Archivists from State Records of South Australia and its predecessors, the Public Record Office of South Australia and the South Australian Archives, have compiled a number of indexes for research purposes. The majority of these indexes are invaluable aids to Family History. They are available for purchase in microfiche form.
Please allow up to three weeks for the delivery of such orders.
| QTY. | Alphabetic Index Description | # Fiche | Sales Price
inc GST |
| | Alphabetical index to manifest of shipping departing from Port Adelaide giving names of passengers and crews. July 1841 - May 1844.
(Reference No: GRG 41/10 Special List. Also known as GRG 56/68/53 Special List) | 4 | $8.75 |
| | Alphabetical index to passenger lists giving name of person, port of disembarkation, date of arrival and passenger list number. 1888 - 1908.
[Includes some entries for 1909 - 1911 due to computer error]
(Reference No: GRG 41/34 Special List) | 42 | $88.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to applications for assisted passage as female domestic helpers giving name of person, ship, year, and file number. 1921-1930 and 1938 - 1939.
(Reference No: GRG 7/15 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to applications for assisted passage as 'boy migrants' giving name of person, ship, year and file number. 1927 - 1929.
(Reference No: GRG 7/16 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to applications for assisted passage as agricultural labourers, (including some women), giving name of person; age; name of ship; year of arrival and file number. 1921 - 1924.
[Some entries do not give a file number because there is no corresponding file. However, the index card itself will usually provide further details]
(Reference No: GRG 7/18 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to applications for assisted passage as farm apprentices (Barwell Boys) giving name of person, ship, date of arrival, date of birth and file number. 1922 - 1924
(Reference No: GRG 7/19 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index, by name of ship, to Boarding Officers' reports on visiting ships.
The reports contain information, which includes description; name and tonnage of vessel; name of commander; from what port; date of sailing; date of arrival in South Australia; number of passengers (if any); information relating to ports; date and signature of Boarding Officer. 1847.
(Reference No: GRG 24/76 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to 'Return of Aliens' who have made applications to be naturalised under Act No. 20 of 1857 - 1858, giving name of person, date and number. 1858 - 1864 (with gaps).
(Reference No: GRG 24/55 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to ledger of payments made to members of the Imperial Contingent to the South African War giving name of person, position held and page number. 1899 - 1900.
(Reference No: GRG 24/115 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to photographic portraits of South Australian soldiers, sailors and nurses who took part in World War I.
Each photograph is accompanied by a 'particular sheet' giving full name, date of birth, date of enlistment, trade of calling, birthplace, address prior to enlistment, rank, number, unit and distinctions. 1914 - 1919.
(Reference No: GRG 26/5/5 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to depositions taken during inquests giving name of deceased and deposition number. 10 June 1839 - 11 March 1851.
(Reference No: GRG 24/11 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to inquests - returns and depositions, giving name of deceased, date and item number. 1849.
(Reference No: GRG 24/75 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to inquests found in correspondence series of the Colonial Secretary's Office giving name, letter number and year. 20 June 1852-22 November 1856.
(Reference No: GRG 24/6 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to files of inquests giving name, date, file number and place where inquest was held. 1867 and 1869 - 1876.
(Reference No: GRG 1/27 Special List) | 5 | $10.75 |
| | Alphabetical index to Coroner's reports from the police giving name, date and report number. 1911 - 1924.
(Reference No: GRG 1/44 Special List) | 14 | $29.00 |
| | Alphabetical index to return of sick and destitute emigrants who received relief from the Emigration Department giving name of person, ship and date of arrival. January-December 1840.
(Reference No: GRG 24/1/1840/481A and GRG 24/1/1840/586A4 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index by name of person to indictments (and some depositions) of criminal sittings. Includes dates, reference number, offence, and sentence. 1837 - 1850.
(Reference No: GRG 36/1 Special List) | 6 | $12.75 |
| | Alphabetical index to applicants petitioning the Supreme Court for dissolution of marriage. Includes location, date and petition number. 1851 - 1893.
(Reference No: GRG 36/51 Special List) | 2 | $4.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to certificates of remission of fees by defendant and then by plaintiff related to adoption of children, deceased estates, family maintenance etc. 3 April 1950 - 8 June 1955.
[The files themselves are restricted. Application must be made to the Supreme Court for written permission to access the files].
(Reference No: GRG 36/64 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to record of appointments of South Australian Railway employees. Includes name of employee and entry number. October 1889 - August 1926.
(Reference No: GRG 42/73 Special List) | 3 | $6.75 |
| | Alphabetical index to Land Tax Assessment Returns in alphabetical order of surname showing microfilm reel numbers. 1885.
(Reference No: GRG 21/1 Special List and Appendices) | 3 | $.6.75 |
| | Alphabetical index to writers and persons in letters received by the Advocate General, with some entries for government agencies, counties etc. and giving file numbers. 1839 - 1856.
(Reference No: GRG 1/1 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to register of prisoners brought to Adelaide Gaol. 1838 - 1844.
(Reference No: GRG 54/23 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to Adelaide Gaol prisoners registers. 1857 - 1889.
(Reference No: GRS 2414/1/P Special List) | 16 | $34.00 |
| | Alphabetical index to prisoners' corporal punishment book. 1838 - 1975.
(Reference No: GRS 2625/1/P Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to abstracts of material relating to inquests contained in the letters received by the Attorney General's Department. 1857 - 1869.
(Reference No: GRG 1/2 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to persons nominated for free passages from Europe to South Australia. September 1876 - April 1879.
[This is an index to the free immigration certificates and to nominations for free passage to S.A. Contained in GRG 7/40 and GRG 7/42 respectively].
(Reference No: GRG 7/39 Special List) | 3 |
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| | Alphabetical index to persons nominating relatives etc. for free passages from Europe to South Australia 1876 - 1879.
[This is an index to the free immigration certificates and to nominations for free passage to S.A. contained in GRG 7/40 and GRG 7/42 respectively].
(Reference No: GRG 7/44 Special List) | 2 | $4.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to the Visitors Books for the old Colonist Court at the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition.
Visitors to the Old Colonist Court wrote down the names of the ships on which they arrived in Australia; and in some cases, that they were born in Australia together with the date and place of birth. 21 June 1887 - 9 January 1888.
(Reference No: GRG 47/17 Special List) | 2 | $4.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to register of infants born in the Destitute Asylum. 1888 - 1930.
(Reference No: GRG 29/15 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical indexes by names of nominators and nominees to Certificates issued under Assisted Passage Regulations. September 1878 - June 1885.
[The volumes give names of ships]
(Reference No: GRG 35/39 Vol. 1 and 2 Special List) | 3 | $8.00 |
| | Index to letters and other communications received by the Colonial Secretary, Governor and other Government Departments, 1836 - 1851; and to letters received and sent by the judge and the clerk of the Supreme Court. 1838 - 1852.
[The Colonial Secretary's Office correspondence files are the only series that covers the first five years in the history of South Australia and contains letters from or about the early settlers and related activities].
(Reference No: GRG 24/1 Special List) | 4 | $8.75 |
| | Alphabetical index to returns from School Masters forwarded to the Colonial Secretary showing names of Pupils, Parents or Guardians and Teachers. 1847 - 1851.
(Reference No: GRG 24/6 Special List) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Alphabetical index to signatures on the Women's Suffrage Petition 1894.
[The petition also gives addresses].
Reference and Access Services Staff specifically compiled this in 1994 to commemorate the centenary of Women's Suffrage in Australia. Copies of individual signatures can be purchased from State Records.
(Reference No: GRG 92/5 Special List) | 4 | $20.00 |
| | Alphabetical index to Prisoners' registers, Yatala Labour Prison. 1866 - 1931.
[The index gives the prisoners' names, volume and reference numbers. Cross-referencing has been undertaken; aliases and other commonly used names are shown in brackets].
[The registers are restricted for a period of seventy-five (75) years. Please contact an Archivist at Reference and Access Services, State Records for advice.]
(Reference No: GRG 54/41 Special List) | 6 | $12.75 |
| | Schedule of free immigration certificates. September 1876 - April 1879. UK No. 1 - 2107. Continental No. 1 - 135.
Alphabetically indexed by 'Nominee'.
(Reference No: GRG 7/40) | 3 | $6.75 |
| | Schedule of free immigration certificates. September 1876 - April 1879. UK No. 1 - 2107. Continental No. 1 - 135.
Alphabetically indexed by 'Applicant' (Nominator).
(Reference No: GRG 7/40) | 3 | $6.75 |
| | Key to newspaper index, which features persons arriving in South Australia from overseas (including New Zealand) as recorded in the Adelaide Times, South Australian and the South Australia Register. 1846 - 1887.
(Reference No: GRG 56/68/7) | 3 | $6.75 |
| | Newspaper index to persons arriving in South Australia from overseas (including New Zealand) as recorded in the Adelaide Times, South Australian and the South Australia Register. 1846 - 1887.
(Reference No: GRG 56/68/7) | 36 | $85.00 |
| | Immigration - Application for agricultural labourers by South Australian residents. No. 1 - 232 [1912-1914].
Alphabetically indexed by 'Applicant' (Employer).
(Reference No: GRG 7/4) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Immigration - Application for agricultural labourers by South Australian residents. No. 1 - 232 [1912-1914].
Alphabetically indexed by 'Nominee' (Employee).
(Reference No: GRG 7/4) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Yatala Labour Prison - Description of prisoners (ships' deserters). c1851 - 1868.
(Reference No: GRG 54/39) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Register of applications and licenses issued to keep lying-in-homes. 1900 - 1910.
(Reference No: GRG 27/14) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Reports by inspectress of licensed foster mothers and wet-nurses. Volumes 1 - 8. 1881 - 1891; 1898 - 1899; 1901 - 1902; 1908 - 1909.
(Reference No: GRG 27/19) | 11 | $27.00 |
| | South Australian Railways index to staff registers. Volumes 1 - 10. April 1853 - January 1913.
(Reference No: GRG 42/131) | 4 | $8.75 |
| | Application for Assisted Passage by agricultural labourers. 1911 - 1914.
Indexed by Employer and Labourer.
(Reference No: GRG 7/3) | 1 | $2.50 |
| | Application by Nominee for Assisted Passage previously paid for by Nominator in South Australia. 1911 - 1917.
Alphabetically indexed by 'Nominee'.
(Reference No: GRG 7/2) | 3 | $6.75 |
| | Application by Nominee for Assisted Passage previously paid for by Nominator in South Australia. 1911 - 1917.
Alphabetically indexed by 'Nominator'.
(Reference No: GRG 7/2) | 3 | $6.75 |
| | Adelaide Gaol Register of prisoners committed for trial (1838 - 1848), tried (1839 - 1849), and committed for trial (1839 - 1849).
(Reference No: GRG 54/24 and GRG 54/24A) | 2 | $4.50 |
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