South Australia Country Business Directory 1952-1953
Archive Digital Books Australasia
- SKU:
- AU5118-1952
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Media: DATA CD - 1 CD (326 pages)
Year: (1952) 2013
ISBN: 9781922063854
Publisher: Archive Digital Books Australasia
The 1952-1953 South Australian Business Directory, eleventh edition, provides details of location, population and industries for each of the South Australian country towns. In addition it lists the names of all those operating as trades people in the town and includes many advertisements - all of interest to those researching country South Australia.
Apart from covering the South Australian country areas it also includes trade listings for Alice Springs, Darwin, Northern Territory, Broken Hill, and Kangaroo Island.
Maps for Broken Hill (street map), Mount Gambier (street map), Port Pirie (street map), Kangaroo Island, and South Australia (industrial) add to the value of this publication.
SAMPLE ENTRY:
DENIAL BAY
A town of no small importance to the West Coast. Eight miles from Ceduna. Farming and fishing are the chief industries. Population, approx. 160.
BUTCHERS - Skinner, W.A.
CHURCHES - Lutheran Church; Methodist Church
FUNERAL DIRECTORS - Denton, S.C.M.
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS - Post Office
SHIPBUILDERS - Thistleton, S.
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
1 Review
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Great look at businesses across South Australia
Was great to be able to look at what businesses were open in 1952/53 in my local district. Would like to see the disc contain perhaps 10 year blocks of businesses, would be very beneficial to be able to compare years across decades.