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If you seek records of children taken into care by Anglican Welfare agencies then you need to start with this collection. | If you seek records of children taken into care by Anglican Welfare agencies then you need to start with this collection. | ||
=== [http://www.jaunay.com/show.html <u>Royal Adelaide Show Archives</u>] === | |||
The first Show was held on 8 December 1840 in the yards of Fordham's Hotel on Grenfell Street. From that site it graduated to tent accommodation behind the Adelaide Hospital spreading across the road into eastern area of the current Adelaide University site. In the 1920s the move to the present site at Wayville was made where the Centennial Hall was constructed to celebrate the centenary of European settlement in 1936. The basement of this hall holds the archives and museum of the sponsors of the Show, the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society.<br>The activities of this society are far greater than the presentation of the popular Show each year as the Society's role has always been to promote and assist the agricultural and horticultural industry in South Australia and as a consequence many schemes and projects have been undertaken during the long history of the Society including training people to be efficient vine pruners and exhibiting SA produce internationally. As a consequence the part time archivist may be able to assist family historians in research that covers such topics. | |||
An appointment is essential but simple queries may be made by telephone. While the first hour is free, subsequent hours are charged at AUD20.00 per hour for extended research of the records. These fees are as of August 2010. | |||
===The National Archives of Australia - Adelaide Office=== | |||
The Adelaide office of [http://www.naa.gov.au/ <u>National Archives of Australia</u>] is the offical repository for records generated by the Commonwealth Government. Each captial city in Australia has a branch office. The branch offices usually hold records generated within that state or territory. The Adelaide office is at 76 Angas Street, Adelaide. | |||
The records in the collection date mostly from Federation in 1901. In the case of SA a number of colonial records are held as these were handed over to the Commonwealth. These include:<br>Customs Customs records from 1841 (D5063)<br>Buildings associated with coastal ports.<br>Very few records relating to custom posts on the NSW/VIC borders survive.<br>Distilling and beer making records from late 1880s.<br>See Fact sheets: 26, 92, 93, 94 and 98.<br>Defence Coastal fortifications in Adelaide, HMCS Protector log books and Defence records from mid 1880s.<br>See Fact sheet: 91.<br>Naturalisation Pre-1904 naturalisation certificates and memorials.<br>Fact sheet: 87.<br>Maritime Shipping registrations; Crew engaement, discharge and desertion; lighthouse records.<br>Meteorology Adelaide Observatory records.<br>Post Office Correspondence files. | |||
The Defence series includes Boer War 5th Contingent, World War 2 pay files (Fact sheet 132) and enlistments, but not World War 1 records. World War I & II internee, alien and POW records (Fact sheets 106 and 107). Some published material on microform is also available. | |||
Genealogical inquiries on records in the collection can be submitted online using an inquiry form. The Archives provides reference assistance free of charge but they are unable to undertake in-depth research on your behalf. [Charges apply to copying services.] | |||
They also maintain an extensive collection of fact sheets which can be accessed via their web site. | |||
In 2001, 90% of the collection was inappropriately removed from the Adelaide Office and relocated interstate, mainly in Sydney. In late 2009, it was announced that the remainder of the collection will be relocated and the office close. | |||
== Libraries in South Australia == | == Libraries in South Australia == | ||