South Australiana: Sources

State Library of South Australia resources:

• Search the Library's catalogue 
• Library Guides: South Australiana
• Library Guides: Aboriginal Australia
• Library Guides: Family History (e.g. Almanacs, Births, Deaths, Marriages; Cemetery records; Census and musters; Electoral rolls; Military records; Naturalisation; Shipping and passenger records)
• The Manning Index of South Australian History

Other websites:

Sources for South Australiana

• Adelaide City Council See: Archives Services
• Adelaide University Archives
• Adelaidia [History SA]
• Atlas of South Australia
• Australian newspapers 1803-1954 [Trove]
• Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (includes heritage)
• Duryea photographic panorama Adelaide 1865 (fusion)
• Historical Society of South Australia
• History SA
• Photohistory SA: the history of photography in SA 1845-1915 (R.J. Noye)
• Royal Geographical Society of South Australia
• SA History Hub [History SA]
• South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society
• South Australian Museum
• State Records of South Australia

Published sources:

• Jones, Philip, G. Ochre and rust : artefacts and encounters on Australian frontiers, 2007 
• Burgess, H.T. The Cyclopedia of South Australia, 1978
• Cockburn, R. Nomenclature of South Australia, 1961
• Jaensch, D. (ed), The Flinders History of South Australia. Political History, 1986
• Richards, E. (ed), The Flinders History of South Australia. Social History, 1986
• Kwan, K. Living in South Australia: A social history [2 vol], 1987
• Loyau, G. Notable South Australians, 1978
• Cockburn, R. Pastoral pioneers of South Australia, 1974
• Pike, D. Paradise of Dissent : South Australia 1829-1857, 2^nd ed. 1967
• Prest, W. Wakefield companion to South Australian History, 2001

Indexed journal and newspaper articles (Search the SLSA Library Catalogue):

• Australian newspapers 1803-1954
• Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia 1975-
• Proceedings of the Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch 1885-1886
• Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch 1890-1987
• South Australian geographical journal 1987-
• South Australiana Adelaide : South Australia Libraries Board, 1962-1985
• Newspapers: Advertiser, Observer, Register, South Australian, Quiz, Critic
• Newspaper indexes:
• Adelaide Observer index 1880-1908 [volume] in the General Reserve Collection and on catalogue cards 1909-1915 (ask at desk)
• Abbott index [births, deaths and marriages and obituaries in SA newspapers ca. 1837-1936]
• Keain index [births, deaths and marriages and obituaries in Catholic newspapers ca. 1867-1845]
• Register newspaper personal notices [edited by Butler, R. and Phillips, A., ca. 1836-1870]
• See also, website SA Memory, SA Newspapers, South Australian press

Biographical sources:

• Biographical index of South Australians 1836-1885 (South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society)
• South Australians 1836-1885 (South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society)
• The Education gazette, South Australia, [E. Spiller, Govt. Printer], 1885-1980
• Colonial Residents of South Australia 1839-1848, SLSA Microfilm
• Mayo, M.P. Index to miscellaneous information and advertisements in South Australian almanacks and directories, 1839-1872, 1947