Genre search:Biography

South Australians, 1836-1885 (Book 1. A-L)

by Jan Thomas Editor
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
Australia, South Australia -- Genealogy -- Sources, Biography, Indexes, General Reference, Genealogy
Barcode
396
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
REF THO J

Playford : benevolent despot

by Stewart Cockburn
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
Sir Thomas Playford (1896-1981), Politicians, Premiers (SA), Politics and government, Biography
Barcode
609
Status
Available
Call number
SA PLA

Memories of an Australian childhood, 1880-1900

by Amie Livingstone Stirling
Hardcover, 1980
Tags
Amie Livingstone Stirling (1880-1945), Autobiographies, Children -- Australia -- Biography, Australia -- Social life and customs, Diary
Barcode
598
Status
Available
Call number
A STI

As Fine A Crop - The Lives OF The Wrathall, Bull, Bowyer Family Pioneers in South Australia

by Dawn Davis
Paperback, 2000
Tags
John Wrathall Bull (1804-1886), Bull family, Bowyer family, Wrathall family, Frontier and pioneer life, Inventors, Pioneer Family History, Farm machinery, Agriculture, Biography, Canton (Ship)
Barcode
166
Status
Available
Call number
PF BUL

No convicts there : Thomas Harding's colonial South Australia

by Max Carter, 1926-
Paper Book, 1997
Tags
Social conditions, Emigration and immigration, Thomas Harding (1785-1866), Pioneers, Social life and customs, Recovery (Ship)
Barcode
250
Status
Available
Call number
PS SA HAR

Catherine Helen Spence : an autobiography /​ edited and introduced by Jeanne F. Young.

by Catherine Helen Spence, 1825-1910.
Hardcover, 1975
Tags
Catherine Helen Spence (1825-1910), Women in public life -- Australia, Women authors Australian -- Biography, Women's rights -- Australia -- History, South Australia -- Social conditions -- 1851-1901, Women in politics, Proportional representation, Franchise (Right to vote), South Australia History 1801-1900
Barcode
421
Status
Available
Call number
PB SPE

The life and adventures of Edward Snell : the illustrated diary of an artist, engineer and adventurer in the Australian colonies 1849 to 1859

by Edward Snell
Hardcover, 1988
Tags
Edward Snell (1820-1880), South Australia -- Social life and customs -- 1836-1900, Victoria - Social life and customs - 1834-1900, Tasmania - Social life and customs - 1803-1900, Diaries, Voyages and travels -- History -- 19th century, Natural history -- South Australia, Aboriginal Australians -- South Australia -- History, Gold mines and mining -- Victoria -- History, Yorke Peninsula (S.A.) - History, Murray River (S.A.) - History
Barcode
1433
Status
Available
Call number
PS SA SNE

The diaries of John McConnell Black, v. 1. Diaries one to four 1875-1886, with selected extracts from his "memoirs", (2 copies)

by J. M. (John McConnell) Black, 1855-1951
Hardcover, 1986
Tags
John McConnell Black (1855-1951), Diaries, Botanists, Farmers, Baroota, Biography
Barcode
256
Status
Available
Call number
SA BLA

The diaries of John McConnell Black, v. 1. (2 copies) (DEV No. 36)

by J. M. Black
Hardcover, 1986
Tags
John McConnell Black (1855-1951), Diaries, Botanists, Farmers, Baroota, Biography, Barbara Deverson Collection
Barcode
827
Status
Available
Call number
DEV BLA J

Founder of a city : the life of Colonel William Light, first Surveyor-General of the colony of South Australia : founder of Adelaide, 1786-1839

by Geoffrey Dutton, 1922-1998
Hardcover, 1960
Tags
Colonel William Light (1786-1839), Surveyors, Biography
Barcode
416
Status
Available
Call number
PB LIG

John Watts : Australia's forgotten architect 1814-1819 and South Australia's postmaster general 1841-1861

by Margaret Macfarlane
Paperback, 1992
Tags
John Cliffe Watts (1786-1873), Postmaster General, Biography, Architects
Barcode
155
Status
Available
Call number
PB WAT

A miller's tale: The memoirs of John Dunn of Mount Barker

by John Dunn, 1802-1894.
Paperback, 1991
Tags
John Dunn (1802-1894), Millers, Mount Barker (S.A.), Biography, Social life and customs, Politics and government
Barcode
185
Status
Available
Call number
PB DUN

Accidental Architect : the Life and Times of George Strickland Kingston

by Donald Langmead
Paperback, 1994
Tags
George Strickland Kingston 1807-1880, Architects -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- Biography, Politicians -- South Australia -- Biography, Architecture -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- History -- 19th century, South Australia -- Politics and government -- 1851-1891, Cygnet (Ship)
Barcode
235
Status
Available
Call number
PB KIN

The confidential clerk : a study of Charles Flaxman in South Australia and his relationship with George Fife Angas

by Charles Bright, Sir, 1912-1983.
Hardcover, 1983
Tags
George Fife Angas (1789-1879), Charles Flaxman (1806-1869), Biography, South Australia -- History, Land tenure. Legal aspects. South Australia, Land settlement -- South Australia, Land tenure -- South Australia -- Cases -- History, Prince George (Ship)
Barcode
488
Status
Available
Call number
PB FLA

The diaries of John McConnell Black, v. 2. Diaries five to eight 1887-1910 (2 copies)

by J. M. (John McConnell) Black, 1855-1951
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
John McConnell Black (1855-1951), Diaries, Botanists, Farmers, Baroota, Biography
Barcode
257
Status
Available
Call number
SA BLA

The diaries of John McConnell Black, v. 2. Diaries five to eight 1887-1910 (2 copies)

by J. M. (John McConnell) Black, 1855-1951
Paperback, 1991
Tags
John McConnell Black (1855-1951), Diaries, Botanists, Farmers, Baroota, Biography
Barcode
282
Status
Available
Call number
SA BLA

Silent witnesses : Adelaide's statues and monuments

by Simon Cameron
Paper Book, 1997
Tags
Statues -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- History, Monuments -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- History, Adelaide (S.A.) -- Buildings, structures etc
Barcode
581
Status
Available
Call number
SA CAM

Notable South Australians, or, Colonists - past and present

by George E. (George Ettienne) Loyau, 1835-1898)
Paperback, 1978 (1885)
Tags
Persons associated with South Australia to 1885. Biographies. Facsimiles, South Australia -- History, Biography, Facsimile reprint
Barcode
415
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
REF LOY

Founders & pioneers of South Australia: life studies of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Charles Sturt, George Fife Angas, Sir John Hindmarsh, William Light, George Gawler, David McLaren, Augustus Kavel, and Francis Cadel

by A. Grenfell Price
Hardcover, 1929
Tags
South Australia - biography, collections ; South Australia - pioneers & settlers ; South Australia - pioneers & settlement
Barcode
1741
Status
Available
Call number
REF PRI

Founders and pioneers of South Australia : life studies of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Charles Sturt, George Fife Angas, Sir John Hindmarsh, William Light, George Gawler, David McLaren, Augustus Kavel and Francis Cadell

by A. Grenfell (Archibald Grenfell) Price, Sir, 1892-1977
Paperback, 1929
Tags
Pioneers. South Australia. Biographies, Biography, Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862), Charles Sturt (1795-1869), George Fife Angas (1789-1879), Sir John Hindmarsh (1785-1860), Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler (1795 – 1869)
Barcode
608
Status
Available
Call number
PRI G

Founders & pioneers of South Australia : life studies of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Charles Sturt, George Fife Angas, Sir John Hindmarsh, William Light, George Gawler, David McLaren, Augustus Kavel and Francis Cadell

by A. Grenfell Price
Hardcover, 1929
Tags
Pioneers -- South Australia -- History, Biographies, Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862), Charles Sturt (1795-1869), George Fife Angas (1789-1879), Sir John Hindmarsh (1785-1860), Colonel William Light (1786-1839), Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler (1795 – 1869), August Kavel (1798-1860) Lutheran migrant leader, David McLaren (1785-1849), Francis Cadell (1822-)
Barcode
842
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
R REF PRI

In paths directed : reminiscences and autobiography of Emily E. Churchward, nee Padman, 1853-1933

by Emily Emma Churchward
Paper Book, 1984
Barcode
909
Status
Available

In paths directed (DEV No. 38)

by Emily Emma Churchward
Paperback, 1984
Tags
Churchward family, pioneer family history, Barbara Deverson Collection, Emily Emma Churchward (1853-1944, Biography, Social life and customs
Barcode
825
Status
Available
Call number
DEV CHU E

More than half a century of colonial life and Christian experience : with notes of travel, lectures, publications, etc.

by Henry Hussey
Hardcover, 1978
Tags
Henry Hussey (1825-1903), South Australia, Religious life, Social life and customs, Biography, Asia (Ship)
Barcode
660
Status
Available
Call number
PF HUS

Blanche, an Australian diary, 1858-1861 : the diary of Blanche Mitchell / with notes by Edna Hickson, and illustrated by Jill Francis.

by Blanche Mitchell, 1843-1869.
Hardcover, 1980
Tags
Blanche Mitchell (1843-1869), Sydney, Social life and customs, Diaries
Barcode
599
Status
Available
Call number
A MIT

Sir Thomas Playford : a portrait

by Walter Crocker, 1902-2002
Paperback, 1983
Tags
Sir Thomas Playford (1896-1981), Premiers (SA), South Australia -- Politics and government, Prime ministers -- Australia -- South Australia -- Biography, South Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945-1965
Barcode
508
Status
Available
Call number
SA PLA

Colonial dynasty : the Chambers family of South Australia

by Margaret Goyder Kerr
Hardcover, 1980
Tags
Pioneer Family History, Barker family, Chambers family, Finke family, Stuart family, Settlement and contacts, Colonization, Biography, Agriculture and horticulture, Race relations, Coromandel (Ship) — 3 more, John McDouall Stuart (1815-1866), William Finke (1814 or 1815 – 1864), Alfred Norman Barker (1812-1880)
Barcode
347
Status
Available
Call number
PF CHA

Sir John Morphett : a South Australian colonist of distinction

by Dulcie Perry
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Sir John Morphett (1809-1892), Cummins (Novar Gardens, S.A.), Legislators -- South Australia -- Biography, South Australia -- History -- 1836-1900 -- Biography
Barcode
1096
Status
Available
Call number
PB MOR

George William Francis, first director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden : a biography

by Barbara J. (Barbara Joyce) Best
Hardcover, 1986
Tags
George William Francis (1800-1865), Adelaide Botanic Garden, History, Botanists, Biography
Barcode
522
Status
Available
Call number
SA FRA

The diary and letters of Mary Thomas (1836-1866) : being a record of the early days of South Australia. (3rd ed.)

by Maisie (1878-1942) Thomas
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Thomas, Maisie, 1878-1942 -- Correspondence, Australia -- History -- 20th century, Australia - Biography, Australia - Social life and customs - 1891-1901
Barcode
1324
Status
Available
Call number
REF THO

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

by Mary Harris Thomas, 1787-1875
Hardcover, 1925
Tags
Newspapers, General Reference, Mary Thomas (1787-1875), Africaine (Ship), Biography, South Australia, Colonization, South Australia -- Social life and customs -- 1836-1900
Barcode
1323
Status
Available
Call number
REF THO

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

by Mary Harris Thomas, 1787-1875
Hardcover, 1925
Tags
Newspapers, General Reference, Mary Thomas (1787-1875), Africaine (Ship), Biography, South Australia, Colonization, South Australia -- Social life and customs -- 1836-1900
Barcode
168
Status
Available
Call number
PB THO

Anglican clergymen in South Australia in the nineteenth century

by T. T. (Thomas Thornton) Reed, 1902-
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Church of England -- South Australia -- Clergy -- Biography, Churches-History
Barcode
567
Status
Available
Call number
SA REE

Reminiscences Of And Adventurous And Chequered Career At Home And At The Antipodes. In Two Volumes. Vol. 1

by Alexander Tolmer
Hardcover, 1882
Tags
Alexander Tolmer (1815-1890), Branken Moor (Ship), Police -- South Australia, Portugal -- History -- 1826-1853, South Australia -- History -- 1851-1891, Mounted Police SA
Barcode
602
Status
Available
Call number
PB TOL

Reminiscences Of And Adventurous And Chequered Career At Home And At The Antipodes. In Two Volumes. Vol 2

by Alexander Tolmer, 1815-1890
Hardcover, 1882
Tags
Alexander Tolmer (1815-1890), Branken Moor (Ship), Police -- South Australia, Portugal -- History -- 1826-1853, South Australia -- History -- 1851-1891, Mounted Police SA
Barcode
603
Status
Available
Call number
PB TOL

The Adelaide establishment : the 1878 diary of a provincial lady of Mount Lofty and Adelaide

by Edith Caroline Tomkinson, 1858-1953
Hardcover, 1987
Tags
Tomkinson, Edith Caroline (1858-1953), MacDermott family, Marshall MacDermott (1791-1877), George Tinline (1815-1895), Adelaide Hills Region (S.A.) -- History, Adelaide Hills Region (S.A.) -- Social life and customs, Adelaide (S.A.) -- Social life and customs -- 1836-1900, South Australia -- Biography, Diaries
Barcode
1137
Status
Available
Call number
PF MAC

S. T. Gill's rural Australia

by Robert Raftopoulos
Hardcover, 1987
Tags
S. T. (Samuel Thomas) Gill (18 May 1818 – 27 October 1880), Australia in art, Country life -- South Australia -- History
Barcode
1268
Status
Available
Call number
PS SA GIL

Nature's pilgrim : the life and journeys of Captain S.A. White, naturalist, author and conservationist

by Rob Linn
Hardcover, Naturalists-Australia-Biography, ReedBeds, John White
Tags
Naturalists-Australia-Biography, ReedBeds, John White
Barcode
987
Status
Available
Call number
A WHI

Nature's pilgrim : the life and journeys of Captain S.A. White, naturalist, author and conservationist

by Rob Linn
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
Naturalists-Australia-Biography, ReedBeds, John White
Barcode
856
Status
Available
Call number
A WHI

The representative men of South Australia

by George E. Loyau
Paperback, 1978
Tags
Politicians -- South Australia -- Biography, South Australia -- History
Barcode
851
Status
Available
Call number
PB LOY

W.H. Gray, a pioneer colonist of South Australia : his life and times (1808-1896) and his estate (1896-1975)

by E. Hasenohr
Hardcover, 1977
Tags
Frontier and pioneer life - South Australia, Gray, William Henry (1808-1896), Pioneers - South Australia, Biography - South Australia
Barcode
1526
Status
Available
Call number
PB GRA

W.H. Gray, a pioneer colonist of South Australia : his life and times (1808-1896) and his estate (1896-1975)

by E. Hasenohr
Hardcover, 1977
Tags
W. H. (William Henry) Gray (1808-1896), Biography, Frontier and pioneer life -- South Australia, Pioneer Family History
Barcode
197
Status
Available
Call number
PB GRA

From the King's Marshall : A History of the Marshall Family from the 12th Century to 1980 (DEV No. 39)

by Morris Pritchard
Hardcover, 1983
Tags
Barbara Deverson Collection, Marshall family, Genealogy (UK)
Barcode
826
Status
Available
Call number
DEV PRI M

South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986

Hardcover, 1986
Tags
Local Government - South Australia - History, South Australia - History, South Australia - Biography
Barcode
1427
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
REF SOU

Stagg of Tarcowie : the diaries of a colonial teenager (1885-1887)

by William Stagg, 1867-1946
Paperback, 1977
Tags
Stagg family, William Stagg (1867-1946), Rural life, Biography, Tarcowie (S.A.), Social life and customs, Young Pioneers, Juvenile literature
Barcode
550
Status
Available
Call number
SA STA

'O.G.', the colonial Treasurer : an historical biography of Osmond Gilles, first Treasurer of South Australia

by Valerie S. Hicks
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
Osmond Gilles (1788-1866), Biography, South Australia -- History, HMS Buffalo (Ship)
Barcode
463
Status
Available
Call number
PB GIL

Our home in Australia : a description of cottage life in 1860

by Joseph Elliott
Hardcover, 1984
Tags
Joseph Elliott (1833-1883), Elliott family, Architecture Domestic -- South Australia, Adelaide (S.A.) - Social life and customs 1851-1901, Letters
Barcode
1291
Status
Available
Call number
S ELL

Counsellor, guide and friend : Dr Frank Douglas of Victor Harbour (DEV 52)

by M. S. Douglas
Hardcover, 1984
Tags
Frank Douglas (1873-1964), Physicians, Biography, Barbara Deverson Collection
Barcode
914
Status
Available
Call number
DEV DOU M

A long way from Tipperary : 58 years of South Australian journalism (DEV 67)

by G. Arch Grosvenor
Paper Book, 1983
Tags
Journalism -- South Australia -- History, Barbara Deverson Collection
Barcode
911
Status
Available
Call number
DEV GRO A

Cap'n 'ancock : ruler of Australia's little Cornwall

by Mandie Robinson
Hardcover, 1978
Tags
Henry Richard Hancock (1836-1919), Moonta (S.A.), Mining districts -- South Australia -- Moonta -- History
Barcode
1557
Status
Available
Call number
SA HAN
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