Directories are one of the most effective ways of tracing members of a family, especially tradesmen. 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.
In this directory you can expect to find people named with their addresses
under:
Street directory (Adelaide and North Adelaide only)
Alphabetical directory (state-wide)
Other sections including names but usually not addresses:
Government and official directory
- Governor and Executive Council
- Parliamentarians
- Consuls
- High ranking public servants in each government department
- Police Commissioned Officers
- Fire Officers
- Gaolers
- Military Officers
- Registrars of BDM
- Doctors
- Hospital and asylum administrators
- Railway and horse tramway administrators
- Postal and telegraphic officers
- University leaders
- Institute managers
The Courts
- Judges and officers of the Supreme Court
- Commissioners for the taking of Affidavits
- Sheriff and officers
- Magistrates and their clerks
- Justices of the Peace
- Court Bailffs
- Barristers, solicitors, and proctors of the Supreme Court
Returning Officers
Licenced land brokers
Bishops, Deans, Archdeacons, Priests, Religious, Ministers of Religion,
Rabbi, Preachers
Municipal officers
Bankers, company managers, society officers
Shipping owners
Users should always refer to the display advertisements as they often provide
names and addresses.
High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book. This CD has been bookmarked for easy
navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
