General Disposal Schedule No 20, 4th edition, is now available applies to all records, irrespective of format or media, created or received by any Local Government Authority in South Australia.General Disposal Schedule No 20 Edition 4 Released
State Records has reviewed and updated both GDS 21 and the digitisation of official records and management of source documents guideline, applicable to both state and local government agencies.Revised GDS 21 and Digitisation Guideline
State Records has released a Records Management assessment survey that must be completed by all state and local government agencies.Online Records Management Assessment Survey
State Records has reviewed and updated its information sheet on Microsoft SharePoint and EDRMS.Microsoft SharePoint and EDRMS
A range of research advice sheets have been produced by State Records to assist customers with their research and with accessing records in our archival collection.Researching and Accessing Archival Records
Principles and associated obligations agencies, bound by the State Records Act, 1997, must consider to ensure that the records of agencies are adequately managed throughout the contracting process.Contracting and Official Records Guideline
See Ancestors in Archives for a detailed description of these sources and how to use them.
Arrivals from Overseas Ports
GRG 56/68/4 Lists of passengers arriving in South Australia from overseas ports 1836-1845 (see also companion volume GRG 56/68/4 Chronological list of ships arriving in South Australia from overseas 1836-1849, both available on Research Centre shelves)
GRG 56/68/52 Miscellaneous passenger lists 1837-1839 (available on Research Centre shelves)
GRG 41/8 Manifests of incoming ships at Port Adelaide with lists of passengers and crew 1838-1842 (available on microfilm at Research Centres, indexed by GRG 56/68/5, available on Research Centre shelves)
GRG 56/68/7 Index to persons arriving in South Australia from overseas as recorded in the Adelaide Times, South Australian and South Australian Register newspapers 1846-1887 (available on Research Centre shelves, including key to index)
GRG 35/48/1 Official Assisted Passenger Lists 1847 - 1886 (available on microfiche at Research Centres, indexed by GRG 56/68/3, available on Research Centre shelves and on microfiche)
Accession 1531 Immigrants arriving from Hamburg 1851-1886 (available on microfilm at Research Centres and on Research Centre shelves)
GRG 41/34 Official lists of passengers arriving in South Australia from overseas 1888-1892, 1894, 1896-1940 (available on microfilm at Research Centres, index until 1908 available on Research Centre shelves, see State Records staff at Research Centres for index 1909-1924).
Arrivals from Interstate
GRG 41/36 Inwards passenger lists from interstate ports 1901-1903, 1908, 1910, 1914, 1918-1920, 1922-1923 (order records for viewing at a Research Centre through ArchivesSearch, no index available).
Overseas and interstate Arrivals at South Australian Outports
GRG 41/39 Incoming passenger lists to Port Pirie (1930-1931, 1933-1939) Port Lincoln (1938), Port Germein (1934), Stenhouse Bay (1939) and Wallaroo (1939) (order records for viewing at a Research Centre through ArchivesSearch, no index available).
