Biographical Index of South Australians, 1836-1885
Marden, South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society, 1986. A perennially useful reference work. [4 items]. More
Marden, South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society, 1986. A perennially useful reference work. [4 items]. More
Marden, South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society, 1986. A perennially useful reference work. [4 items]. More
Adelaide, F.P. Bailliere, 1866. The map is a beauty; it is easy to understand why it is rarely found in copies of this book. More
The consecutively numbered land grants (1037 to 1041) are for 'Eighty acres numbered 957 [to 961] in the Provincial Survey marked with the Letter C', purchased by 'George Frederick Dashwood Esquire, Royal Navy, Forest Lodge, Bracknell, Berks'. The purchase price of £80 per section is not shown; all five documents..... More
London, J.C. Hailes and S. Gilbert, 1843. This copy contains the armorial bookplate of Henry Percival Moore (and his pencilled ownership initials on an early binder's blank). Moore was the Colonial Manager for the South Australian Company from 1901 to 1929. Interestingly, the lithographs are by George French Angas from..... More
The invitation, issued to 'Mr R Burton' and initialled 'DGE' [D.G. Evan] is undated, but the English footballers arrived in Adelaide on 5 July 1888. The South Australian 'Weekly Chronicle', on Saturday 14 July 1888, under the headline 'International Football', has an account of the first match played the previous..... More