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The Sands and McDougall directories are not only one of the best known of the
Australian directories, but also the most comprehensive. 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 ...
Divided into three main sections: Street directory; Alphabetical directory;
and a Trade and Professional directory.
- Street directory lists householders street-by-street, and covers
Melbourne, Alphington, Ascot Vale, Balmoral, Bollingbroke, Boroondara, Box
Forest, Brighton, Brunswick, Cambridge, Camberwell, Carlton, Caulfield, Coburg,
East Collingwood, East Melbourne, Emerald Hill, Easternwick, Essendon, Elwood,
Fitzroy, Flemington, Footscray, Gardiner, Gowerville, Greenwich, Hartwell,
Hawthorn, Heidelberg, Hotham, Irishtown, Ivanhoe, Jolimont, Kensington, Kew,
Malvern, Moonee Ponds, Mulgrave, Newlands, Newmarket, Northcote, Oakleigh,
Prahran, Preston, Richmond, Sandridge, St Kilda, South Melbourne, South Yarra,
Toorak, West Melbourne, Williamstown, Windsor, Yarraberg, and Yarraville
- Alphabetical directory is state-wide, and lists persons alphabetically by
surname, together with their address, and usually their occupation
- Trade and professional directory - arranged alphabetically by trade, this
is like an earl 'yellow pages', and lists the person, together with their
trade and address
Other useful mini-directories included, provide the names and positions of
hundred of people, in the following occupations or positions:
- Banking, insurance companies, friendly societies, gold mining companies,
railways, shipping
- Societies, lodges and institutions lists patrons, presidents, secretaries,
treasurers
- Government - the MPs, heads of departments, receivers of revenue,
paymasters, commissioners of crown lands, harbour masters and pilots,
inspectors of distilleries, immigration agents, military officers are listed
- Consuls
- Clergy
- Courts - covers judicial officers, sheriffs, bailiffs, commissioners for
taking affidavits, coroners
- Municipalities - lists councillors, town clerks.
Users should always refer to the display advertisements because not only do
they give you a sense of the era, but they often provide names and addresses.
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 1871 (Sands and McDougall)
Melbourne Directory 1872 (Sands and McDougall)
Melbourne Directory 1873 (Sands and McDougall)
Melbourne Directory 1874 (Sands and McDougall)
Melbourne Directory 1875 (Sands and McDougall)
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