This very rare early directory of 334 pages is now offered on searchable CD - making it readily available to researchers for the first time. A search of the online catalogues of the major Queensland and other Australian libraries has located only one other copy (in New South Wales).
The full title indicates the coverage of the directory:
The
Official
Post Office Directory
(Professional, Squatting, and Trade)
Queensland
1874
Compiled under the Authority of the Postmaster-General
By R. P. Whitworth
Arranged Alphabetically with Cross References to Occupations.
Published by F.F. Bailliere.
Arranged in the following main categories
- Trade and Professional Directory
- Brisbane Official Directory
- Brisbane Official Directory
- General Alphabetical Directory
Includes numerous advertisements
Originally produced by Archive CD Books Australia in 2004, this title has now been remastered and re-released, and includes better searching capability. This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole of the original book, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
Click here to download a file of sample pages from this book
Right click on the link and select "save as" - to a location on your hard drive. The sampler can be opened, navigated and searched as with the full CD file/s.
Sample files usually contain the title page, contents, some introductory pages and sample pages from the body of the book. Often the complete index from the original book is included.
