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.
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