The 1841 census is the only census material to survive in South Australia. All subsequent census return records compiled by State and Federal Governments have been destroyed after the numerical data has been extracted. In 1841 South Australia had been settled for a little under five years and the population was only 15, 485. The original census are in the State Archives (GRG 24/13) and have been indexed. The accompanying list gives the districts in which people were, recorded as residing at the time of the census (January 1841) some Aboriginal populations were recorded. It provides some indication of the settlement at the time.
Place names
City of Adelaide, street by street |
Albert Town (Alberton?) |
Bowden |
Village of Goodwood |
Hindmarsh |
Islington |
Village of Klemzig |
Little Adelaide |
Prospect village |
Kensington village |
Village of Macgill (Magill) |
Port Adelaide |
Thebarton |
Thebarton |
Village of Unley |
Walkerville |
Three Brothers (area south of Mount Barker) |
Village of Hahndorf |
Port Lincoln - Fleurieu |
Encounter Bay - Fleurieu |
Inman Valley - Fleurieu |
Government Farm Tiers (Belair) |
Gawler Special Survey (Special survey, out-stations, squatters) |
Gawler Town |
Port Gawler Special Survey |
Survey between the Gawler and Port Gawler Special Survey |
Little para |
Lyndoch Valley Special Survey |
Little Para and Out Stations |
S.A. Company's Sheep Stations |
Mrs. Peter's Sheep Stations (River Broughton) |
Mr. Gree's Sheep Stations |
Mr. Ansteys Servants and Labourers (Highcombe) |
A District (Adelaide Plains) |
Village of Payenham |
Glen Osmond |
B District (Noarlunga area) |
C District (Willunga area) |
Section 255 |
Section 256 |
Section 254 |
List of officers and labourers employed on the Survey of the South Australia on the 1st January 1841 |
Names of natives at Port Lincoln known to the Revd. Mr. Schurmann and J.B. Harvey |
About 50 more "the neighbourhood of Mount Gambier" |
About 100 at Coffins Bay |
"many more" about Franklin Harbour |
Kangaroo Island |
Botanic Gardens |
Hospitals |
Emigration square |
Coromandel Row |
Buffalo Row |
Park Land |
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