Tag search:Biography

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

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

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, 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, 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

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.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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To the desert with Sturt : a diary of the 1844 expedition (2 copies)

by Daniel George Brock
Hardcover, 1975
Tags
Borrow Collection, Charles Sturt (1795-1869), Daniel George Brock (1811-1867), Edward John Eyre (1815-1901), Explorers, Discovery and exploration, Diary, Biography
Barcode
899
Status
Reference - Not for loan
Call number
REF BRO

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

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

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

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

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

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

Edward Gibbon Wakefield : builder of the British Commonwealth

by Paul Bloomfield
Hardcover, 1961
Tags
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862), Colonization, Colonial, Social life and customs, Biography
Barcode
634
Status
Available
Call number
G WAK

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

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

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

'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

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 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 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

Blood, sweat and fears : medical practitioners and medical students of South Australia who served in World War 1 (2 copies)

by Christopher Verco
Paperback, 2014
Tags
World War 1 1914-1918, Australian, Physician, Biography, Medicine
Barcode
629
Status
Available
Call number
SA VER

Blood, sweat and fears II : medical practitioners of South Australia on active service after World War 2 to Vietnam 1945-1975

by Christopher Verco
Paperback, 2016
Tags
Physicians, Biography, Medicine, Military, Korean War 1950-1953, Vietnam War 1961-1975
Barcode
630
Status
Available
Call number
SA VER

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

Old Stradbroke 1840-1966

by Elizabeth Warburton, 1919-2016.
Hardcover, 1976
Tags
South Australia, History, Stradbroke Park (S.A.), Historic Buildings, Rostrevor (S.A.), Biography
Barcode
552
Status
Available
Call number
PS Stradbroke

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

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

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 Basedow story : a German South Australian heritage

by B. (Bern) Basedow
Paper Book, 1990
Tags
Pioneer Family History, Basedow family, Herbert Basedow (1881-1933), History - Genealogy and family history, Health services - Health workers - Medical practitioners, Anthropology, Biography, Genealogy, Germany -- Genealogy
Barcode
290
Status
Available
Call number
SA BAS

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

A band of pioneers : a history of the Congregational churches along the South Coast from 1839-1977

by Rev. John Cameron
Paper Book, 1977
Tags
Simpson Newland (1835-1925), Ministers of Religion, Congregational churches, Victor Harbour region (S.A.), Clergy, Biography
Barcode
161
Status
Available
Call number
PS Encounter Bay

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

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

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

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

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 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

We survived

by Wilf Roediger
Paper Book, 1974
Tags
Eyre Peninsula (S.A.), Biography, Frontier and pioneer life
Barcode
284
Status
Available
Call number
SA ROE
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