Yes we can do research for you!

Advice to Persons Requesting Research

Fees for research work are a part of the income of this Society and are used to maintain existing systems and acquire additional records.

All members of the Police Historical Section are volunteers and undertake research and associated work on a non-profit basis.

We spend considerable time and effort, particularly in preliminary searches, at times with little or no results. This is not the fault of the researchers because often the information sought is not available.

Enquiries and requests should contain precise details of what the applicant is specifically looking for. Open ended requests such as ''Can you give me all the information yon have about Mounted Trooper Billy Bloggs'' are not sufficient for researchers to act upon.

Documentation:- Prior to research commencing, an ''Up front'' fee of $20.00 must be paid by the person requesting the action. In simple cases this amount often meets the full cost and no further charge is required. People submitting requests will be advised if additional fees are required to meet the cost of further research. The costing scale for photographs is as per the attached document.

Please ensure that you provide a contact telephone number and/or an e-mail address to facilitate prompt responses from our researchers.

Delivery of results:- Most results are required to be sent by post. Please include a postal address to be used for this purpose.

Payment may be made by cheque or money order (payable to S.A. Police Historical Society Inc.. or by electronic financial transfer (EFT). The Society's BSB is xkxyxxxxx and Account No. is |yyyyyyy. We regret that credit card facilities are not available at present.
(contact us for BSB number and account number)

Please note that work on your request cannot begin until we are able to confirm your identity in the relevant banking records. It is therefore essential that you clearly display this detail in any EFT or other electronic payments you submit.

All possible care is taken in correlating information collected and presented.
However, the S.A. Police Historical Society cannot be held responsible for any errors or emissions existing in official records.

CONTACT:-

South Australia Police
Historical Society Incorporated.

Police Barracks Thebarton

G.P.O. Box 1539
Adelaide SA 5001.

Telephone: 8207 4099
Fax: 8207 4011

Office is staffed on Wednesdays and Thursdays only!

Messages can be left on answering machine on other days.

Our email address historical@police.sa.gov.au