In this directory you can expect to find people named with their addresses under:
- Alphabetical directory (colony-wide)
- Street directory (Hobart and Launceston only)
- Towns directory
- Trades directory
Other sections including names but usually not addresses::
Government and official directory
The Courts, barristers, solicitors, public notaries and Justices of the
Peace
Medical practitioners, dentists and chemists
Non-government school managers and music teachers
Returning Officers
Clergy
Municipal officers, Road Trusts secretaries, Fruit Board inspectors,
Marine Boards members
Bankers, insurance officers and company managers
Advertisers
Manufacturers of English goods for export to Tasmania
Users should always refer to the display advertisements as they often provide
names and addresses.
Directories are one of the most effective ways of tracing members of a
family, especially tradesmen, is through searching directories. 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.
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.
