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I had originally intended to establish a comprehensive directory of South Australian links. However, there are other people & organisations doing a much better job than I could hope to do. Graham Jaunay & Barry Leadbeater are notable examples.
I have learned that maintaining such a directory would be way beyond my resources
Nevertheless, I hope this page will at least serve as a springboard into South Australian sources, if you are just starting there.
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About SA and Sources
of information for genealogy and local history
South Australia
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a unique Australian colony
South Australia was the only Australian colony not used as a penal settlement (dumping ground for convicts). It was established by a British act of parliament in 1834 and was first settled and proclaimed in 1836. It was created as something of a social experiment, based on the planned settlement theories of Edward Gibbon Wakefield.
The act provided for the colony to be populated by selling the land (to 'British subjects'), with the proceeds constituting an Emigration Fund. This fund was to be used exclusively to convey 'poor emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland' to the province. They would work for the new land owners.
In order to ensure the province was appropriately civilised and not 'turbulent and factious', the act mandated that these emigrants be adults of both sexes in equal proportions and no more than 30 years of age. No married person could obtain a passage from the fund without taking their spouse and children.
Assisted migration to South Australia continued until well into the middle of the 20th century.
Useful sites
- South Australia Central (government)
- State Library of South Australia
- Find Libraries in South Australia (and elsewhere in Australia)
- PlaceNames Online - South Australian State Gazetteer
Family and local history sources
- Adelaide Proformat (Graham Jaunay's ancestry and local history research service - commercial and free info/services)
- Family History South Australia (Barry Leadbeater)
- State Records of South Australia - home for much of South Australia's documentary heritage
- Davy Jones Locker - online South Australian shipping database
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