Genre search:Biography

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

Kangaroo Island, 1800-1836

by J. S. Cumpston
Hardcover, 1974
Tags
Kangaroo Island (S.A.) - History, Settlement and contacts - 19th Century, Whalers
Barcode
1667
Status
Available
Call number
PS Kangaroo Island

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

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

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

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

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

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

The history and topography of Glen Osmond

by Thomas Gill
Hardcover, 1974
Tags
Glen Osmond (S.A.) - History, Osmond Gilles (1788-1866), Glen Osmond (S.A.) - Biography, Education -- South Australia -- History, Primary Schools -- South Australia -- History
Barcode
1416
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
R REF GIL

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

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

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

Augustus Short, D.D., Bishop of Adelaide

by Judith M. Brown
Hardcover, 1974
Tags
Short, Augustus (1802-1883), Church of England -- South Australia -- Clergy -- Biography, Religion - South Australia - History
Barcode
1148
Status
Available
Call number
PS SA SHO

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

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

History of Adelaide and Vicinity: With a General Sketch of the Province of South Australia and Biographies of Representative Men (Classic Reprint)

by J. J. Pascoe
Paperback, 1972
Tags
South Australia -- History
Barcode
1048
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
R REF PAS

Pastoral pioneers of South Australia, Volume 2

by Rodney Cockburn, 1877-1932
Hardcover, 1927
Tags
Biography, Agriculture -- South Australia -- History.
Barcode
1041
Status
Available
Call number
PS SA PAS

Pastoral pioneers of South Australia, Volume 1

by Rodney Cockburn, 1877-1932
Hardcover, 1925
Tags
Biography, Agriculture -- South Australia -- History.
Barcode
1040
Status
Available
Call number
PS SA PAS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Sir John Jeffcott : portrait of a colonial judge

by R.M. Hague Hague
Hardcover, 1963
Tags
Sir John William Jeffcott (1796-1837), Biography, Politics and government, Africaine (Ship) 1837
Barcode
664
Status
Available
Call number
PB JEF

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

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

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

The story of David Bower, M.P., from Saddleworth apprentice to founder of Adelaide

by David Bower
Paperback, 1987
Tags
Bower, David Bower (1819-1898), Biography, Politics and government
Barcode
653
Status
Available
Call number
PF BOW

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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
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