Trove is a wonderful source for almanacs and directories. Here's a listing of residents from an 1883 volume. Prior to this residents were sometimes listed under counties rather than towns so one might find residents of Tarlee listed in both the County of Gilbert as well as the County of Light.
The Adelaide almanac and directory for South Australia : together with official, ecclesiastical, legal, banking and mercantile directory / by Josiah Boothby, Esq. (1)
TARLEE.
County Light. Electoral District of Wooroora, District Council of Gilbert; 54 1/2 miles N.
Population, 133; Houses, 30.
Post, Telegraph, and Money Order Offices —Postmaster, J. Taylor.
Places of Worship—Roman Catholic (S. S. John and Paul), Rev. M. O’Regan (Marrabel) ; Wesleyan, supplied; Baptist, Rev. Thomas Dowding.
English and Scottish Bank —Manager, Alfred Reed.
Hotel—Sir James Fergusson (Ernest Eisfelder).
Institute —Secretary, W. A. Clarke.
Communication with Adelaide —Trains twice daily.
Arthur, Thomas, farmer
Badman, Joseph, farmer
Badman, Matthias, farmer
Bond, N., farmer
Buckley, Patrick, farmer
Cameron, F., shoemaker
Carroll, Mrs.
Clarke, R , farmer
Condon, J., farmer
Davis, George, farmer
Deane, M., farmer
Eisfelder, E., Sir James Ferguson hotel
Excell, H.
Excell, N.
Farron, C., farmer
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Farron, J., farmer
Fry Bros., contractors
Grant, Mrs.
Gray, Felix, farmer
Hill, G., butcher
Hill, Thomas, farmer
Hill, Thomas Henry, farmer
Hogan, J., farmer
Hogan, J. John, farmer
Hogan, Patrick, farmer
Horregan, D., farmer [Daniel Horgan]
Kelly, Robert, J.P., farmer
Keynes, J., railway porter
Mclnerney, Michael, farmer
Nash, D., farmer
Nock, Joseph, storekeeper
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O’Leary, David, farmer
O’Sullivan Bros., farmers
O’Sullivan, James, farmer
O'Sullivan, Jerome, farmer
O’Sullivan, Francis, farmer
Reed, Alfred, manager E. S. and A. C. Bank
Shannon, M., farmer
Shearer, J., farmer
Taylor, J., storekeeper and postmaster
Thomas, Richard, farmer
Walker, T. H., shoemaker
Webber, P., farmer
Weller, J. M., blacksmith
Willis, Samuel, farmer
Work, J., farmer
1. 1883 The Adelaide almanac and directory for South Australia : together with official, ecclesiastical, legal, banking and mercantile directory / by Josiah Boothby, Esq.Adelaide : Printed and published by J. Williams, Stationer, 1872-1883, p.199 image 767 https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3056248125/view?partId=nla.obj-3056251735