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Reference number |
Name |
Description |
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Charles Darwin |
Undated letter from England in which he discusses a possible German translation of Origin of species undated |
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Keith George Brougham |
Reminiscences of life 'west of the Darling' around Broken Hill and Poolamacca and on Gnalta and Yalcowinna stations from the late 19th century to 1947 |
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William A Norman |
Research paper on the history of Mitcham 1951 |
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John Crawford Woods |
Reminiscences and five diaries kept by the first Unitarian Minister in Adelaide 1824-1906, and a diary by his wife 1907 |
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Auguste Heinecke |
Note by teacher of violin and co-founder of the Adelaide College of Music (forerunner of the Elder Conservatorium) with interpolations and translation from the German by Professor and Mrs Henry Krips ca 1916. |
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Frances Diana Christison |
Diary of Christison, nee Hope, of Weroona, near Clare, of a journey by Bond's Tourist Motor Coach from Adelaide to Darwin and return 23 May-11 August 1928 |
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GF Seaman |
Notebook on the Sturt Valley of South Australia ca 1928 |
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WH Ellis |
Speech given by Ellis at the annual dinner of the S.A. Commercial Travellers and Ware-housemen's Association, held at the South Australian Club Hotel on 11 September 1903. |
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Sarah Jane Niall |
Reminiscences of life in Van Diemen's Land and South Australia, with notes on the Nihill family (variant spellings of name) 1900 |
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John Gilbert Partridge |
Reminiscences of an auctioneer and commission agent at Port Augusta 1915-22 |
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HL Thornber |
Reminiscences of his father, Charles Rowland Thornber, his arrival in South Australia in 1839, early experiences as a member of the gold escort under Tolmer and Alford, and married life in Wallaroo and Moonta 1922 |
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ET Crouch |
Notes on the nomenclature of Mount Gambier ca 1925 |
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The Ward Street Weakly Wail |
Manuscript newspaper compiled by an anonymous author/editor and published at 142 Ward Street, North Adelaide dated 15 November 1901 |
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Frederick William Coneybeer |
Diary of a Labor Member of Parliament and Minister of Education 1901 |
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Catherine Helen Spence |
122 letters by social and political reformer and literary figure Spence to her niece Alice Henry 1900-1910 |
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Arthur Hardy and family |
100 long and detailed letters between family members, mainly in London and Arthur’s residence Birksgate in Urrbrae, South Australia, discussing crops and gardens, local matters and people 1838-1906 |
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Thorburn Brailsford Robertson |
Diary of a trip by train from Adelaide to Sydney, then by ship to New Zealand, Pago-Pago (American Samoa), Honolulu, then to San Francisco 1905. This diary can be viewed within the Library but the transcript has been deleted at the request of the copyright owner |
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George Henry Pitt |
Entertaining historical writings on ‘buildings of old Adelaide’ and ‘women in the early days’ written by an archivist in the 20th century |
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Gilbert Family |
Miscellaneous letters and newspaper clippings from a collection belonging to the Gilbert Family of Pewsey Vale, the renowned pioneer South Australian sheep pastoralists and breeders 1907-1913, 1923. |
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John Ernest Jones |
Diaries of travels and working life, including survey trips to Chaffey, visits to Victoria and New South Wales. Gives an insight into the nature of life on the road during the Depression years 1923-51 |
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PRG 1335/1 and |
E P (Prim) Whyte |
Letters by Whyte as manager of Yadlamalka sheep station near Port Augusta, to Messrs TH Dolman & Co. Ltd (the station owners). Also includes two letters to EP Whyte from WH (Bill) Grantham 1942-44 |
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Wilson Family |
Papers relating to Edmund M, Theodore AG and George A Wilson 1853-1935, 1960, 1971 |
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Elizabeth Johnston |
Two diary/notebooks kept by Elizabeth Johnstone, wife of Elliott Johnston, on her visit to China in May 1977 |
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RA Cummings |
Diary by a member of the Murray Cods Olympic Team Paris 1924 |