Media: DATA CD - 1 CD (2269 pages)
Author: Sands & McDougall
Year: (1907) 2009
ISBN: 9781742227153
Publisher: Archive Digital Books Australasia

A massive directory of almost 2,300 pages, this Sands and McDougall directory, which in 1907 was in its 51st year of publication, consists not only of a Melbourne Directory, but also its Suburbs and the country areas too.

The Melbourne and Suburban sections contain the "Street, Alphabetical, Trade and Professional Directories of Melbourne and Suburbs together with Government, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal, and Other Information".

The City and Suburbs section covers: Melbourne proper, Abbotsford, Albert Park, Alphington, Armadale, Ascot Vale, Aspendale, Auburn, Balaclava, Balwyn, Beaumaris, Black Flat (or Glen Waverley), Black Rock, Blackburn, Bolingbroke, Box Hill, Braybrook, Brighton, Brighton East, Brighton North, Brighton South, Broadmeadows, Brown's Hill, Brunswick, Bulla, Bundoora, Burnley, Burwood, Camberwell, Campbellfield, Canterbury, Carlton, Carlton North, Caulfield, Cheltenham, Clayton, Clifton Hill, Coburg, Collingwood, Craigieburn, Dandenong, Deer Park, Diamond Creek, Doncaster, Doncaster East, East Melbourne, Elsternwick, Eltham, Elwood, Epping, Essendon, Fairfield, Fawkner, Fitzroy, Fitzroy North, Flemington, Footscray, Glenferrie, Glen Iris, Glenroy, Greensborough, Greenvale, Hampton, Hawksburn, Hawthorn, Heatherton, Heidelberg, Ivanhoe, Jolimont, Keilor, Kensington, Kew, Laverton, Maidstone, Malvern, Maribyrnong, Mentone, Middle Park, Mitcham, Moonee Ponds, Moonee Vale, Morang South, Mordialloc, Moreland, Mulgrave, Murrumbena, Newlands, Newmarket, Newport, Northcote, North Melbourne, North Port, Notting Hill, Oaklands Junction, Oakleigh, Parkville, Pascoe Vale, Port Melbourne, Prahran, Preston, Preston South, Richmond, Ringwood, Royal Park, Sandringham, Somerton, South Melbourne, South Yarra, Spotswood, Springvale, St Albans, St Kilda, Surrey Hills, Sydenham, Tally Ho, Templestowe, Thomastown, Toorak, Tullamarine, Tunstall, Vermont, Westgarth, West Melbourne, Wheeler’s Hill, Williamstown, Windsor, Yarraberg, and Yarraville.

The Country section contains "Street, Trade and Professional Directories giving the names of all the leading professional men, persons in trade, and storekeepers in 400 of the principal towns and holiday resorts in the state of Victoria".

Example entry:
MELBOURNE AND SUBURBAN ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY
Abbotsford Post Off—Barnett, Miss A. M., pstms, Hoddle-st. Abfd.
Abbotsford Public Library—Lang, John, librarian, Hoddle-st, Abfd.
Abbotsford Tennis Club, Stanton-st, Abfd.
Abbott, A., pastor Free Christian Church, 172 Russell-st
Abbott, Alfred, 90 Reilly-par, Clf. H.

The whole directory, including most text in the advertisements, is searchable. This makes it useful not only for finding names, but also places occupations and other information for family and local historians.

This CD contains high quality scanned images of the original book, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later
Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text

SAMPLE FILE
Click here to download a file of sample pages from this book
Right click on the link and select "save as" - to a location on your hard drive. The sampler can be opened, navigated and searched as with the full CD file/s.
Sample files usually contain the title page, contents, some introductory pages and sample pages from the body of the book. Often the complete index from the original book is included.