Online Records

• Registration of major life events 1802- Births, Marriages, Deaths
• 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-
• 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
• Registration of major life events 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.