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These are some useful links to help you with your research.
Click on "read more" to see links for cemeteries, shipping, property information, place names and contact addresses.
South Australian Cemeteries
Links at australiancemeteries is the premier Australian Cemeteries website for South Australia.
Centennial Park http://www.centennialpark.org/
Adelaide Cemeteries Authority for West Terrace (1836+), Cheltenham (1876+), Enfield (1947+) and Smithfield (1986+) www.aca.sa.gov.au
Local government councils manage many cemeteries. Follow links from the list or use the clickable maps to an individual council from where you can search council cemetery burial index databases.
Faithe Jones Gravesecrets
Papsdorf German Headstones
Forever Remembered
Ozburials Lorraine Laiment
familyhistory.info Barry & Mareen Leadbeater
Graham Jaunay
Cemetery Locations gives cemetery coordinates and shows a map from Google.
South Australian Shipping
There is no one comprehensive shipping website. Some useful sites include:
Graham Jaunay
Di Cummings' Bound For SA 1836 to 1851
Di Cummings from 1852
Maureen Leadbeater
Perth Dead Persons Society
South Australian Place Names
A useful site for South Australian Place names is:
http://www.placenames.sa.gov.au/
Manning Index of SA History hosted by the State Library of SA
Australian Atomic Bomb Tests - Nominal Roll
A nominal roll of people involved in British Atomic testing in Australia from 1952 to 1963 is being created by the Department of Veterans Affairs. A searchable database of armed forces personnel isavailable at:
http://www.dva.gov.au/commem/nomroll/atomic/index.htm
Corrections and additions can be made through the site.
National Archives of Australia
South Australian Office is at 78 Angas St, Adelaide.
PO Box 6536, Halifax Street (Adelaide) SA 5000
Tel: (08) 8409 8400 Fax: (08) 8409 8499 email:
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The State Library of South Australia
Anyone travelling to Adelaide and planning to use the library is advised to check availability of records. This can be done via their website: http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ or phone 08-8207 7200.
Opening hours for the Institute Building (which houses Family History material)
Monday to Thursday 9.30am - 6pm
Friday 9.30am - 8pm
Sat and Sun 12noon - 5pm
State Records in South Australia
Individuals can undertake their own research, and archivists in the reading room will assist at no cost. Access to government records less than thirty years old is restricted, and reports containing personal information may be restricted for up to eighty years.
State Records of SA have two research facilities:
Gepps Cross Research Centre
115 Cavan Road, Gepps Cross SA 5094
Telephone (08) 8226 7750 Fax (08) 8260 6133 email:
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Mondays: Closed
Tuesday to Friday: 9.30 am until 3.30 pm
Saturdays: Closed
Sundays: First Sunday each month 11 am until 5 pm
Public Holidays: Closed
The City Research Centre
26-28 Leigh Street, Adelaide SA 5000
Telephone (08) 8226 7750 Fax (08) 8204 8777 email:
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Monday: Closed
Tuesday to Friday: 9.30 am until 3.30 pm
Saturday & Sunday: Closed
Public Holidays: Closed
Their home page is: http://www.archives.sa.gov.au/index.html
Port Adelaide Historical Society Rooms
Situated upstairs from the Semaphore Library at 14 Semaphore Road and are open each Friday afternoon from 1.30 p.m. until 3.30 p.m.
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