The following resources and links are available for further research :-
References. This includes books, unpublished research, cemetery records, booklets and other publications
Useful Links. This includes everything from tourism websites to genealogy websites.
Online Databases. This includes information such as Burra marriages and Burra school register records.
References
There are many references available on the township of Burra and her people. We have sorted the references into the following categories:-
Unfortunately, many of these valuable resources are either out of print or have never been officially published, however all the references mentioned below are available at the Ian Auhl History Room at the Burra Community Library.
Mining Era
Auhl, Ian, The Story Of The Monster Mine The Burra Burra Mine And Its Townships 1845-1877. Investigator Press, Adelaide 1986
Auhl, Ian, Burra And District A Pictorial Memoir Lynton Publishing, Blackwood1975
Auhl, Ian, Denis Marfleet, Australia’s Earliest Mining Era South Australia 1841-1851 Paintings by S.T.Gill, Rigby, 1975
Auhl, Ian, Burra Burra Reminiscences of The Burra Mine and its Townships, Adelaide 1975
Auhl, Ian, The Burra Model School 1878-1978 A Centenary History, Blackwood, 1977
Carter, Jennifer, Burra 1845-1851 a Directory of Early Folk, 1996
Drew, G. J. Burra Miners 1860-1865 and Index to Burra Burra Mines Copper ore Day books July 1860-November 1861 October 1863-December 1865
Treloar, Frank, The Burra Mine Reminiscences of its Rise and Fall 1845-1877 1929
Burra General
Auhl, Ian, Perry Maurice, Burra Sketchbook, Hong Kong, 1969
Finch, Peter, &Auhl, Ian, Burra in Colour, Rigby, Adelaide
Fuss, Eric, Summaries of the Burra Record 1845 - 2013, Download files available for purchase
Booklets
Auhl, Ian, In Cellar Cool Unicorn Brewery Kooringa 1873-1902, Adelaide 1974
Auhl, Ian, Burra Glimpses of the past, Adelaide, 1979
Auhl, Ian, Burra in Historial Perspective
Auhl, Ian, District council of Burra Burra 1872-1972 A history of local government 1972
Back to Burra Souvenir 1925 Burra Burra Show Incorporated, Burra, 1925
Burra Centenary Committee, Back to Burra Celebrations 1936
Burra Centenary Souvenir 1945, Burra 1945
Burra S Aus, Jubilee Year Souvenir, 1951, Burra 1951
Drew G. J. Morphetts Engine house and the Cornish Beam Engine Burra Mine South Australia, Adelaide 1987
Drew G.B. Discovering Historic Burra South Australia, Burra 1988
Field D H, Shipard R Stockman P Stockman H Burra Burra Show Incorporated 1977, Burra 1977
Fretwell, Leonie, The Burra Institute The first 50 years, Burra 2002
Hampton Village Conservation Study LHBUR1TP00003
Maxtead, Norm, Kooringa Lodge No 6 South Australian Constitution Sesquicentenary Celebrations 2000 Paxton Square Burra South Australia
School Daze (An account of the schools throughout the Burra and district 1845-1995, Burra 1995
Wilson, John, Rails to the Burra, Adelaide 1970
Bannear, David, Report of a preliminary survey of the Bushman's Rest Hotel Burra
The Ludgvan Street Bypass Archaeological Survey (this and the above go together) they had to demolish the Bushman's rest which had been a private residence for decades to make the bypass
District Histories
Emmaus to Worlds End A History of the Robertstown Council Area 1986
Harris, Robin Farrell Flat 1986
Richards Marlene Hallett Review 1977-1997, Clare 1997
Newspapers
Burra News and Northern Mail
Burra Record
Facsimile The Northern Mail Friday June 30, 1876
The Burra Record Sesquicentennial December 1994, October 1995
The Northern Mail
Special Publications
The Churches
Alvey, Harry, Burra its Mines and Methodism, Adelaide 1961
Hall, Frank &Elaine, St Mary the Virgin Church of England Burra South Australia Baptism Marriage Burial Service Records 2002
Hunt, Arnold D, This Side of Heaven A History of Methodism in South Australia Lutheran Publishing House, Adelaide1985
Kooringa Methodist Golden Jubilee 1964, Burra 1964
Matthews, Kevin, Joseph’s Burra 1874-1974 A Brief History Of The Parish Of Burra, Adelaide, 1974
Redruth Methodist Church Baptismal Register 1922-1957
Reed, T T, Anglican Clergymen In South Australia In The Nineteenth Century, Gumeracha, 1986
Register of Baptisms Wesleyan Church Kooringa 1891-1918
Family History References
Biographical Index of South Australians
Button, Pat, A Free Passage to Paradise? Passenger Lists of United Kingdom Emigrants who applied for free passage to South Australia 1836-1840, Adelaide, 1992
Electoral Roll Division of Wakefield Sate Assembly District of Burra Burra 1938
Hall, Frank &Elaine The Burra School Enrolments Girls Jan 1878 to July 1915 Boys Jan 1878 to November 1919
Members of the Burra Community Library Let’s Not Forget, Burra 1987 Index to obituaries appearing in the Burra Record
Morrison; Frederic W. The Aldine History of South Australia, Adelaide, 1890
New Arrivals Births Recorded From “The Burra Record” 1877-1976” Burra 1995
Wedding Bells Marriages Recorded From “The Burra Record” 1877-1976” Burra 1995
Relatively Speaking young people write for the Jubliee Year , Burra 1986
Sand and McDougal Directories Burra Sections 1865-1871, 1883-1896, 1897-1973
Schahinger Berly E. South Australian Registration Districts of Birth Deaths and Marriages, Adelaide 1998
South Australian’s 1836-
Conservation Studies
Danvers Architects, Hampton
Flightpath Architects Mile End The Unicorn Brewery Cellars Structures, Burra, South Australia; A Conservation Study prepared by State Heiritage Branch, South Australian Department for Environment and Planning Mile End, 1988
Habitable Places, Former Storeroom and Yards
Lester Firth Merton and Ian Auhl, Burra Conservation Plan
McDougall and Vines, Burra Cemetery
Weidenhofer Architects, Burra Railway Station
Cemetery Records
Apoinga Transcriptions
Baldina Lutheran Transcriptions
Black Springs Cemetery Register
Black Springs Cemetery Transcriptions
Booborowie Burial register
Booborowie Transcriptions
Bright Cemetery Register LHWORICM0001
Burra Burial Register 1854-1997
Burra Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions to 1976 South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society
Cemeteries in the Burra District- Burial Registers and Headstone Transcriptions
Cemetery Headstone Transcription 1971 – 1999
Emu Down Lutheran Transcriptions
Farrell Flat Cemetery Transcriptions
Hallett Burial Register
Hallett Transcriptions
Photographs of all Burra Cemetery Headstones
Waterloo Carlsruhe Lutheran Transcriptions
Waterloo Methodist Transcriptions
References Available at Burra Library
School Admission Registers (photocopies of original)
| Burra High School | 1913-1930 |
| 1931-1950 | |
| 1950-1964 | |
| 1964-1970 | |
| 1970-1976 | |
| Burra Primary School Boys | 1878-1898 |
| 1939-1950 | |
| 1950-1965 | |
| 1965-1977 | |
| 1878-1977 typed copy | |
| Burra Primary School Boys & Girls | 1920-1927 |
| 1927-1939 | |
| 1956-1974 | |
| Burra Public School Girls | 1878-1885 |
| 1886-1894 | |
| 1894-1910 | |
| 1910-1915 | |
| 1915-1920 | |
| 1940-1956 | |
| 1878-1977 typed copy | |
| Burra Community School | 1976-1979 |
| 1979-1981 | |
| 1981-1986 | |
| 1986-1991 | |
| 1991-1996 | |
| Worlds End Creek | 1926-1944 |
| Thistlebeds School | 1889-1906 |
| Wheetlelande School | 1908-1929 |
| Copperhouse School | 1905-1917 |
| 1918-1931 | |
| 1931-1949 | |
| Tothills Belt School | 1875-1925 |
| Headmasters list | Burra High School |
| Burra Primary School | |
| Burra Community School | |
| Wheetelande School | |
| World’s End Creek School | |
| St Joseph’s Convent | |
| Copperhouse School | |
| Cemetery Registers | |
| Kooringa | 1899-1942 |
| Registry of Interments | 1854-1864 |
| 1864-1898 June 1878-may 1881 missing | |
| Farrell Flat | |
| Terowie | 1885-1897 |
| 1898-1920 | |
| 1921-1945 | |
| 1946-1998 | |
| Register of Burial Terowie area | |
| List of subscribers towards cemetery wall | 1854-1864 |
| Warders Register Redruth Goal | 1892-1894 |
School Daze an account of schools throughout Burra &district 1845-1995
Electoral Role district of Burra (Legislative Council) 1853
Conservation Studies &Surveys
Conservation study of Burra National Trust Museums Jan 1990
Burra &its townships a study of their form and function by Lesley Abel Nov 1990
Burra Creek Dwellers Dugouts Conservation Study
Austral Archaeology Pty Ltd
Burra Conservation Study September 1978 Lester Frith and Murton Pty Ltd
Burra Conservation Study Ian Auhl March 1978
The Unicorn Brewery A conservation study Flight Path Architects Sept 1988
Burra Smelting Works a Survey of its history and archaeology David Bannear
Paxton Square Cottages feasibility study Dept. of Environment 1979
Burra Creek Landscape Plan Feb 1994
The Burra Mine by Frank Treloar (photocopy)
Redbanks Management Plan off-road recreational vehicle area Dept. of lands Govt. of SA
Mine Artefacts 1987
Unpublished Research
Andrews, Brian, The Gothic Revival in Burra
Burra Police Records, A list of policemen stationed at Burra 1876- 1957
Burra Jubilee 150 Committee Burra Jubilee 150 Pioneer’s Notes 1995
Dearlove, Tom, The Burra Cheer-up Ladies Band
Fuss, Eric, Corporation of the Town of Burra Councils and Municipal Elections 1876-1969
Fuss, Eric, Summary of the Northern Mail and The Burra News and Northern Mail Volume 1 1876-7
Fuss, Eric, Summary of the Burra News and Northern Mail (Previously the Northern Mail) Volume 2 1877-8
Fuss, Eric, Summary of the Burra Record Volume VIII 1886-7
Fuss, Eric, Chinese in Burra
Fuss, Eric, An Index Of Men And Women From Burra And District Involved In World War 1 And The Boer War, 2003
Noye, R J, Apoinga First Smelter In The North
Pritchard, Elizabeth, Burra Cemetery Headstone and Obituaries
Satchell, Meredith, Primitive Methodist Chapel Kooringa Some notes on its history
Satchell, Meredith Disastrous Fire Transcription of articles from the Burra Record January and February 1919
Satchell, Meredith, The Butchers of Burra and the History of 2 Market Street Burra SA
Satchell, Meredith, 20 Market Square Kooringa
Satchell, Meredith, Burra and District During WWI A collection of photographs relating to Burra and district during the period 1914-1918
Other useful resources
Butler, Reg, Philips Alan, Register Personal Notices Volume 3 1866- 1870
Cockburn, Rodney, South Australia What’s In A Name Historically Significant Place Names, 1990
Drew, G. J. Connell J E Cornish Beam Engines in South Australia Department of Mines and Energy South Australia Adelaide, 1993
Hoad, J L, Hotels and Publicans in South Australia 1836-1984,
Langmead, Donald, Accidental Architect the life and time s of George Strickland Kingston, Sydney 1994
Lay, Patricia, Deadly Details A Guide To Some Cause Of Death Listed On Death Certificates, 1988
Manning, Geoffrey H., Manning’s Place names of South Australia 1990
The South Australian Genealogist Journal of the South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society Inc.
Yeland E M Colonist Copper and Corn in the Colony of South Australia 1850-51 by Old Colonist, Adelaide 1983
Books available for sale from the Burra Visitor Centre
Drew, G. J. Connell J E, Cornish Beam Engines in South Australia Department of Mines and Energy South Australia Adelaide, 1993 - $40
Drew, G.J., Morphetts Enginehouse and Cornish Beam Engine - $15
Ratcliffe, Julian (for the Burra History Group), The Burra Story - $20 - The Burra Story is 100 pages. It is a brief history told through a collection of pamphlets on a series of topics of interest for visitors to the townships of Burra.
Satchell, Meredith and Eric Fuss, Burra: A Photographic Journey, Softcover $50.
Booklets List: Burra History Group 2017
| Size | No of pages | |
| Burra Creek Heritage Walk | A5 | 12 |
| Burra Fires | A5 | 8 |
| Burra Floods | A5 | 12 |
| Burra Hotels | A5 | 12 |
| Burra’s Monster Mine | A4 | 60 |
| Burra Story | A5 | 100 |
| Burra Walk of Fame | A5 | 12 |
| Cornish Beam Engines | A5 | 4 |
| Cornish Connection | A5 | 28 |
| Dare’s Hill Circuit | A5 | 16 |
| Johnny Green | A5 | 4 |
| Kooringa Methodist Church Windows | A5 | 8 |
| Market Square Walk | A5 | 24 |
| Miners’ Dugouts | A5 | 12 |
| Paxton Square | A5 | 4 |
| Burra Railway Station | A5 | 12 |
| Redruth Gaol | A5 | 8 |
| Snow in Burra | A5 | 12 |
| The Bon Accord Mine | A5 | 8 |
| Thames Street Cottages | A5 | 4 |
| The Burra Burra Mine | A5 | 12 |
| The Burra Institute | A5 | 28 |
| The Burra Institute and Town Hall | A5 | 8 |
| The Burra Mines | A5 | 4 |
| The Burra School | A5 | 4 |
| The Burra Smelter | A5 | 4 |
| The Churches of Burra | A5 | 12 |
| The Early Townships | A5 | 8 |
| The Unicorn Brewery | A5 | 4 |
| The Redruth Methodist Church Windows | A5 | 12 |
| Windows of St Mary’s Church | A5 | 28 |
| The Mongolata Goldfields | A5 | 36 |
| The Telegraph Office | A5 | 8 |
| Burra Record Summaries CD | CD | |
| Burra Creek Guided Walk | A5 | 28 |
| The S.T. Gill Collection | A4 | 8 |
| Smelting Burra’s Ore | A5 | 24 |
| The Burra Jinker | A5 | 8 |
| The Burra Cemetery Walk | A4 | 26 |
| The Kooringa Walk | A4 | 20 |
Links
There is a wealth of information to be found on the internet, from sites which help you trace your genealogy to others which aid in your understanding of history and of course, tourism sites to help you decide what to do when visiting. Below is a listing of the classifications of those links that we have found to be useful:-
Useful Sites for Burra and Surrounding Districts
Burra Visitors Information Centre.
Burra in the West Briton Newspaper
· About 1/4 way down....EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA.... A letter from Mr W Trelow Burra, Burra Mine 1850·
· Not far down....NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA. - A letter from Mr. W. H. BOASE 1853
· Not far down....MINING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Letter 1850 (Very interesting)
Genealogy
Cemeteries
Regional Council of Goyder Cemetery Records (for Burra, Booborowie, Eudunda, Farrell Flat, Hallett, Terowie, Whyte Yarcowie)
South Australian Cemeteries (links to many local government cemetery registers)
Cemetery Records and Transcriptions
War Memorials, Monuments and Sites
Australian War Memorial (includes information on those who served and/or died)
Burra War Memorial
ONLINE DATABASES
Courtesy of both research and transcription work carried out by our members and other helpful individuals, we are pleased to make the following information available online.
All these pages can be searched using this method
Note: If you find an entry which you think is in error, please advise us and we will investigate and rectify, if we conclude that a mistake has in fact been made.
Burra cemetery Register 1858-1899
This lists, Block (plot no) Name, Burial date, age, address and notes
Burra cemetery Register 1900-1988
This lists, Block (plot no) Name, Burial date, age, address and notes
Burra Headstone Transcriptions 1970-1999
Headstone Transcriptions for the graves outside the walled cemetery 1970-1999
Burra Soldiers in WW1 and the Boer War
Index of Men and Women from Burra and District involved in World War I (1914-1918) and The BOER WAR (1899 – 1902), based principally upon references in the Burra Record and District Honour Rolls and Monuments by Eric Fuss & Meredith Satchell © 1st Edition November 2003
Burra School Registration - Boys (from Burra Library)
Burra School Registration - Girls (from Burra Library)
Births recorded in the Burra Record 1876-1976 - This states name of parents, name of child as printed in the paper, the date that the birth notice appeared and the page and column number of the microfilm. This is of limited use as the SA Births CDs are available, along with the summaries of the Burra Record compiled by Eric Fuss. This list is most useful for births after after 1928. Before that time the SA Births CDs are the most useful resource.
Burra Fallen Soldiers War Memorial
The plaque records the names of 102 men from Apoinga, Booborowie, Burra, Hallett, Hanson and Mt Bryan areas who gave their lives in World War I.
Miners & People in Burra to 1877
Births which occurred in Aberdeen, Hampton, Llwchwr, Millerton, Swansea Vale and Redruth generally between 1845 - 1869 - It lists the Father, Mother, Child, Date of Birth and the Father's Place of Birth. The document was compiled by Eric Fuss as a starting point to determine the origins of different settlers. Refer to "A Burra Myth" in the PLACES section for more information about this.
North Ward Burra Assessment Books 1873
Kooringa Ward Burra Assessment Books 1873
Redruth Ward Burra Assessment Books 1873
South Ward Burra Assessment Books 1873
Corporation of Burra booklet prepared by Eric Fuss. The booklet lists the elections and Councils for the 93 years of the Burra Town Council before it amalgamated with the District Council of Burra Burra in 1969. It also gives some information, where it was available, about those mayors councillors and municipal candidates.
Burra Marriages from the Burra Library
List of Girls Admitted to the Redruth Girls Reformatory 1897-1922 - An incomplete list of inmates of the Redruth Girls reformatory 1897-1922. This files contains name, year (presumably year of admission), File No, Employer and a line for Extra information which is sometimes empty