Directories are a wonderful resource for family & local historians. Below are a number of highlights from our range of directories, for 100s more visit our website.

Unlock the Past has an article on directories and their use by Graham Jaunay. Sample files of many of the directories are also available here.

Click on titles below for more details on each. Some of the titles below are ’special order’ titles.

Australia

Australasian Medical Directory Compendium – DATA CD – $79.50

Cook’s Interstate Business Directory 1937 – DATA CD – $29.50

Motor Trade Directory of Australia Compendium 1 1928-1936 – DATA CD – $49.50

Telephone Directory December 1942: Personnel in Military Installations – DATA CD – $14.50

Australian Pastoral Directory 1913 – DATA CD – $27.50

New South Wales

Yewen’s Directory of Landholders, New South Wales, 1900 – DATA CD – $29.50

District Directory of Albury and Regions Around 1901 – DATA CD – $23.50

Sydney Directory 1858 (Sands and Kenny) – DATA CD – $27.50

New South Wales Country Directory 1899-1900 (Hall) – DATA CD – $29.50

New South Wales Telephone Directories: Compendium 2 – selection of 21 Directories – DATA CD – $199.50

Northern Territory

Northern Territory Times Almanac and Directory Set 1 – DATA CD – $39.50

Queensland

Brisbane Post Office Directory and Country Guide 1887 – DATA CD – $29.50

Darling Downs Almanac and Directory 1900 (Groom) – DATA CD – $23.50

Greater Brisbane Area Atlases and Street Directories – set of 4 1931-c1948 – DATA CD – $39.50

Queensland Brands Directory 1920-1921 – DATA CD – $34.50

Pugh’s Almanac and Queensland Directory 19th Century Set 1859-1900 – DATA CD – $460.00

South Australia

South Australian Directory 1924 (Sands and McDougall) – DATA CD – $43.50

Border Watch Almanac and Directory 1934 – DATA CD – $19.50

National Directory of South Australia 1867-68 (Butler) – DATA CD – $27.50

Brands Directory of South Australia 1901 – DATA CD – $27.50

South Australian Almanac and Directory 1839 (Thomas) – DATA CD – $14.50

Tasmania

Tasmania Post Office Directory Compendium 1890-1900 (Wise) – DATA CD – $99.50

Tasmanian Directory and Gazetteer 1887 (Middelton & Maning) – DATA CD – $27.50

Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac Compendium 1906-1910 – DATA CD – $47.50

Tasmanian Royal Kalendar and Almanack 1849 (Wood) – DATA CD – $23.50

Tasmania Telephone Directory 1953 – DATA CD – $23.50

Victoria

Ballarat and Ballarat East Directory 1865-66 – DATA CD – $23.50

Victoria and Riverina Classified Traders Directory 1937 – DATA CD – $19.50

Victorian Post Office Directory 1914 (Wise) – DATA CD – $47.50

Melbourne Directory Compendium 1876-1880 (Sands and McDougall) – DATA CD – $79.50

Gippsland Directory 1884-1885 (Middleton and Maning) – DATA CD – $19.50

Western Australia

Western Australia Post Office Directory 1905 (Wise) – DATA CD – $39.50

Western Australia Post Office Directory 1914 (Wise) – DATA CD – $39.50

Western Australia Post Office Directory 1924 (Wise) – DATA CD – $34.50

Western Australia Post Office Directory 1935-36 (Wise) – DATA CD – $34.50

Western Australia Post Office Directory 1941-42 (Wise) – DATA CD – $34.50

New Zealand

New Zealand Directory 1866-67 (Stevens and Bartholomew) – DATA CD – $27.50

New Zealand Post Office Directory 1892-93 (Wise) – DATA CD – $43.50

New Zealand Post Office Directory 1901 (Wise) – DATA CD – $47.50

New Zealand Post Office Directory 1915 (Wise) – DATA CD – $47.50

New Zealand Post Office Directory 1931 (Wise) – DATA CD – $47.50

Britain

Crane’s Directory and Buyer’s Guide of the United Kingdom, Europe and Australasia 1899-1900 – DATA CD – $34.50

Yorkshire 1822/3 Directory (Baines) Volume 1: West Riding – DATA CD – $34.50

Thom’s Official Directory of Great Britain and Ireland 1914 – DATA CD – $47.50

Newspaper Press Directory 1927 – DATA CD – $29.50

London 1916 (Suburbs) Kelly’s Post Office Directory – DATA CD – $34.50

Click on titles below for more details on each.
This listing is of currently available
Australian and New Zealand Directories on searchable CD.
Where compendiums are available we have not listed individual years
although they can be purchased that way.

Australia

A Glance at Australia in 1880: Embracing a Squatters and Farmers Directory of the Whole of Australia – $29.50
Australasian Medical Directory Compendium – $79.50
Australian Pastoral Directory Compendium 2 – $69.50
Cook’s Interstate Business Directory 1937 – $29.50
Australian Almanack 1831 (Mansfield) – $23.50
Australian Almanac 1833 (O’Shaughnessey) – $23.50
Australian Almanac 1852 (Ford) – $23.50
Australian Almanac 1853 (Ford) – $23.50
Australian Almanac 1866 (Fryer) – $27.50
Australian Almanac 1869 (Fryer) – $27.50
Australian Almanac 1873 (Ferguson) – $27.50

New South Wales

Barrier Miner Business Directory 1891 – $19.50
District Directory of Albury and Regions Around 1901 – $23.50
New South Wales Almanac and Country Directory 1854 (Moore) – $19.50
New South Wales Almanac and Country Directory 1857 (Moore) – $23.50
New South Wales Almanac and Country Directory 1925 (Moore) – $29.50
New South Wales Almanac and Country Directory 1926 (Moore) – $29.50
New South Wales Almanac and Country Directory 1929 (Moore) – $29.50
New South Wales Calendar and Post Office Directory 1833 – $27.50
New South Wales Country Directory 1895 (Hall) – $29.50
New South Wales Country Directory 1899-1900 (Hall) – $29.50
New South Wales Country Trades Register 1898 – $19.50
New South Wales Directory 1867 (Samson) – $29.50
New South Wales Pocket Almanac 1820 – $19.50
New South Wales Post Office Directory 1875-77 (Greville) – $34.50
New South Wales Post Office Directory 1900 (Wise) – $43.50
New South Wales Post Office Directory 1904 (Wise) – $43.50
New South Wales Post Office Directory 1947 (Wise) – $39.50
New South Wales Telephone Directories 1930s: Sydney – $79.50
New South Wales Telephone Directories 1940s: Sydney – $99.50
New South Wales Telephone Directories 1950-1953: Sydney – $79.50
New South Wales Telephone Directories: Compendium 1 – set of 4 Northern and Western Districts Directories 1946-48 – $29.50
New South Wales Telephone Directories: Compendium 2 – selection of 21 Directories – $199.50
Official Municipal Year Book and Shires Directory New South Wales 1907 – $29.50
Pastoral Possessions of New South Wales – $29.50
Sydney Diocesan Directory 1911-1920 – $47.50
Sydney Directory 1847 (Low) – $27.50
Sydney Directory 1858 (Sands and Kenny) – $27.50
Sydney Directory 1863 (Sands) – $27.50
Sydney Directory 1865 (Sands) – $29.50
Sydney Directory 1875 (Sands) – $29.50
Sydney Directory 1902 (Sands) – $43.50
Sydney Directory 1913 (Sands) – $47.50
Sydney Post Office Directory 1857 (Cox & Co) – $27.50
Sydney Street Directory c1943 (Gregory) – $23.50
Sydney Street Directory c1944 (Robinson) – $27.50
Tegg’s New South Wales Pocket Almanac 1842 – $27.50
Yewen’s Directory of Landholders, New South Wales, 1900 – $29.50

Northern Territory

Northern Territory Times Almanac and Directory Set 1 – $39.50

Queensland

Brisbane Directory 1878-79 (McNaught) – $27.50
Brisbane Directory 1919 (Yates & Jones) – $23.50
Brisbane Directory and Squatters’ Guide 1876 – $23.50
Brisbane Post Office Directory and Country Guide 1885-86 – $23.50
Brisbane Post Office Directory and Country Guide 1887 – $29.50
Brisbane Post Office Directory and Country Guide 1888 (Hollander and Wright) – $34.50
Darling Downs Almanac and Directory 1900 (Groom) – $23.50
Greater Brisbane Area: Atlases and Street Directories – set of 4 1931-c1948 – $39.50
Pugh’s Almanac and Queensland Directory 19th Century Set 1859-1900 – $460.00
Pugh’s Almanac and Queensland Directory Compendium 1859-1865 – $79.50
Pugh’s Almanac and Queensland Directory Compendium 1866-1870 – $79.50
Pugh’s Almanac and Queensland Directory Compendium 1871-1875 – $79.50
Pugh’s Almanac and Queensland Directory Compendium 1876-1880 – $79.50
Pugh’s Almanac and Queensland Directory Compendium 1881-1885 – $79.50
Pugh’s Almanac and Queensland Directory Compendium 1886-1890 – $79.50
Pugh’s Almanac and Queensland Directory Compendium 1891-1895 – $79.50
Pugh’s Almanac and Queensland Directory Compendium 1896-1900 – $99.50
Pugh’s Almanac and Queensland Directory Compendium 1901-1905 – $99.50
Pugh’s Almanac and Queensland Directory Compendium 1911-1915 – $99.50
Pugh’s Almanac and Queensland Directory Compendium 1916-1920 – $99.50
Pugh’s Almanac Moreton Bay 1859 – $19.50
Queensland Brands Directory 1920-1921 – $34.50
Queensland Brands Directory 1945-1948 – $39.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1868 (Meyer) – $23.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1874 (Bailliere) – $27.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1889 (Hollander) – $39.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1890 (Hollander) – $39.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1891 (Hollander) – $39.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1892 (Weatherill) – $39.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1894-95 (Wise) – $34.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1896-97 (Wise) – $39.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1898-99 (Wise) – $39.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1900 (Wise) – $43.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1902 (Wise) – $43.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1903 (Wise) – $39.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1904 (Wise) – $43.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1905 (Wise) – $43.50
Queensland Post Office Directory 1915 (Wise) – $34.50
Queensland Telephone Directory Compendium 1 Selection 1931-1947 – $39.50
Slater’s Queensland Almanac 1882 – $19.50
Slater’s Queensland Almanac 1887 – $19.50
Slater’s Queensland Almanac 1903 – $23.50
Slater’s Queensland Almanac 1918 – $23.50

South Australia

Border Watch Almanac and Directory 1934 – $19.50
Brands Directory of South Australia 1901 – $27.50
Brands Directory of South Australia 1936: Sheep Brands – $27.50
Brands Directory of South Australia 1938: Sheep Brands – $27.50
Glenelg Historic Guide and Directory 1883 – $19.50
National Directory of South Australia 1867-68 (Butler) – $27.50
South Australia Commercial and Trades Directory 1882-83 (Morris, Hayter & Barry) – $29.50
South Australia Post Office Directory 1903 (Wise) – $39.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1839 (Thomas) – $14.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1845 (Allen) – $23.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1846 (Stephens) – $23.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1847 (Murray) – $19.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1847 (Stephens) – $19.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1848 (Stephens) – $19.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1851 (Murray) – $27.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1854 (Allen) – $23.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1854 (Garran) – $27.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1864 (Boothby) – $27.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1865 (Boothby) – $27.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1867 (Boothby) – $27.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1868 (Boothby) – $27.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1870 (Boothby) – $27.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1872 (Howell) – $19.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1876 (Boothby) – $29.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1878 (Boothby) – $29.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1881 (Boothby) – $29.50
South Australian Almanac and Directory 1883 (Boothby) – $34.50
South Australian Directory 1902 (Sands and McDougall) – $39.50
South Australian Directory 1922 (Sands and McDougall) – $43.50
South Australian Directory 1924 (Sands and McDougall) – $43.50
South Australian Directory 1930 (Sands and McDougall) – $47.50
South Australian Directory 1934 (Sands and McDougall) – $47.50
South Australian Directory 1936 (Sands and McDougall) – $43.50

Tasmania

Tasmania Post Office Directory Compendium 1890-1900 (Wise) – $99.50
Tasmania Post Office Directory Compendium 1901-1905 (Wise) – $79.50
Tasmania Post Office Directory Compendium 1906-1910 (Wise) – $79.50
Tasmania Post Office Directory Compendium 1911-1915 (Wise) – $79.50
Tasmania Post Office Directory Compendium 1921-1925 (Wise) – $79.50
Tasmania Post Office Directory Compendium 1926-1930 (Wise) – $79.50
Tasmania Telephone Directory 1953 – $23.50
Tasmanian Directory 1867-68 (MacPhail) – $23.50
Tasmanian Directory and Gazetteer 1887 (Middelton & Maning) – $27.50
Tasmanian Royal Kalendar and Almanack 1849 (Wood) – $23.50
Tasmanian Royal Kalendar and Almanack 1850 (Wood) – $23.50
Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac Compendium 1891-1895 – $47.50
Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac Compendium 1896-1900 – $47.50
Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac Compendium 1901-1905 – $47.50
Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac Compendium 1906-1910 – $47.50
Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac Compendium 1911-1915 – $47.50

Victoria

Ballarat and Ballarat East Directory 1865-66 – $23.50
Ballarat and District Directory 1904 (Tulloch) – $23.50
Border Watch Almanac and Directory 1934 – $19.50
Geelong, Western District and Squatters Directory 1866-1867 (Stevens) – $23.50
Melbourne Almanac and General Intelligencer 1858 (Williams) – $9.50
Melbourne Commercial and Squatters Directory 1854 (Butterfield) – $23.50
Melbourne Directory 1859 (Tanner) – $27.50
Melbourne Directory Compendium 1860-1865 (Sands and McDougall) – $79.50
Melbourne Directory Compendium 1866-1870 (Sands and McDougall) – $79.50
Melbourne Directory Compendium 1871-1875 (Sands and McDougall) – $79.50
Melbourne Directory Compendium 1876-1880 (Sands and McDougall) – $79.50
Melbourne Directory 1881 (Sands and McDougall) – $39.50
Melbourne Directory 1882 (Sands and McDougall) – $39.50
Melbourne Directory 1884 (Sands and McDougall) – $39.50
Melbourne Directory 1892 (Sands and McDougall) – $43.50
Melbourne Directory 1893 (Sands and McDougall) – $43.50
Melbourne Directory 1896-1900 (Sands and McDougall) – $79.50
Middleton and Manings Gippsland Directory 1884-1885 – $19.50
Victoria and Riverina Classified Traders Directory 1937 – $19.50
Victorian Directory 1904 (Sands and McDougall) – $43.50
Victorian Directory 1914 (Sands and McDougall) – $47.50
Victorian Post Office Directory 1888 (Wise) – $43.50
Victorian Post Office Directory 1904 (Wise) – $47.50
Victorian Post Office Directory 1914 (Wise) – $47.50

Western Australia

Western Australia Post Office Directory 1905 (Wise) – $39.50
Western Australia Post Office Directory 1910 (Wise) – $39.50
Western Australia Post Office Directory 1914 (Wise) – $39.50
Western Australia Post Office Directory 1924 (Wise) – $34.50
Western Australia Post Office Directory 1935-36 (Wise) – $34.50
Western Australia Post Office Directory 1939 (Wise) – $34.50
Western Australia Post Office Directory 1941-42 (Wise) – $34.50

New Zealand

New Zealand Post Office Directory 1892-93 (Wise) – $43.50
New Zealand Post Office Directory 1894-95 (Wise) – $43.50
New Zealand Post Office Directory 1896-97 (Wise) – $47.50
New Zealand Post Office Directory 1898-99 (Wise) – $47.50
New Zealand Post Office Directory 1901 (Wise) – $47.50
New Zealand Post Office Directory 1902 (Wise) – $47.50
New Zealand Post Office Directory 1915 (Wise) – $47.50
New Zealand Post Office Directory 1930 (Wise) – $47.50

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