Genre search:Biography

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 & 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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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