The City of Port Adelaide Enfield’s Local History Collection is located at Port Adelaide Library.

Look through collections of books and photographs, family history, Birth, Deaths and Marriages indexes, cemetery records and maps. They also have dedicated Local History Officers on hand to assist you with all of your local history queries.

The Library also hold regular one on one sessions with a Local History team member for Family History. For more information or to book a session, call 8405 6580 or submit a Local History Enquiry.

Local History resources include:

• Published and unpublished resources relevant to the area
• Published histories of other South Australia localities
• Port Adelaide Rate Assessment 1875 – 1902
• Enfield Rate Assessment Books (microfiche) 1868 – 1993
• Birth, Death, and Marriage indexes for SA
• Birth, Death and Marriage certificates for Port Adelaide District
• Cemetery records
• Messenger newspapers
• Government Gazettes 1843 – 1998 (some exceptions)
• Police Gazettes 1862 – 1947
• Passenger lists 1836 – 1851