Colonial South Australian Pioneers
Arrivals, births, marriages and deaths
This searchable database of pioneering South Australian colonists contains our combined collections of passenger lists, births, marriages, and deaths. Search results may include records from all of these collections.
Searching for Colonial South Australian Pioneers
Enter the pioneer's name into the boxes. A given name is optional.
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Colonial South Australian Pioneers Notes
With a dial-up internet connection, the index takes several minutes to load before the 1st search can begin. Subsequent searches are much faster. Broadband users will find all searches to be reasonably quick.
See the individual databases for more details including sources, time span covered and possibly age and place of birth, marriage, death or burial. For more information about a ship, its full passenger list, or a cemetery, search the individual shipping arrivals or cemeteries database.
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