Re: SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH
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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH
8/19/99
The State of South Australia was established by Act of British Parliament in 1834, and proclaimed in 1836 with the arrival of "HMS Buffalo" at Holdfast Bay (Glenelg). Prior to and shortly following civil registration in 1842, very few churches existed within South Australia. Holy Trinity as the Anglican "Church of State" initially serviced ALL denominations for the City of Adelaide & State. Other's followed: Blakiston (Adelaide Hills)1846, Port Adelaide 1846, St. Mary's 1846, Gawler 1847, Clare 1848 & Penwortham 1849, Pewsey Vale 1848, Kensigton (Adelaide) 1848, Magill (Adelaide) 1848,Willunga 1848, Walkerville (Adelaide) 1849, etc. (most of these microfilmed by the LDS Church). Although there was a small church graveyard at Holy Trinity, it quickly became inadequate and West Terrace Cemetery (City of Adelaide) was established - becoming the first Public cemetery in Australia. The South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society has a card index (unpublished) for burials - covereing over 90% of the State. In 1986 the Society published the "Biographical Index of South Australian's: 1836 - 1886" - which quickly went out of print (however available on microfiche). The text was compiled like a massive jigsaw puzzle using all known data accessable at the time. Since then the State Register has allowed the Society to publish transcripts of all birth 1842 - 1906. This will be followed by Deaths & Marriages. Several years ago duplicate copies of Civil Registration (District Copies) were returned to the District in which they came from, with stipulation that they could only be copied through transcription. A guide to the records and where they are is contained in Beryl E. Schahinger's "South Australia Districts of Births, Deaths & Marriages" (1998). For a more general guide to South Australian Genealogy & Local History Sources, Andrew Guy Peake has compiled "Sources for South Australian History" (1987 reprint 1999), and Ronald Parson's "Migrant Ships for South Australia:1836 - 1866" (1999). These inexpensive books are available from the South Australian Genealogy Society, or Gould Books - which are both on the net.
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