1840 Cultivators Return for South Australia

The following searchable database will disclose the names in the official returns of the country sections of the colony under cultivation. This is a useful supplement to the 1841 Census and will add significant details to the data about individuals. The database contains enough information to allow you to identify the person of interest.

You can access further information as shown in this table by paying a fee for a transcription of the original data from Adelaide Proformat. You may prefer to order to whole database on CD from from Gould Genealogy.

Sectn Nos	Place	Cultivator	Crop (in acres)						Water source	How enclosed	Remarks
			Wheat	Barley	Oats	Maize	Potato	Garden
4424 4425	Blackstone	James Shakes and others	8	2	2.5	0.5	1		Well 17 feet deep with 4 feet of water	16 acres with posts on ends. 20 acres in progress	Wheat sown in the beginning of July, a fair crop; Barley sown in the August, a very good crop; Oats also sown in the August, short in straw but well filled in the ear

The material is divided into the districts proclaimed in the province at the time see map. These administrative districts were also used for the 1841 Census:

District A: north of Bay Road (now Anzac Highway) & Greenhill Road excluding Adelaide but including Port Adelaide and west of Mt Lofty.
District B: south of Bay Road and Greenhill Road to 35°10’ and west of Mt Lofty.
District C: from 35°10’ [i.e. mouth of the Onkaparinga River] to 35°20’ [i.e. base of Sellicks Hill] and west of Mt Lofty.
Encounter Bay District (including Crrency Creek and Inman valley.
Mount Barker District (including Mr Smillie and Mr Hack and the Angas Surveys).
Northern Districts: included Houghton area, Gawler and the Barossa Valley.