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This is not strictly a list of miners but rather a list of people who had connection with the town from it’s earliest years.  The local paper did not begin publication until June 1876 and the mine closed in 1877.  The lack of a local paper until this late date in the early history of Burra makes it difficult to discover the fine details of family members that researchers are often looking for. 

Jennifer Carter, through her publication of  “Burra 1845-1851 a Director of Early Folk” gives details of some of the earliest residents of the town.  See her book for more information about the people listed below.

Folk who stayed for a short time are particularly difficult to trace but a little help may be found in the following resources:


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  • South Australian, Birth, Death and Marriage Indexes

  • District Registers of Birth, Death and Marriage

  • The Burra Record (for obituaries)

  • Lodge Records,

  • Wesleyan Baptisms held at the State Library of South Australia

  • The Story of the Monster Mine the Burra Burra Mine & its Townships 1845-1877 by Ian Auhl

  • Burra Burra Reminiscences of Burra Mine and its Townships Compiled by Ian Auhl

  • Burra Families Data Base

  •  After 1876 consulting the Burra Record Summaries by Eric Fuss, available at the Burra Community Library Local History Room may reveal some interesting links.

  • Researchers contacts and files  Burra Community Library Local History Room.

SURNAMES A - K SURNAMES L- Z

Abbot

William

Adam

Carl

Addison

Charles

Ahrins

Wilhelm

Aiken

Charles

Albert/Albrecht?

Charles Henry

Albrecht

C.

Aldene

Benjamin

Allen

Francis

Allen

Mark

Allen

Joseph

Allen

William

Anderson

Abrham

Andrew

Elizabeth

Andrew

John

Andrew

Peter

Annear

Benjamin

Anslow

Thomas

Anstey

Frederick James

Appledore

Martha

Arthur

George

Arthur

William

Ayers

Henry

Bacon

Caroline

Baddeley

C. H.

Badcock

James

Bagg

John Diment

Bagg

Francis John

Bagshaw

Rev. John Charles

Bailey

Alexander George

Bailey

Benjamin

Bailey

George

Bailey

Peter

Bailey

Richard

Bailey

William

Baker

Ellen

Baker

William

Balhausen

Caroline

Balhausen

Johanna Henrietta

Ballhausen

Louis

Ballard

David

Bambrick

Robert

Banfield

Thomas

Barclay

Daniel

Barclay

James

Barker

Alfred

Bartlett

Thomas

Barltrop

James George

Barnes

Eliza

Barnes

Mary

Barnes

Thomas West

Barnes

William Edward

Barnett

John S.

Barrett

William

Barth

Caroline

Barry

E.

Bassett

John

Bastian

Eliza

Bastian

Joseph

Bastian

Robert

Bate

John

Bate

William

Bates

Enoch

Bath

Henry

Bath

Thomas

Bath

Tristram

Batman

William

Bauermann/Bearmann

Carl

Bayne

David

Beaglehole

William H.

Bear/Beare

Joseph

Beer

John

Beerpark

James John

Behrens

Jacob

Behrens

L.

Bell

John George

Bellman

Mary Jane

Belsher

Edwin

Belson

John

Benbow

Mrs.

Benjamin

John

Bennett

Christopher S.

Bennett

George

Bennett

J.

Bennett/Bennetts

Thomas

Bennetts

William

Bentley

edward

Bentley

James

Bentley

Rosetta Jane

Bermingham/Birmingham

 

Berry

Andrew

Berry

Peter

Berry

Thomas

Berryman

Richard

Besanko/Bosanko

Alexander

Best

Mary Jeffrey

Bests

William Henry

Bevan

George

Bevan

John

Beyer

 

Bice/Byce

Christian

Bickley

John

Bicknell

John

Bielefler

Carl

Bigger

Robert

Bignell

Samuel

Billing

Joseph

Birrell

Andrew

Birrell

Robert

Birt

William

Bishop

Henry

Blackler

Edwin

Blafins

J.  C.

Blair

William

Blake

William

Blatchford

James

Blee

Edwrd

Blight

Joseph

Blight

Thomas

Blight

William

Bock

Carl

Bock

H.

Bock

William

Bohm

August

Boehm

Ernst August

Boikowsky

Franz

Bone

Elizabeth

Bone

William

Boneham/Boreham

Deborah

Boord

Samuel Elkington

Boots

John

Bosance

Martha

Bosance

Richard

Bosanko

Benjamin

Boswarva

Henry Mooringe

Botheras

John

Botheras

Richard

Bortheras

Stephen

Bottrell

Joseph

Boundy

Christopher

Boundy

Joseph

Boundy

William

Bowden

Hugh

Bower

Sarah

Bowman

Joseph

Bowman

Edmund

Boylan

Michael

Box

William

Bradley

Anthony

Bradshaw

William Foster

Bramble

Jane

Brandsletter

Guido

Brash

John

Bray