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Directories are an invaluable resource for local, family and social
historians as well as for researchers in other fields of Australian history.
While they do not give you birth, death and marriage details - the core records
for genealogists - they can certainly provide you with information on the region
where your ancestors lived, as well as information on their occupation and more
...
In this set of directory you can expect to find people named with their addresses
under:
- Street directory (Melbourne, Ascot Vale, Boroondara, Brighton, Brunswick,
Carlton, Caulfield, East Collingwood, East Melbourne, Emerald Hill, Easternwick,
Essendon, Elwood, Fitzroy, Flemington, Footscray, Hawthorn, Heidelberg, Hotham,
Kensington, Kew, Moonee Ponds, Northcote, Oakleigh, Pentridge, Prahran, Preston,
Richmond, Sandridge, St Kilda, Studley Park, South Yarra, Toorak, West Melbourne,
Williamstown, Windsor)
- Alphabetical directory (state-wide)
- Trade and professional directory
Other sections including names but usually not addresses:
- Commerce management: banking, insurance companies, friendly societies,
gold mining companies, railways, shipping
- Societies, lodges and institutions: patrons, presidents, secretaries,
treasurers
- Government: MPs, heads of departments, receivers of revenue, paymasters,
commissioners of crown lands, harbour masters and pilots, inspectors of distilleries,
immigration agents, military officers
- Consuls
- Clergy
- Courts: judicial officers, sheriffs, bailiffs, commissioners for
taking affidavits, coroners
- Municipalities: councillors, town clerks
Users should always refer to the display advertisements as they often provide
names and addresses.
Directories are one of the most effective ways of tracing members of a
family, especially tradesmen, is through searching directories. Many small
businesses needed to ensure the public was aware of their activity and one of
the better ways to do this in an age before media dominated was via a directory.
The value of directories as a research tool is enhanced when no census material
is available.
High quality scanned images of the whole of each original book. This CD
has been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed,
enlarged and printed out if required.
This CD is a compilation of five different volumes of the Sands and
McDougall's Melbourne Directory. Each of these can be purchased individually:
Melbourne Directory 1866 (Sands & McDougall)
Melbourne Directory 1867 (Sands & McDougall)
Melbourne Directory 1868 (Sands & McDougall)
Melbourne Directory 1869 (Sands & McDougall)
Melbourne Directory 1870 (Sands & McDougall)
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System Requirements
- Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later
- Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text
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