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===National Archives of Australia<ref>"National Archives of Australia", https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/immigration-and-citizenship/citizenship-records, accessed 6 March 2022.</ref>=== | |||
To search indexed Australia citizenship records, see: | |||
*[https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/immigration-and-citizenship/citizenship-records '''Citizenship Records'''] National Archives of Australia | |||
**Scroll down and click on "Finding citizenship records" | |||
**Click on "[https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=NS '''NameSearch''']" | |||
**Fill in family name and/or given names | |||
**Select a category of records (such as "All records") | |||
**Click "search" | |||
What's included in citizenship records? Citizenship records include information such as: | |||
*date of arrival in Australia | |||
*ship or flight travelled on | |||
*town and country of birth | |||
*names of other family members | |||
*education | |||
*profession | |||
*address in Australia at the time of naturalisation<br> | |||
"The National Archives holds Commonwealth naturalisation and citizenship records from 1904 onwards. We also have naturalisation records for the Colony of Victoria from 1848 to 1903 and the Province of South Australia before 1904. We hold two main types of citizenship records: | |||
*naturalisation certificates (up to 1962) | |||
*naturalisation case files<br> | |||
Case files give more detail than certificates. They include: | |||
*the citizenship application | |||
*the oath of allegiance | |||
*other documents<br> | |||
To find citizenship records: | |||
*use the [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/NameSearch.aspx '''NameSearch''''] tab in RecordSearch | |||
*type in the surname | |||
*type in the given name | |||
*in ‘Category of records’, select ‘Immigration and naturalisation records’ | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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On early shipping lists passengers are usually listed as either "British subjects" (BS) or "foreigners". Documents listing a person as being "British" does not necessarily mean that they were born in Britain, merely that they were British subjects. To distinguish as between British subjects, the concepts of "native" and "resident" were used: a British subject native of Australia was a person born in one of the Australian colonies or, after 1901, in the Commonwealth of Australia; an Australian resident was a person whose usual place of domicile was Australia. | On early shipping lists passengers are usually listed as either "British subjects" (BS) or "foreigners". Documents listing a person as being "British" does not necessarily mean that they were born in Britain, merely that they were British subjects. To distinguish as between British subjects, the concepts of "native" and "resident" were used: a British subject native of Australia was a person born in one of the Australian colonies or, after 1901, in the Commonwealth of Australia; an Australian resident was a person whose usual place of domicile was Australia. | ||
Foreigners did not enjoy the same rights as British subjects: for example, they could not vote (so their names will not appear on voter rolls), they could not own land, they could not be employed as public servants including as teachers and police. | Foreigners did not enjoy the same rights as British subjects: for example, they could not vote (so their names will not appear on voter rolls), they could not own land, they could not be employed as public servants including as teachers and police. | ||
== Denization and naturalization == | == Denization and naturalization == | ||
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=== New South Wales === | === New South Wales === | ||
*'''1834-1903''': [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/1481/browse Naturalization Index 1834-1903] at NSW Archives, index. Name search for non-British subjects wishing to own land or vote in NSW. This index contains over 5500 entries and was compiled from one record series. | |||
*'''1849-1903''': [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1549 New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Naturalization] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
All surviving records are held by State Records, New South Wales. See their [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/naturalization-citizenship-guide guides and indexes] - Naturalization and denization records, 1834-1903. | All surviving records are held by State Records, New South Wales. See their [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/naturalization-citizenship-guide guides and indexes] - Naturalization and denization records, 1834-1903. | ||
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=== Tasmania === | === Tasmania === | ||
In 1834 a trial in Van Dieman's Land (Now Tasmania) was aborted when it was discovered that one of the jurors was an alien: an act enabling the Lieutenant Governor to grant letters of denization was passed in 1835; it remained in force until 1861. Records are held by the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO): see [http://www.linc.tas.gov.au/archive-heritage/guides-records/Pages/Naturalisations.aspx Naturalisations]: records relating to naturalisations; and [http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=S&id=SC415 Series: SC415] | In 1834 a trial in Van Dieman's Land (Now Tasmania) was aborted when it was discovered that one of the jurors was an alien: an act enabling the Lieutenant Governor to grant letters of denization was passed in 1835; it remained in force until 1861. Records are held by the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO): see [http://www.linc.tas.gov.au/archive-heritage/guides-records/Pages/Naturalisations.aspx Naturalisations]: records relating to naturalisations; and [http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=S&id=SC415 Series: SC415] : Copies of Certificates of Denization and Naturalisation Enrolled in the Supreme Court, 14 May 1835 to 27 Oct 1905. | ||
=== South Australia === | === South Australia === | ||
*'''1849-1903''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/south-australia-naturalisations-1849-1903 South Australia Naturalisations] at Findmypast - index ($) | |||
All surviving records from 1848 - 1903 were transferred to the [http://www.naa.gov.au/ National Archives of Australia] and are kept in their Adelaide office. The registers were microfilmed in 1963 and copies held in the | <br> | ||
All surviving records from 1848 - 1903 were transferred to the [http://www.naa.gov.au/ National Archives of Australia] and are kept in their Adelaide office. The registers were microfilmed in 1963 and copies held in the FamilySearch Library: {{FSC|255499|item|disp=Registers of certificates of naturalization for South Australia, 1849- 1903}}. | |||
=== Victoria === | === Victoria === | ||
All surviving records (1852 - 1903) were transferred to the [http://www.naa.gov.au/ National Archives of Australia]. The registers were microfilmed in 1963 and copies held in the | All surviving records (1852 - 1903) were transferred to the [http://www.naa.gov.au/ National Archives of Australia]. The registers were microfilmed in 1963 and copies held in the FamilySearch Library: {{FSC|255508|item|disp=Registers of certificates of naturalization for Victoria, 1858-1903}}. | ||
=== Queensland === | === Queensland === | ||
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=== Western Australia === | === Western Australia === | ||
Naturalisation records were held by the Colonial Secretary and have been transferred to the [ | Naturalisation records were held by the Colonial Secretary and have been transferred to the [https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/state-records-office-of-western-australia State Records Office of Western Australia]: [https://archive.sro.wa.gov.au/index.php/registers-naturalization-s1547 Registers - Naturalisation, 1871-1903, Series 1547, Consignment 1157]. | ||
Copies held in the Battye Library, Perth were filmed in 1975 and are held in the | Copies held in the Battye Library, Perth were filmed in 1975 and are held in the FamilySearch Library: {{FSC|208900|item|disp=Naturalization register, 1841-1903}} and {{FSC|208896|item|disp=Naturalization certificates issued, 1871-1903}}. | ||
== Finding guides by nationality == | == Finding guides by nationality == | ||
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[[Category:Australia]] | [[Category:Australia]] | ||
[[Category:Naturalization_and_Citizenship | [[Category:Naturalization_and_Citizenship]] | ||
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