Online Records

• Births, deaths and marriages 1802-

• Census returns 1841

• Ledgers of children boarded out 1862-

• Criminal record books of the Supreme Court 1842-

• Destitute Asylum admissions 1881-

• Gaol registers 1861-

• Hospital admission registers 1840-

• Indexes-

• Inquests and Police reports to the Coroner 1879-

• Insolvency registers 1841-

• Maps and plans of South Australia

• Passenger lists 1845 – 1940

• Photographs

• Probate and succession duties 1844-

• School admission registers 1873-1985

• Ships’ papers – ships arriving at South Australian ports 1849-1885

• Soldier settlement – records of land held 1917-1931

• World War One – photographs of soldiers, sailors and nurses

• Z Ward – former Parkside Lunatic Asylum circa 1884

Indexes & Special Lists

Overview

If you find an entry in one of these lists and wish to view the record, you can:

• see if a digital copy of the record exists, through the Online Records page or our catalogue
• view and copy the record in our Research Centre, or
• contact us to request a quote for a copy.

• Aboriginal history – correspondence files and photographs c.1900-

• Biographical notes relating to prominent South Australians

• Births, deaths and marriage 1802-

• Census returns 1841

• Chief (former Colonial) Secretary’s Office – letters sent and received 1836-

• Children in State based care – fostering, destitution and the Industrial School c.1861-

• Colonization Commissioners – correspondence and despatches 1836-

• Companies (defunct) 1844-

• Coronation medal recipients 1953-

• Courts – Supreme Court index books and lists of men liable to serve on juries 1840-

• Crown Lands and Immigration Office correspondence relating to immigration 1865-c.1911

• Despatches to and from the Secretary of State, London 1840-1962

• Destitute Asylum, Lying-In Home and returns related to sick and destitute emigrants 1840-

• Divorce – matrimonial petitions 1859-

• Gaols – prison registers, description books, mariner deserters 1838-

• Hospital admissions 1840-

• Immigration schemes 1862-

• Inquests and police reports to the Coroner 1852-

• Insolvencies 1841-

• Land, property and house history 1808-

• Mariners and sailors – certificates of competency and deserters 1856-

• Military and war – Volunteer Military Force, defence papers and Boer War 1842-

• Passenger lists 1836-

• Photographs 1838-

• Police correspondence, papers and books 1840-

• Probate and succession duties 1844-

• Railway employees 1853-

• Research notes

• School admission registers 1873-1985

• Sheriff’s Office correspondence 1867-1910

• Ships arriving at South Australian ports 1836-

• Soldier settlement following World War One 1917-1931

• Surveyor-General’s Office correspondence 1867-1910

• Teachers 1847-

• Women’s suffrage petition 1894

• World War One soldier, sailor and nurse photographs

Note: these lists may contain errors or omissions. It is always worth browsing lists as well as using the search function. If you identify an error in a list please let us know.