Subject search:Biography

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

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

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

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

George French Angas, artist, traveller and naturalist, 1822-1886

by John Tregenza, 1931-
Paper Book, 1980
Tags
George French Angas (1822-1886), Augustus (Ship), Geography -- Pictorial works, Voyages and travels -- Australia, Artists -- Australia -- Biography, Naturalists -- Australia -- Biography, Voyages and travels -- Pictorial works, Painters -- Australia -- Biography
Barcode
422
Status
Available
Call number
PB ANG

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

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

WW1 ANZACS of the fleurieu peninsula : stories from pioneer families

by Jan Lokan Editor
Paperback, 2016
Tags
World War 1 1914-1918, Soldiers -- South Australia -- Fleurieu Peninsula -- Biography, Nurses -- South Australia -- Fleurieu Peninsula -- Biography, Pioneers -- South Australia -- Fleurieu Peninsula, Fleurieu Peninsula (S.A.) -- Military History
Barcode
593
Status
Available
Call number
SA WW1

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 cyclopedia of South Australia in two volumes : an historical and commercial review, (Volume 2)

by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Burgess, 1839-1923 Editor
Hardcover, 1909
Tags
South Australia, Description and travel, Biography, Encyclopaedias, General Reference, Settlement and contacts, Colonization
Barcode
527
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
R REF BUR H

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 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 Wilsons of Whitwarta

by Ruth Wilson-Verner
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
Wilson family, Whitwarta (S.A.) - Biography, South Australia - Genealogy
Barcode
1009
Status
Available
Call number
PF WIL

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

Buried treasures : Prospect people in North Road Cemetery (Nailsworth, South Australia)

by David Kilner
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Cemeteries, Nailsworth (S.A.), Prospect (S.A.) -- Biography, Prospect (S.A.) -- History, North Road Cemetery (Nailsworth
Barcode
320
Status
Available
Call number
PS Prospect

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

Colonel William Light : founder of Adelaide [electronic resource]

by Thomas Gill, 1849-1923
Ebook, (1911) 2005
Tags
Colonel William Light (1786-1839), Surveyors -- South Australia -- Biography
Barcode
324
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
MED LIG

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

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

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

David Bower, from Yorkshire to Adelaide

by Edward A. Muggleton
Paperback, 1997
Tags
David Bower (1819-1898), Bower Cottages Community Centre (Semaphore S. Aust.) -- History, Historic buildings -- South Australia -- Semaphore, Biography
Barcode
366
Status
Available
Call number
PF BOW

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

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

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

The changing valley : Forreston 1839 to 1989

by E. C. Jamieson
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
Pioneers, Biography, Forreston (S.A.), Genealogy, Land transactions
Barcode
639
Status
Available
Call number
PS Forreston

Inman : first commander of the South Australia police

by M. A. (Maxwell Arthur) Slee, 1947-
Paperback, 2010
Tags
Henry Inman (1816–1895), South Australia. Police Department -- History, Police -- South Australia -- Biography, Police -- South Australia -- History
Barcode
362
Status
Available
Call number
PB INM

Pioneers of Reynella : the settlement of Reynella, South Australia, from the 1830s to 1950s

by Margarette Powell
Paperback, 2015
Tags
Pioneers -- South Australia -- Reynella, Reynella (S.A.) -- History, Reynella (S.A.) -- Biography, Reynella (S.A.) -- Genealogy.
Barcode
1579
Status
Available
Call number
PS Reynella

The George Fife Angas you might not know and should : his life, character and motivation

by 1933- Paech David O. (David Oswald)
Family History Folder, 2008
Tags
George Fife Angas (1789-1879), Biography, South Australia, Colonization
Barcode
253
Status
Available
Call number
PB ANG

The quiet waters by : the Mount Pleasant district, 1843-1993

by Reg Butler
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Mount Pleasant Region (S. Aust) -- Biography, Mount Pleasant Region (S. Aust.) -- History
Barcode
929
Status
Available
Call number
PS Mount Pleasant

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

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

Full circle : a story of South Australia's unknown pioneer (2 copies)

by Enid Sutton
Paperback, 2004
Tags
John Gifford (1818-1866), Ranchers -- South Australia -- South East Region -- Biography, Frontier and pioneer life -- South Australia, Pioneers -- South Australia -- Correspondence, South Australia -- Social life and customs -- 1836-1900
Barcode
520
Status
Available
Call number
PF GIF

The story of a queen named Adelaide

by Chelsea Lewis
Paperback, 2016
Tags
Queen Adelaide (1792-1849), Biography, Juvenile literature, Young Pioneers
Barcode
574
Status
Available
Call number
STO

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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 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. 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

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

Cornish-Australian heritage : a biographical register of Cornish-Australians, 1788-1998

by Patricia Lay
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Cornish -- Australia -- History, Cornish -- Australia -- Biography, Immigrants -- Australia, Cornwall (England) -- Emigration and immigration, Genealogy, Australia -- Emigration and immigration, Australian Heritage Series Vol 1
Barcode
624
Status
Available
Call number
A COR

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 weatherman from Greenwich : Charles Todd - 1826 to 1910

by Tony Rogers
Paperback, 2017
Tags
Sir Charles Todd (1826-191), Biography, Meteorology, Discovery and exploration
Barcode
656
Status
Available
Call number
SA TOD

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

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

History of some of the early settlers and pioneers of South Australia

by Josiah Hollitt
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
Hollitt family, Wirrabara Region (S.A.) -- History, Pioneers -- South Australia -- Biography, Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S. A.) -- History, Stone Hut (S.A.) - History, Melrose (S.A.) - History, Booleroo Centre (S.A.) - History
Barcode
997
Status
Available
Call number
PS Wirrabara

A Song of Australia : Caroline Carleton, her poems & biography, 1820-1874

by Rae Webling
Paperback, 1977
Tags
Caroline Carleton (1820-1874), Biography, Poetry
Barcode
610
Status
Available
Call number
PB CAR
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