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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>=== | |||
*[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: | |||
*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 == | ||