Melbourne Directory 1864 (Sands)

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Melbourne Directory 1864 (Sands)

Melbourne Directory 1864 (Sands)

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Melbourne Directory 1864 (Sands). 1864. In this directory you can expect to find people named with their addresses under: <ul> <li>Street directory (Melbourne, Brighton, Brunswick, Collingwood, East Melbourne, Emerald Hill, Essendon, Flemington,Footscray, Hawthorn, Kew, North Melbourne, Northcote, Prahran, Richmond, Sandridge, St Kilda, Toorak, West Melbourne, Williamstown)</li> <li>Alphabetical directory (state-wide)</li> <li>Trade and professional directory</li> </ul> Other sections including names but usually not addresses: <ul> <li>Commerce management banking, insurance companies, friendly societies, gold mining companies, railways, shipping</li> <li>Societies, lodges and institutions patrons, presidents, secretaries, treasurers</li> <li>Government MPs, heads of departments, receivers of revenue, paymasters, commissioners of crown lands, harbour masters and pilots, inspectors of distilleries, immigration agents, military officers</li> <li>Consuls</li> <li>Clergy</li> <li>Courts judicial officers, sheriffs, bailiffs, commissioners for taking affidavits, coroners</li> <li>Municipalities councillors, town clerks, </li> </ul> Users should always refer to the display advertisements as they often provide names and addresses. Directories are one of the most effective ways of tracing members of a family, especially tradesmen. Many small businesses needed to ensure the public was aware of their activity and one of the better ways to do this in an age before media dominated was via a directory. The value of directories as a research tool is enhanced when no census material is available.

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