlas of South Australia and Northern Territory together with Map of South Australia, indicating Roads, Distances, Relative Position of Counties, etc., etc
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 891
  • Biographical Index of South Australians, 1836-1885
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1051 and on NMRR reference shelves at RX 920.09423 B615 or on CD with updates (callslip required)

Births/Baptisms – Marriages/Divorces – Deaths/Burials

  • South Australian Birth Registrations (index), 1842-1906, 1907-1928
    Available on eResources or in Microfiche Drawer no. 26; Call no. mc N 1494
  • South Australian Marriage Registrations (index), 1842-1916, 1917-1937
    Available on eResources or in Microfiche Drawer no. 26; Call no. mc N 2118
  • Marriages in South Australia, 1836-1852
    Available at www.familyhistorysa.info/
  • South Australian Death Registrations (index), 1842-1915, 1916-1972
    Available on eResources or in Microfiche Drawer no. 26; Call no. mc N 1927
  • Burial Certificates, 1884-1891
    (South Australian record series, no. 10)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1328
  • Mortuary Returns, Infectious Diseases, 1900-1915
    (South Australian record series, no. 11).
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1328
  • (SA) Govt. Gazette Sudden Deaths, 1840-1940
    Microfiche Drawer no. 26; Call no. mc N 1151
    See also index to Government Gazettes 1845-2000 at www.saghs.org.au/graves.htm  or www.familyhistorysa.info/ (1845-1941)
  • Unregistered Deaths in South Australia from July 1842
    A collection of death records found in various SA sources that do not seem to have been registered with the SA Registrar.
    Available on eResources
  • WW1 Deaths of South Australian Servicemen
    Available at www.familyhistorysa.info/
  • Abbott Index to SA Newspapers: births, deaths & marriages
    Index to selected notices of births, deaths and marriages and obituaries published in certain South Australian newspapers for various periods between 1837-c1936
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 824
  • The Adelaide Chronicle Personal Notices Index, 1921-1923
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1306
  • Newspaper Birth Notices, 1977-2000
    1977-1980, 1981-1985, 1986-1990, 1991-1995, 1996-2000
    Microfiche Drawer no 26; Call no. mc N 2197
  • (Index to) Adelaide Advertiser-death notices, 1991-1996
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1153
  • Indexes to Deaths in Newspapers
    Also at www.saghs.org.au/graves.htm
    Coverage at Sep 2007 : Sep 1977 - Dec 1989 (various months), 1990, 1992 (all months except May), Jan 1993 - Jun 2006

Parish Registers/Cemetery Transcripts/Monumental Inscriptions – by Placename

  • Australian Cemeteries at www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/  - a gateway site which lists all known cemeteries in Australia, giving contact information and links to online data, if available.
  • South Australian Cemetery Indexes
    See www.saghs.org.au/graves.htm for selected SA cemetery indexes.
  • South Australian Cemeteries
    Searchable database of deaths and burials information extracted from the burial registers and/or memorial inscriptions on grave headstones/plaques at the:
    • Adelaide West Terrace Cemetery [1837 to June 1845 burials],
    • Cherry Gardens Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery,
    • Catholic cemeteries - Lower Wakefield St Joseph, Navan, Pinkerton Plains, Salisbury St Augustine, and
    • Point Sturt Church of Christ Cemetery
      The search results may include full name, date of death or burial, age at death, and cemetery where buried or memorialised.
      Available at http://www.familyhistorysa.info/births-marriages-deaths/cemeteries/burials.html
  • Cemetery transcriptions index: v. 3.0
    Includes the following South Australian cemeteries:
  • Andamooka, Eurambeen, Gawler, Kanyaka, Mundulla, , Pancharoo, Ettrick, Springfield, Wilmington
    Available on NMRR stand alone computer
  • Lonely Graves in South Australia
    List includes solitary graves and tiny cemeteries of former settlements, railway sidings and pastoral sidings.
    Available on eResources
  • Adelaide – Dudley Park Cemetery, Sth. Aust. [inscriptions]
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 909
  • Adelaide – West Terrace Cemetery B/R, 1901-1920
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 896
  • Adelaide – West T[erra]ce. Cemetery burial register, 1921-1941
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1247
  • Adelaide – West Terrace Cemetery burial register, 1840-1900
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 755
  • Adelaide West Terrace Cemetery cremations, 1903-1959
    Microfiche Drawer no.28; Call no. mc N 2218
  • Adelaide – Monumental inscriptions of West Terrace Cemetery
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 895
  • Adelaide, Brighton (North) – Nth Brighton (SA) B(urial)R(egister)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 907
  • Adelaide, Brighton – Brighton, S.A. cemeteries, St. Jude Church of England, Brighton, North Brighton General
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 908
  • Adelaide, Mitcham – Mitcham (SA) B(urial) Register
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 912
  • Adelaide, Mitcham – Mitcham (SA) Cemetery inscriptions
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 913
  • Adelaide, North Road – North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia [inscriptions]
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 916
  • Cheltenham (SA)  – Cheltenham Cemetery inscriptions
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 894
  • Hindmarsh – Hindmarsh Cemetery records, 1846-30, 1987
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1261
  • Hindmarsh – Hindmarsh Cemetery inscriptions
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 892
  • Kadina – Kadina Cemetery inscriptions
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 914
  • Moonta – Moonta burial register, 1866-1887
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 910
  • Moonta – Moonta Cemetery inscriptions
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 911
  • Payneham – Payneham Cemetery, Sth. Aust.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 906
  • Wallaroo – Wallaroo (SA) Cemetery inscriptions
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 915
  • West Terrace cemetery, see Adelaide

Census

  • Census of South Australia, 1841
    Includes index.
    Available on eResources or Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 832
  • Census of South Australia, 1841, index
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 833

Directories/Almanacs

  • South Australian Almanack and Adelaide and Colonial Directories, 1844
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 469
  • South Australian Almanack and General Colonial Directory for 1850
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 471
  • South Australian Almanacs and Directories, 1839-1936
    Includes:
    Royal South Australian Almanack, 1839-1840,1845-49, 1854-55, 1857 (1st & 2nd eds.), 1858
    South Australian Almanack, 1841-52
    South Australian book Almanack, 1854, 1859-63; Adelaide Almanack, Town and Country Directory and Guide to South Australia, 1864-71
    Adelaide Almanac and Directory for South Australia, 1872-83
    Sands & McDougall's South Australian Directory, 1884-1936
    Platt's Almanac, Diary and South Australian Directory, 1851
    Dehane's Almanac, 1851, 1853, 1861
    Goodhugh's South Australian Illustrated and Commercial Almanac, 1852
    Adelaide City and Port Commercial Directory and Almanac, 1856
    Roberts's South Australian Almanac, 1856
    Howell's Directory for the City and Port of Adelaide and South Australian Almanac, 1858
    Howell's South Australian Almanac, 1863
    National Directory of South Australia, 1867-68
    John Howell's Royal Almanack and Miscellany, 1870
    Willoughby's South Australian Almanac, 1872
    Howell & Son's Royal South Australian Almanac, 1876-77
    Commercial & Traders Directory, 1882-83
    Shawyers South Australian Almanac, 1887
    Business Directory of South Australia, 1926-27
    Microfiche Drawer no. 27; Call no. mc N 692

Electoral Rolls

  • Alphabetical List of Polling places State of South Australia
    1919, 1922, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 46; Call no. mc N 1004
  • Electoral Roll State of South Australia
    1905, 1909, 1911-17, 1919, 1921-22, 1924-28, 1930-31, 1933-34, 1936-39, 1941-43, 1946, 1949-50, 1952,  1954-55, 1958, 1970-75, 1977, 1979-80, 1982-85, 1987-89, 1987- current
    Microfiche Drawer no. E24; Call no. mc N 458

    N.B. Hardcopies of Electoral Rolls for: 1906, 1959, 1961-1969 & Supplementary Rolls-all Divisions: 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1953 are available from the Main Reading Room Call no. Nq 324.94 AUS

Immigration & Shipping

  • Index to passengers to South Australia to 1850s  is available online at Family History South Australia in eResources
  • Index to Register of Emigrant Labourers Applying for a Free Passage to South Australia, 1836-1841
    Microfiche Drawer no. 26; Call no. mc N 492
  • Official Passenger Lists, Mainly of Immigrants Arriving in South Australia under United Kingdom Assisted Passage Schemes, 1847-1886
    Includes passenger name index at front (Source 313)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 26; Call no. mc N 494
  • Newspaper Index
    Index to persons arriving in South Australia from overseas (including New Zealand) as recorded in the Adelaide Times, South Australian and South Australian Register 1846 – 1887 (passenger lists).
    A Key to the Newspaper Index is also provided at the same call number. (3 fiche)  The Key provides the date of the newspaper mention from the reference in the index.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1901
  • Arrivals index, Part I
    (South Australian record series, no. 14)
    This collection of arrivals to South Australia is compiled from a variety of records: obituaries, biographies and other newspaper reports; prison, hospital and other institutional records; Government and Police Gazettes; and other sundry material.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1328
  • Bound for South Australia: births and deaths on government assisted immigrant ships, 1848-1885
    A complete listing on 323 voyages to South Australia under the auspices of the South Australian government. Information for each ship includes port and date of departure, date of arrival, no of emigrants, their age, class and regions of origin.  Includes a list of births and deaths at sea for these ships.
    Available on eResources
  • List of Certificates issued under the Assisted Passage Regulations 31 October 1862 - June 1867, July 1872 - September 1885, vol. 1
    Alphabetical index by nominee [and] nominator to list of certificates issued under the assisted passage regulations, 20 September 1878 - 29 June 1885, vol. 2 (GRG 35/39)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1904
  • Schedule of Certificates issued under the Assisted Passage Regulations October 1862 - June 1867, July 1873 - June 1885 (GRG 35 Series 39)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1910
  • Alphabetical Index to Persons nominated for Free Passages from Europe to South Australia, September 1876 - April 1879
    This is an index to the free immigration certificates and to nominations for free passage to South Australia contained in GRG 7/40 and GRG 7/42 respectively.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1929
  • Alphabetical Index to Persons nominating Relatives, etc. for Free Passages from Europe to South Australia, 1876-1879
    This is an index to the free immigration certificates and to nominations for free passage to S.A. contained in GRG 7/40 and GRG 7/42 respectively.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1902
  • Schedule of Free Immigration Certificates, September 1876 - April 1879
    U.K. Nos. 1-2107, Continental nos 1-135 applicant (GRG 7 Series 40)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1909
  • Schedule of Free Immigration Certificates, September 1876 - April 1879 U.K. Nos. 1-2107, Continental nos. 1-135 nominee (GRG 7 Series 40)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1908
  • Alphabetical Index to In-coming Passenger Lists, 1888-1908
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1236
  • Application for Agricultural Labourers by South Australian Residents, 1912-1914
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1898
  • Immigration Application for Agricultural Labourers by South Australian Residents Nos. 1-232, 1912–1914
    (GRG 7 Series 4)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1915
  • Application for Assisted Passage by Agricultural Labourers, 1911-1914
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1900
  • Application by Nominee for Assisted Passage previously paid for by Nominator in South Australia, 1911-1917
    Indexed by Nominee.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1897
  • Index to Applications for Assisted Passage as a Domestic Helper, 1921-1930; 1938-1939
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1328
  • Manifest of Shipping departing from Port Adelaide, July 1841-May 1844
    Includes index.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1237
  • Horner Index, 1836-1887
    Index to departures by passenger ship from South Australia directly for overseas (not interstate or intrastate) taken from the Register newspaper 1836-1875, 1876-1887. Destination and route information are given if available from the newspaper.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1212
  • Ships’ Deserters Reported: 1891-1921 (mainly at Spencers Gulf ports); 1910-1952 (reported at Adelaide)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1150

Inquests/Probate

  • Alphabetical Index to Abstracts of and Material relating to Inquests contained in the Letters Received by the Attorney General's Department, 1857-1869
    (GRG 1/2)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1911
  • Inquests, 1877-1899 1900-1945
    (South Australian record series, nos. 8 & 9).
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1328
  • Supreme Court of SA—Testamentary Index, 1844-1999
    Microfiche Drawer 28A Call no. mc N 1562

Naturalization

  • Special List Naturalisation Records, 1853, 1854, 1856-1864
    (GRG 24/55)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1905

Government records

  • Gold Diggers from South Australia, 1852-1853
    Searchable database of gold diggers from South Australia who brought or sent their gold home from the Victorian goldfields. It includes those who deposited gold at the South Australian Gold Assay Office in February 1852.
    From State Records of South Australia, GRG 45/43 and GRG 5/30
    Available at www.adelaideco-op.familyhistorysa.info/golddiggers.html
  • Land Purchases by Credit Selection, 1869-1890
    In 1869 South Australia changed the method for purchasing Crown Lands from prepayment for cash to a credit scheme. The names of successful selectors were published in the South Australia Parliamentary Papers and the South Australia Government Gazettes. This searchable database of more than 17,000 credit selections covers the period 1869.
    Available at www.adelaideco-op.familyhistorysa.info/landselectors.html
  • Persons Lost and Found, 1838-1878
    This database of deserters from wives, families, ships, military and other service (e.g. apprenticeships and work contracts), the deserted, those failing to support their families, missing persons, escaped prisoners, absconders from asylums and industrial schools, convict expirees arriving from other colonies, and bigamists has been compiled from South Australian Police Gazettes and early South Australia Government Gazettes.
    Results may include full name, age, birth date and place, arrival, and a summary of places where the person resided, or may have gone, or where the warrant was issued, or the date and place last heard of. All ship desertions are from Port Adelaide unless otherwise stated. The source details are given.
    Available at www.adelaideco-op.familyhistorysa.info/deserters.html

Other

  • Adelaide Gaol Prisoners' Register, April 11, 1838 - November 13, 1848
    Index
    Title on container: Adelaide gaol alphabetical index to register of prisoners committed for trial (1838-48) and tried (1839-48).
     Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1903
  • Adelaide Hospital Admissions, 1840-1853
    This listing sometimes includes the patient's ship of arrival.
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 893
  • Colonial Residents of South Australia, 1839-1848
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1010
  • Destitute Asylum Admissions Registers, 1851-96
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 890
  • Index to Letters and Other Communications received by the Colonial Secretary, Governor and Other Government Officials 1836-1851 and to Letters received and sent by the Judge and the Clerk of the Supreme Court 1838-1852
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1928
  • M.T.T. Employees (traffic), 1909-1974
    (South Australian record series, no. 13).
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1328
  • Missing Friends (police gazettes), 1880-1889
    (South Australian record series, no. 15)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1328
  • Register of Applications and Licences Issued to keep Lying-in Homes 1900 to 1910
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1899
  • Reports by Inspectress of Licensed Foster Mothers and Wet Nurses, 1881-1891, 1898-1899, 1901-1902, 1908-1909
    vols. 1-8 (GRG 27 Series 19)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1916
  • Ship Deserters [register for the period of 1891-July 1952]
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1150
  • South Aust. Deserters Register, 1852-1876, 1877-1882, 1883-1890
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 889
  • South Australia Railways Index to Staff Registers, April 1853-January 1913
    Volume 1-10 (GRG 42/ series 131)
    Microfiche Drawer no. 28; Call no. mc N 1912

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