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Newspapers, Directories & Social History
- Aldine History of New South Wales
- Aldine History of South Australia
- Australian Almanac & Sydney Directory 1834 (O'Shaughnessey)
- Australian Almanac 1831-1873
- Australian Dictionary of Dates & Men
- Australian Handbook 1889, 1900, 1904
- Ballarat & Ballarat East Directory 1865-1866
- Ballarat & District Directory 1904
- Barrier Miner Business Directory 1891
- Blairs Cyclopaedia of Australasia
- Border Watch Almanac and Directory 1934
- Brief History of Canberra 1927
- Chronicles of Early Melbourne 1835-51
- Civic Record of South Australia 1936
- Cook's Interstate Business Directory 1937
- Cyclopedia Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti, Cook Islands
- Cyclopedia of New South Wales
- Cyclopedia of New Zealand Volume 1-6
- Cyclopedia of South Australia 1907-1909
- Cyclopedia of Tasmania 1900
- Cyclopedia of Victoria
- Cyclopedia of Western Australia 1912-1913
- Dictionary of Australasian Biography
- District Directory of Albury and Regions Around 1901
- Fords Australian Almanac 1852-1853
- Founders of Australia
- Foxs History of Queensland 1919-1923
- Geelong & Western Directory 1866-1867
- Glance at Australia in 1880: Embracing a Squatters and Farmers Directory of the Whole of Australia
- Handbook to Australasia 1859
- Hawkesbury & Shoalhaven Calendar, Directory, Guide & Historical Record
- History of West Australia
- Hue and Cry Police Gazette Index
- International Genealogical Research Directory 1981-1993
- Johns Notable Australians 1906
- Letters from Victorian Pioneers
- Men of the Time in Australia: Victorian Series
- Names in Government Gazettes, Victoria 1858-1900
- National Directory of South Australia 1867-68 (Butler)
- New South Wales Almanac and Country Directory 1921, 1924
- New South Wales Almanac and Hand Book 1854, 1857
- New South Wales Commercial Directory 1947 (Wise)
- New South Wales Country Directory, 1895 - 1929
- New South Wales Country Trades Register 1898
- New South Wales Directory 1867, 1928
- New South Wales Government Gazette 1832-1850
- New South Wales Government Gazettes 1832-1863
- New South Wales PO Directory 1875-1936
- New South Wales Pocket Almanac 1820
- New South Wales Telephone Directory 1913-1953
- New South Wales, Sydney Directory 1847-1913
- New South Wales, Sydney PO Directory 1857 (Cox)
- New Zealand Directory 1866-1867 (Stevens)
- New Zealand Gazette 1876-1886
- New Zealand PO Directory 1890-1933
- New Zealand, Early History of New Zealand 1890
- New Zealand, History of Otago: Origins and Growth
- New Zealand, Industries of New Zealand 1898
- New Zealand, Women’s Suffrage Petition 1893
- Northern Territory Almanac Directory 1887-1890
- Northern Territory Section of the Adelaide Almanac & Directory for South Australia 1908-1930
- Northern Territory Section of the Queensland Post Office Directory 1920-1921
- NSW Calendar and PO Directory 1833
- NSW Telephone Directory 1934-1935 Sydney
- Official Municipal Year Book & Shires Directory New South Wales 1907
- Otago Settlement Jubilee 1898
- Port Phillip Government Gazette 1847
- Pughs Moreton Bay Almanac 1859
- Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1905
- Queensland Government Gazette Consolidated Index 1859-1919
- Queensland PO Directory 1868-1915
- Queensland Telephone Directory 1931-1959
- Queensland, Brisbane Directory & Squatters guide 1876 (Shaw)
- Queensland, Brisbane Directory 1878-1879, 1919
- Queensland, Brisbane PO Directory & Country Guide 1885-1888
- Queensland, Darling Downs Almanac and Directory 1900
- Queensland, Pughs Almanac & Queensland Directory 1860-1927
- Radio Call 1937-1956
- Representative Men of South Australia
- Six Colonies of New Zealand 1851
- Slaters Queensland Almanac 1882,1887 & 1903
- South Australia PO Directory 1903 (Wise)
- South Australia, Commercial & Trades Directory SA 1882-1883
- South Australia, Notable South Australians
- South Australia, Pastoral Pioneers of SA
- South Australian Almanac & Directories 1839-1883
- South Australian Directory 1902-1930 (Sands)
- South Australian Government Gazette 1841-1870
- Stewarts Handbook of Pacific Islands 1921 & 1922
- Strays Collection Australasia 1987-1998
- Tasmania PO Directory (Wise) 1890-1947
- Tasmania Telephone Directory 1953
- Tasmania, Hobart Gazette 1903-1906
- Tasmania, Hobart Town Gazette 1827-1880
- Tasmania, Jubilee History of Tasmania
- Tasmania, Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac 1891-1915
- Tasmanian Cyclopedia 1931
- Tasmanian Directory 1867-68, 1887
- Tasmanian Government Gazette 1907-1919
- Tasmanian Royal Kalendar & Almanack 1849 & 1850
- Teggs New South Wales Pocket Almanac 1842
- The Scottish Australasian 1910-1918
- Victoria and its Metropolis 1888
- Victoria and Riverina Traders Directory 1937
- Victoria, Annals of Bendigo v1 1851-1867 & v3 1892-1909
- Victoria, Melbourne Almanac and General Intelligencer 1858 (Williams)
- Victoria, Melbourne Directory 1854-1893
- Victorian Directory 1904 (Sands)
- Victorian Government Gazette 1851-1901
- Victorian PO Directory (Wise) 1888, 1904, 1914
- Victorian Year Book 1873-1878
- Western Australian PO Directory 1905-1942
- Wragge's Australasian Weather Guide and Almanac 1898, 1903
Records in this collection
- New Zealand PO Directory 1890 (Wise)
- New Zealand PO Directory 1892-1900, 1905 (Wise)
- New Zealand Post Office Directory 1901 (Wise)
- New Zealand Post Office Directory 1902 (Wise)
- New Zealand Post Office Directory 1915 (Wise)
- New Zealand Post Office Directory 1930 (Wise)
- New Zealand Post Office Directory 1931 (Wise)
- New Zealand Post Office Directory 1933 (Wise)
What is a Directory?
In general terms a directory is an extended version of our current day white pages and yellow pages combined (without the telephone numbers). They list many thousands of people’s names together with their occupation and addresses ... but also so much more.
What information does Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory contain?
The Wise's directories were known to be one of the most comprehensive in their coverage, covering the whole of New Zealand, not just the major populations, all the regional towns are included too. You will find details of many thousands of people, together with their occupation and residence. You can also find out more details about sex place in which they lived, the other residents in the town, and the services available in the region ... all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors life. There are also directories for the legal, Commission of the Peace, medical, ecclesiastical, educational, pastoral and agricultural, and local government sectors.
What areas are covered by this Directory?
This Alphabetical Directory covers the whole of New Zealand, as does the Towns Directory. There are City Street Directories for Ashburton, Auckland, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dannevirke, Dunedin, Fiedling, Gisborne, Gore, Greymouth, Hamilton, Hastings, Hawera, Hutt Lower, Invercargill, Mangere, Masterton, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Otahuhu, Palmerston North, Petone, Timaru, Wanganui, Wellington, and Whangarei– these list heads of the households house-by-house, and street-by-street.
How can this Directory help me?
Directories are an extremely useful tool for establishing when and where a person lived however this is just a starting point. Look further in the directory to find out more information about the society in which they lived, the occupation they held and the people they knew. Using this directory will give you the names of the householder street-by-street for a number of regions. The Alphabetical section lists all householders alphabetical by surname, together with their occupation and residence. The Towns section lists the towns alphabetically, together with the householder, and their occupation. You will also find the trade directory useful, as it lists everyone alphabetically by trade, together with their address. There are government, legal, ecclesiastical, banking, municipal and pastoral directories included as well.
Example entry:
AIREDALE. OTAGO. 5 m N W fr Oamaru; rail to Weston, th mtr.
Waitaki co. Rural del fr Oamaru
Ballantyne Wm H, fmr
Elder Finlay C,
Fox Jno B, fmr
Frew Jas, fmr