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South Australia
Catalogue of Fiche, Film and CDs

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IMMIGRATION
Arrivals index, Part 1.
(fiche)
Assisted passengers, agricultural labourers.   1921-1924.
(fiche)
Assisted passengers, boy migrants.   1927-1929.
(fiche)
Assisted passengers, domestic helpers.  1921-1930 & 1938-1939.
(fiche)
Assisted passengers, farm apprentices. 'Barwell Boys.'    1922-1924.
(fiche)
Australian Shipping Arrivals & Departures.   (see Australia General)
(CD)
Boarding Officers reports on visiting ships.  1847.
(fiche)
Bound for South Australia: Passenger Lists.   1836-1851.
(CD)
Hodge Index (Index of passenger arrivals from Interstate & NZ in newspapers).   1837-1859.
(fiche)
Hodge Index (Index of passenger departures to Interstate & NZ in newspapers).   1837-1859.
(fiche)
Horner Index (Index to passenger departures for overseas).  1836-1887.
(fiche)
Immigrant labourers applying for free passage to S.A.    1836-1841.
(fiche)
Immigrants arriving in SA (assisted), passenger lists and index.  1847-1886.
(fiche)
Inwards assisted passengers.   1845-1886.
(Film)
Newspaper index to persons arriving in South Australia  from overseas (including N.Z.) 1846-1887.
(fiche)
Newspaper index: KEY - Newspaper date & ship's name.  1846-1887.
(fiche)
Passenger Lists, Bound for South Australia: 1836-1851.
(CD)
Passenger lists, arrivals and departures.  ( see  Hodge Index )
Passenger lists, departures for overseas.  ( see  Horner Index )
Passenger lists, incoming.   1888-1908.
(fiche)
Passengers departing from Hamburg to South Australia.  1851-1886.
(fiche)
Pioneers arriving in S.A.  1836-1845.
(Film)
Register of Emigrant Labourers Applying for a Free Passage to SA 1836-1838. (AJCP 874)
(SA Film IMM 3)
Register of Emigrant Labourers Applying for a Free Passage to SA 1838-1841. (AJCP 875)
(SA Film IMM 4)
Shipping departing from Port Adelaide, crew and passengers.  1841-1844.
(fiche)
Ships deserters (from Adelaide).  1910-1952.
(fiche)
Ships deserters (mainly Spencer Gulf ports).  1891-1921.
(fiche)
Ships deserters register.  1852-1952.
(fiche)
Shipwrecks in S.A. waters (Temme Collection).   1836-1850.
(fiche)
Sick and destitute emigrants who received relief.   1840.
(fiche)
Sources for SA. Shipping Records 1836-1842.
 (insert CD 1137)
South Australian records prior to 1841 by E. A. D. Opie.   to 1841.
(fiche)
Temme Collection.     ( see  Shipwrecks )

MISCELLANEOUS
Adelaide Chronicle personal notices index.   1921-1924.
(fiche)
Adelaide Gaol prisoners' registers.   1857-1889.
(fiche)
Adelaide Hospital Admission Register.   1840-1853.
(fiche)
Aldine History of  S.A.   1890.
(fiche)
Atlas of South Australia and Northern Territory.   1876.
(fiche)
City Coroner's police reports.  1911-1924.
(fiche)
Colonial residents of S.A.  1839-1848.
(fiche)
Destitute Asylum admissions register.   1851-1896.
(fiche)
Destitute Asylum Infants Register.  1888-1930.
Index to Register of Infants born in the Destitute Asylum.  (GRG 29/15) - 2 volumes; 1888 to 1930.
   Shows:  Infant's Name; Mother's Name; Birthdate; and Ref. No. in the microfilm at the SA State Archives.
(fiche)
Foster Mothers & Wet Nurses.   1881-91, 1898-99, 1901-02, 1908-09.
Index to Reports by the Inspectress of Licensed Foster Mothers & Wet Nurses
1.  Vols 1 to 8 (GRG 27/19) - 1881 to 1891, 1898 to 1899, 1901 to 1902, and 1908 to 1909.
   Shows:  Name; Date; and Vol in the microfilm at the SA State Archives.
   The full report contains: Personal details of licensee, Names & ages of children, Names of parents,
   Cause & date of death of child, Adoption & adoptive parents, Amount paid in maintenance,
   Condition of children & home of licensee.
         (Note: some names in the index, marked *, are children.)
2.  Vol 8 index shows:    Child; Carer; Residence and Page in the microfilm at the SA State Archives.
3.  The following list, not labelled, is probably Carers removed from the books.
4.  The further Vol 8 index shows:    Child; Foster mother; Date and Page in the microfilm at the SA State Archives
         (Note: not in alphabetical order)
(fiche)
Letters Received by the Advocate-General: index to writers and persons mentioned. 1839-1856.
(fiche)
Lying-in Homes Licenses.  1900-1910.
Index to Register of Applications & Licenses issued to keep Lying-in Homes. (GRG 27/14) - 1900 to 1910.
   Shows:  Name; Date; Number: and Location
   The microfilm of the Register at the SA State Archives gives the date, the name of the applicant,
   address of the premises  and whether or not the license was renewed annually.
         (Note: '+' after the name denotes license granted, '- ' denotes refusal)
(fiche)
Miscellaneous certificates. Volumes 7 & 8.
(fiche)
Missing Friends index.  1880-1889.
(fiche)
Naturalization index for S.A.   pre 1904.
(fiche)
Naturalization records, special lists.  1853, 1854, 1856-1864.
(fiche)

SA Police Gazette 1862-1900.   
(CD)
Railways - Index to Staff Registers.   1853-1913.
Index to Staff Registers, Vols 1 to 10 (GRG 42/131) - Apr 1853 to Jan 1913
   Shows:  Name; and Vol/Page in the microfilm at the SA State Archives.
(fiche)
Railways Index - Record of Appointment.  1889-1920.
(fiche)
Returns of aliens.   (see Naturalization records).
Schoolmasters' Returns.  1847-1851.
Index to Returns from Schoolmasters (GRG 42/6) - 1847 to 1851
   These returns were forwarded to the Colonial Secretary and show names of pupils, parents or guardians, and teachers.
   Referred letters are contained in the Inwards Correspondence of the Colonial Secretary (GRG 24/6).
   Shows:  Name, and ref. no./year in the microfilm at the SA State Archives.
(fiche)
Soldiers, Sailors & Nurses index to Photographic Portraits. 1914-1919.
(fiche)
South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Members' Research Directory.   1994.
(fiche)
South Australian records prior to 1841. (by E. A. D. Opie)  to 1841.
(fiche)
Supreme Court indictments.  1837-1850.
(fiche)
Women's Suffrage Petition.  1894.
Index to Women's Suffrage Petition of 1894.    (GRG 92/5)
Shows:  Name, Address, and Page Reference in document at the S.A. State Archives.
fiche

NEWSPAPERS
Newspaper - The South Australian Gazette & Colonial Register 18 June 1836 - 28 Dec 1839.
(Film)
Newspaper - The South Australian Register 4 Jan 1840 - 30 June 1851.
(Film)

PRISON  RECORDS
Adelaide Gaol prisoners' registers.    1857-1889.
(fiche)
Adelaide Gaol Prisoners Indexes.    1838-1849, 1857-1889.
1.  Index to Prisoners' Register (GRG 54/23) - May 1838 to Jul 1844.
    Shows:  Name; Date of sentencing prisoner; and page in the microfilm at the SA State Archives.
         Note: * indicates a prisoner of aboriginal descent.
2.  Names of prisoners tried at General Quarter Session, 11 Apr 1838.
3.  Warrants Executed.
4.  Index to Prisoners' Register (GRG 54/24) - 1 Apr 1838 to 13 Nov 1848.
     Shows:    Name; and page in the microfilm at the SA State Archives.
         Note: * indicates a prisoner of aboriginal descent.
5.  Prisoners out on bail (Mar 1839)
6.  Prisoners escaped before trial (Mar 1839):
7.  Index to Prisoners' Register (GRG 54/24A) - 30 Mar 1839 to 20 Jan  1849.
    Shows:    Name; and page in the microfilm at the SA State Archives.
(fiche)
Adelaide Gaol Punishment Index.  1838-1975.
Index to Corporal Punishment Register (GRS 2625/1/P) - 1838 to 1975.
  Shows:  Name; Date of sentence; Page in microfilm at SA State Archives and References to
  other records (Vol or CD)  at the State Archives such as a prisoner register.
          Note: * indicates a prisoner of aboriginal descent.
(fiche)
Yatala Labour Prison: Prisoners.     1851-1868, 1866-1931.
Index to Description of Prisoners (GRG 54/39) - circa 1851 to 1868.
     Shows:  Name; and reference to the microfilm at the SA State Archives.
1.  Deserters'  Index.
     Index to Prisoners' Register (GRG 54/41) - 1866 to 1931.
     Shows:  Name; Volume; and reference in the microfilm at the SA State Archives.
          Note: * indicates a prisoner of aboriginal descent.
2. Alpabetical index:
       Volume 1:  27 Nov 1866 to 25 Nov 1877.
       Volume 1A:  4 Feb 1877 to 3 Apr 1883.
       Volume 2:  1883 to 1893.
       Volume 3:  1893 to 1904.
       Volume 4:  1904 to 1915.
       Volume 5:  1915 to 1921.
       Volume 6:  1921 to 1924.
       Volume 7:  28 Mar 1924 to 23 Nov 1926.
       Volume 8:  27 Nov 1926 to 12 Nov 1928.
       Volume 9:  1928 to 1930.
       Volume 10:  1930 to 1931.
(fiche)

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