This Directory is divided into three main sections: Towns, Alphabetical, and Trades and Professions. These enable the enquirer to see at a glance, firstly, the names of householders or traders in any one town; secondly, the address and occupation of any resident in the state; and thirdly, the number of persons in the state engaged in any one trade or calling. THE TOWNS SECTION contains separate Street Directories of Adelaide, North Adelaide, Port Adelaide, and Suburban and Alphabetical Directories for every other Town, Township and Postal District in South Australia. It also includes Broken Hill and Silverton in New South Wales.
THE ALPHABETICAL SECTION contains the names for the entire state.
THE TRADES SECTION shows the Business Firms of the state, arranged under their individual trade or profession.
Separate directories are given in the following areas, making the work comprehensive and complete
- Banking and Finance
- Insurance
- Legal
- Medical
- Ecclesiastical
- Educational
- Official (Government)
- Local Government
- Postal and Telegraphic
- Customs
- Pastoral and Agricultural
The directory includes many pages of advertisements - all useful information, often including names of people and places.
The whole 1252 page directory is searchable, including most text in the advertisements. It is useful not only for finding names, but also places, occupations and other information.
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.
