This rare early almanac and directory gives a fascinating insight into the South Australia of 1851. But it also contains a great deal useful information for the researcher, not just local, family and social history.
Just a sampling of the subjects touched upon in it nearly 300 pages
- Government
- The Emigration Act and emigration
- Industries
- Agriculture
- Social and cultural institutions
- Religion
- Sport
- Education
- Land and settlement
- Newspapers
- Ports and railways
- Shipping
- Mining
... and much more
An important part of this volume is the directory, which is divided into three sections: Adelaide and Suburban, Albert Town and Port, and Country. The many advertisements included make for fascinating and informative reading.
Originally produced by Archive CD Books Australia in 2005, 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.
