Genre search:Biography

Coromandelians: South Australian pioneers of the Coromandel

by Brian Stace
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
Coromandel (Ship), South Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History, South Australia -- History -- 1836-1900
Barcode
1449
Status
Available
Call number
SHIP Coromandel

Tom Price : from stonecutter to premier

by Stephanie McCarthy
Paperback, 2015
Tags
Tom Price (1852-1909), Politics and government, Premiers (SA)
Barcode
623
Status
Available
Call number
SA PRI

Susan: Convict's daughter, soldier's wife, nobody's fool

by Stella Budrikis
Folder, 2017
Tags
John Mason (1815-1856), Catherine Murphy (c1822-1874), William Doody (1808-1886), Bridget Murnane (cI823-1907), Mason family, Dorset (Ship)
Barcode
1652
Status
Available
Call number
PF MAS

Quiet city : walking in West Terrace Cemetery (2 copies)

by Carol Ann Lefevre
Paperback, 2016
Tags
West Terrace Cemetery, Cemeteries, Adelaide (S.A.)
Barcode
604
Status
Available
Call number
PS Adelaide L

Chequered lives : John Barton Hack and Stephen Hack and the early days of South Australia

by Iola Mathews
Paperback, 2013
Tags
Pioneers -- South Australia, Biography, South Australia -- History, South Australia -- Discovery and exploration, John Barton Hack (1805-1884), Stephen Hack (1816–1894), Isabella (Ship), Pioneer Family History, Hack family
Barcode
447
Status
Available
Call number
PF HAC

Adelaide's dissenting headmaster : John Lorenzo Young and his premier private school

by Diana Chessell
Paperback, 2014
Tags
John Lorenzo Young (1826-1881), Adelaide Educational Institution -- History, Adelaide Philosophical Society -- History, School principals -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- Biography, Teachers -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- Biography, Schools -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- History, Education -- South Australia -- History
Barcode
469
Status
Available
Call number
SA YOU

Henry Ayers The man who became a rock

by Jason Shute
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Miners, Biography, Sir Henry Ayers (1821-1897), Politics and government
Barcode
662
Status
Available
Call number
PB AYE

Behind the streets of Adelaide : the unrevealed history of the roads and pavements of a modern city

by Jeff Nicholas
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
Streets, Street names, History, Adelaide (S.A.), Biography, Politics and government, Colonization, General Reference
Barcode
565
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
REF NIC J

From Antarctica to the gold rushes : in the wake of the Erebus : Alexander Smith RN, polar voyager, astronomer & goldfields commissioner 1812-1872

by John Ramsland, 1942-
Paperback, 2011
Tags
Alexander Smith (1812-1872), British Antarctic Expedition (1839-1843), Gold mines and mining, Castlemaine (Vic.), Men -- Australia -- Biography, Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration, Explorers -- Biography, Polar expeditions
Barcode
373
Status
Available
Call number
A RAM

Memoirs of mixed fortunes : Samuel Joseph Stuckey, a pioneer of the north and south east of South Australia, 1837-1912

by Samuel Joseph Stuckey, 1837-1912
Paper Book, 2014
Tags
Samuel Joseph Stuckey (1837-1912), Biography, Genealogy, Pompey, died 1864, Settlement and contacts, History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous, Race relations - Violent - Massacres murders poisonings etc. - To 1900, poisonings etc. - To 1900.
Barcode
467
Status
Available
Call number
PB STU

John Hill c. 1810-1860 : South Australia's discoverer of rivers

by M. A. (Maxwell Arthur) Slee, 1947
Paperback, 2015
Tags
John Hill (1810?-1860), Explorers, Biography, South Australia, Discovery and exploration
Barcode
499
Status
Available
Call number
PB HIL

Supreme federalist : the political life of Sir John Downer

by John Bannon, 1943-2015.
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
John William Downer (1843-1915), Premiers (SA), Politicians -- South Australia -- Biography, Federal government -- Australia -- History, South Australia -- Politics and government -- 1851-1901, Former Premiers, Federalism, Political conditions, Biography
Barcode
340
Status
Available
Call number
PB DOW

James Hoare : a pioneer of South Australia : the life and times of my great grandfather

by Jeffrey M Hoare
Paperback, 2012
Tags
Pioneer Family History, Hoare family, James Hoare (1809-1893), Hoar family, Biography, South Australia -- Emigration and immigration, England -- Emigration and immigration, South Australia -- Social life and customs -- 1836-1900, Cygnet (Ship)
Barcode
391
Status
Available
Call number
PB HOA

The Premier and the Pastoralist : William Morgan and Peter Waite

by James Waite Morgan
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Morgan, Sir William Morgan (1829-1883), Peter Waite (1834-1922), Politics and government, Premiers (SA), Biography, Agriculture
Barcode
828
Status
Available
Call number
SA MOR

Private journal of a voyage to Australia 1838-1839

by James Bell, 1817-1840
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
James Bell (1817-1840), Adelaide (S.A.), Voyages and travels -- History -- 19th century, Planter (Ship), Diaries, Travel, Macgowan family, Elphick family
Barcode
372
Status
Available
Call number
SHIP Planter 1839

Biography of John Banks Shepherdson : farmer, schoolmaster and special magistrate, 1809-1897

by Eric Spehr, 1938-
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
Pioneer Family History, John Banks Shepherdson (1809-1897), Biography, Shepherdson family, Genealogy, Hartley (Ship)
Barcode
440
Status
Available
Call number
PB SHE

Mary Thomas : founding mother : the life and times of a South Australian pioneer

by Beth Duncan
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Mary Thomas (1787-1875), Pioneers -- South Australia -- History, Women pioneers -- South Australia -- Biography, Frontier and pioneer life -- South Australia, Africaine (Ship)
Barcode
271
Status
Available
Call number
PB THO

Ill-starred captains : Flinders and Baudin

by Anthony J. (Anthony Jarrold) Brown, 1927-
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), Nicolas Baudin (1754-1803), Discovery and exploration
Barcode
479
Status
Available
Call number
SHIP BRO

Keeping a trust : South Australia's Wyatt Benevolent Institution and its founder

by Carol S. Fort
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
William Wyatt (1804-1886), Wyatt Benevolent Institution, Charities, Philanthropists, Physicians, South Australia -- History, John Renwick (Ship)
Barcode
847
Status
Available
Call number
PB WYA

Billiatt : John William Billiatt : explorer, adventurer and tutor

by S. C. (Shirley Cameron) Wilson, 1918-
Paperback, 2006
Tags
John William Billiatt (1842-1919), Explorers, Biography, Alexander Tolmer (1815-1890), William Darton Kekwick (1822-1872), W. P. Auld (1840-1912), Stephen King (1841-1915), James Frew (1840-1877), Frederick George Waterhousen (1815-1898), Francis William Thring (1837-1908), John McDouall Stuart expedition
Barcode
190
Status
Available
Call number
A BIL

Wild Joy : To Everything, a Beginning

by E. J. (E. Joy) Wheaton, 1923-
Paperback, 2010
Tags
E. J. Wheaton 1923-, Farm life -- South Australia -- Kangaroo Island, Painters, Australian -- Biography, Kangaroo Island (S.A.) -- Biography
Barcode
367
Status
Available
Call number
SA WHE

Backwards and in high heels : stories from the Significant Women of Gawler Project

by Elizabeth Mansutti
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
Women -- South Australia -- Gawler -- History, Women -- South Australia -- Gawler -- Biography, Gawler (S. Aust.) -- History
Barcode
332
Status
Available
Call number
SA MAN

S.A.'s Greats The Men and Women of the North Terrace Plaques (2 copies)

by Ed John Healey
Paperback, 2001
Tags
General Reference, Occupation- Ministers of Religion, Biography, South Australia Jubilee, North Terrace Plaques
Barcode
163
Status
Available
Call number
PS Adelaide H

The insect man : Charles Algernon Wilson : Adelaide's first entomologist

by John G. Wilson
Paper Book, 2005
Tags
Charles Algernon Wilson (1818-1884), Entomologists, Biography, Insects
Barcode
203
Status
Available
Call number
PF WIL

Found in stones : an account of Samuel Lewis in South Australia - Second edition (2 copies)

by Warren Lewis
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Pioneer Family History, Samuel Lewis (1813-1896), Lewis family, Biography, Moffatt (Ship)
Barcode
429
Status
Available
Call number
PF LEW

Found in stones : an account of Samuel Lewis in South Australia - First edition (2 copies)

by Warren Lewis
Paperback, 2002
Tags
Pioneer Family History, Samuel Lewis (1813-1896), Lewis family, Biography, Moffatt (Ship)
Barcode
158
Status
Available
Call number
PF LEW

Century of Australian prime ministers

by Joanne Holliman
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Prime ministers, Politics and government, Biography, Juvenile literature, Young Pioneers
Barcode
646
Status
Available
Call number
A HOL

Caroline : a family story

by Joan Durdin
Paperback, 2008
Tags
Pioneer Family History, Durdin, Bagot family, Durdin family, Jacob family, Immigrants, Biography, Genealogy, William Jacob (1815-1902), Rapid (Ship)
Barcode
338
Status
Available
Call number
PF JAC

Australian dictionary of biography. Volume 1. 1788-1850, A-H

by Bede Nairn Editor
Hardcover, 1966
Tags
General Reference, Biography
Barcode
486
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
REF AUS

Australian dictionary of biography. Volumes 2-13, 1788-1939.

by Douglas Pike, 1908-1974, Editor
Paperback, 1967
Tags
General Reference, Biography
Barcode
487
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
REF AUS

Notable lives : profiles of 21 South Australians

by Stewart Cockburn, 1921-2009.
Paperback, 1997
Tags
Biography, South Australia, History, Social life and customs
Barcode
620
Status
Available
Call number
SA COC

The diary and letters of Mary Thomas (1836-1866) : being a record of the early days of South Australia

by Mary Thomas
Hardcover, 1915
Tags
Mary Thomas (1787-1875), Pioneers -- South Australia -- Biography, South Australia -- Social life and customs -- 1836-1900
Barcode
840
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
R REF THO

The diaries of John McConnell Black, v. 3. Diaries nine to twelve 1911-1951

by J. M. (John McConnell) Black, 1855-1951
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
John McConnell Black (1855-1951), Diaries, Botanists, Farmers, Baroota, Biography
Barcode
258
Status
Available
Call number
SA BLA

Biographical index of South Australians 1836-1885, Vol. 1 (A-E)

by Jill Statton Editor
Hardcover, 1986
Tags
Genealogy, Indexes, General Reference, Biography, Biographical Index of South Australians
Barcode
184
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
REF BIO

Biographical Index Of South Australians 1836-1885, Vol. 3 (L-R)

by Jill Statton
Hardcover, 1986
Tags
Genealogy, Indexes, General Reference, Biography, Biographical Index of South Australians
Barcode
227
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
REF BIO

Biographical index of South Australians 1836-1885, Vol. 4 (S-Y)

by Jill Statton
Hardcover, 1986
Tags
Genealogy, Indexes, General Reference, Biography, Biographical Index of South Australians
Barcode
228
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
REF BIO

Biographical index of South Australians 1836-1885, Vol. 2 (F-K)

by Jill Statton Editor
Hardcover, 1986
Tags
Genealogy, Indexes, General Reference, Biography, Biographical Index of South Australians
Barcode
181
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
REF BIO

Uneven Stephen

by Diana Cook
Paperback, 2000
Tags
George Milner Stephen (1812-1894), South Australia -- History -- 1836-1851. | South Australia -- Officials and employees -- Biography. Isabella Watson (Ship)
Barcode
466
Status
Available
Call number
PB STE

Recollections : Nathaniel Hailes' adventurous life in colonial South Australia

by Nathaniel Hailes, 1802-1879.
Paperback, 1998
Tags
Nathaniel Simpson Hailes (1802 1879), Biography, Colonization, Social life and customs, Buckinghamshire (Ship)
Barcode
269
Status
Available
Call number
PB HAI

Letters to Ann: the love story of Matthew Flinders and Ann Chappelle

by Catharine Retter
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Ann Chappelle (1772-1852), Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), Explorers -- Great Britain -- Correspondence, Discovery and exploration, Explorers -- Family relationships
Barcode
572
Status
Available
Call number
G FLI

The life and times of William IV

by Anne Somerset, 1955-
Hardcover, 1980
Tags
William IV - King of Great Britain (1765-1837), Great Britain -- History -- William IV (1830-1837), Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Barcode
363
Status
Available
Call number
G WIL

The Mayfield family : a history of thirteen generations in England and Australia

by Pat Uppill
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
Mayfield family, Biography, Genealogy, Pioneer Family History, Prince Regent (Ship)
Barcode
211
Status
Available
Call number
PF MAY

The hands of a woman /​ South Australian Medical Women's Society.

by Olive Johnston, 1923-
Paperback, 1994
Tags
South Australian Medical Women's Society, Societies, Medical History, Physicians, Women, Biography
Barcode
663
Status
Available
Call number
SA HAN

A radical aristocrat : the Rt. Hon. Sir William Molesworth, Bart., PC, MP of Pencarrow and his wife Andalusia

by Alison Adburgham
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
Sir William Molesworth (1810-1855), Andalusia Molesworth (d. 1888), Biography, Politics and government, Great Britain
Barcode
573
Status
Available
Call number
G MOL

Yesterday's daughters : stories of our past by women over 70 (2 copies)

by Alma Bushell
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Women -- Australia -- Biography, Women, Social conditions
Barcode
337
Status
Available
Call number
BUS A

Yesterday's daughters : stories of our past by women over 70 (2 copies)

by Alma Bushell Editor
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Women -- Australia -- Biography, Women, Social conditions
Barcode
293
Status
Available
Call number
A BUS

War diaries and memoirs of Flight Lieutenant Hammond Goldney

by Frank Hammond Goldney
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Frank Hammond Goldney (1914-), Royal Australian Air Force, Biography, Personal narratives
Barcode
575
Status
Available
Call number
A GOL

A lady at sea : the adventures of Agnes Grant Hay

by Anthony Laube
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Pioneer Family History, Hay family, Agnes Grant Hay (1837-1909), Alexander Hay (1820-1898), Gosse family, Mount Breckan, e : Victor Harbor (S.A.), Biography, Social life and customs
Barcode
534
Status
Available
Call number
SA HAY

Biographical index of South Australians, 1836-1885, [electronic resource]

by Jan Thomas
Multimedia, (1986, 1990) 2007
Tags
Genealogy, Indexes, General Reference, Biography, Biographical Index of South Australians
Barcode
331
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
MED BIO

South Australians, 1836-1885, (Book 2. M-Z)

by Jan Thomas Editor
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
Australia, South Australia -- Genealogy -- Sources, Biography, Indexes, General Reference, Genealogy
Barcode
397
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
REF THO J
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