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[[Category:New South Wales, Australia]] | [[Category:New South Wales, Australia]] | ||
==Contacting an Office== | ==Contacting an Office== | ||
===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> | ===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>=== | ||
*[https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/immigration-and-citizenship/citizenship-records Citizenship Records] National Archives of Australia | *[https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/immigration-and-citizenship/citizenship-records Citizenship Records] National Archives of Australia | ||
What's included in citizenship records? Citizenship records include information such as: | What's included in citizenship records? Citizenship records include information such as: | ||
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*education | *education | ||
*profession | *profession | ||
*address in Australia at the time of naturalisation | *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’ | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
'''Immigrants from the British Isles are automatically citizens and do not require naturalization.''' | '''Immigrants from the British Isles are automatically citizens and do not require naturalization.''' | ||