Media: DATA CD - 1 CD (345 pages)
Author: Moore
Year: (1898) 2014
ISBN: 9781925135206
Publisher: Archive Digital Books Australasia

Almanacs are a valuable resource for local, family and social historians as well as for researchers in other fields of Australian history.

This book is divided into two sections, an Australian Almanac and a New South Wales directory for 1898, and combines invaluable information on places and people throughout New South Wales.

The Almanac is 160 pages in length and includes a detaile calendar as well as fixed and movable feasts, eclipses, the tides, holidays and more. This section also includes New South Wales government and departments, a law directory, military directory, ecclesiastical lists, educational establishments and lists for societies and public institutions as well as a detailed postal guide and list of postal towns and mail closing times.

The New South Wales directory contains a list of New South Wales towns of about 165 pages. Under each town is a description of the location, transport options and climate, its county names and population. Depending on the size and services of the town the following may also be listed:
- Brief description of the town
- Magistrates
- Public Service list
- Schools
- Medical information
- Newspapers
- Societies and clubs (sports clubs, town bands, Progress Associations, School of Arts etc.)
- Hotels
- Commercial lists including auctioneers, bakers, builders, dressmakers, hairdressers etc.
- Shire councillors
Each of these lists includes to the name and positions of people involved.

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.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later
Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text