Genre search:Biography

'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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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. 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, [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

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

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

A Book of South Australia : women in the first hundred years (2 copies)

by Louise Brown
Paperback, 1936
Tags
Women, History, Women artists, Pioneers, South Australia -- History, Biography
Barcode
495
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
R REF BOO

A Book of South Australia : women in the first hundred years (2 copies)

by Louise Brown
Hardcover, 1936
Tags
Women, History, Women artists, Pioneers, South Australia -- History, Biography
Barcode
255
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
R REF BOO

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The cyclopedia of South Australia in two volumes : an historical and commercial review, descriptive and biographical, facts, figures, and illustrations: an epitome of progress, Volume 1 (2 copies)

by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Burgess, 1839-1923 Editor
Paperback, 1907
Tags
South Australia -- Description and travel -- 1901-1950, South Australia -- Dictionaries and encyclopedias, Biography, Encyclopaedias, General Reference, Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
Barcode
450
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
REF BUR H

The cyclopedia of South Australia in two volumes : an historical and commercial review, descriptive and biographical, facts, figures, and illustrations: an epitome of progress, Volume 1 (2 copies)

by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Burgess, 1839-1923 Editor
Hardcover, 1907
Tags
South Australia -- Description and travel -- 1901-1950, South Australia -- Dictionaries and encyclopedias, Biography, Encyclopaedias, General Reference, Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
Barcode
240
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
R REF BUR

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

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. 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

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. 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

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 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

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

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

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

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 & 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

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

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

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 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
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