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===National Archives of Australia< | ===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: | 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 | *[https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/immigration-and-citizenship/citizenship-records '''Citizenship Records'''] National Archives of Australia | ||
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"Citizenship" is a relatively recent category in Australian law and record-keeping. Australians only became citizens on the 26th January 1949 after the commencement of the first ''Nationality and Citizenship Act'' 1948 (Cth). A proposal to have the term included in the ''Australian Constitution'' (1901) was rejected by a drafting convention and reference is made only to "subjects of the Queen" colloquially known as "British subjects" and the disqualification of any "citizen of a foreign power" from eligibility for Parliament. From 1949 until 1984, Australians were simultaneously citizens and British subjects: citizen status became exclusive after 22 November 1984 and British nationals who had not become Australian citizens lost a number of their rights. Formal restrictions on Australians enjoying dual citizenship were removed in 2002 although there were some circumstances before then under which Australian citizens might have acquired or retained another citizenship. | "Citizenship" is a relatively recent category in Australian law and record-keeping. Australians only became citizens on the 26th January 1949 after the commencement of the first ''Nationality and Citizenship Act'' 1948 (Cth). A proposal to have the term included in the ''Australian Constitution'' (1901) was rejected by a drafting convention and reference is made only to "subjects of the Queen" colloquially known as "British subjects" and the disqualification of any "citizen of a foreign power" from eligibility for Parliament. From 1949 until 1984, Australians were simultaneously citizens and British subjects: citizen status became exclusive after 22 November 1984 and British nationals who had not become Australian citizens lost a number of their rights. Formal restrictions on Australians enjoying dual citizenship were removed in 2002 although there were some circumstances before then under which Australian citizens might have acquired or retained another citizenship. | ||
{{ | {{wikipedia|Australian nationality law|Australian nationality law}} | ||
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. | ||
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*'''1849-1903''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/south-australia-naturalisations-1849-1903 South Australia Naturalisations] at Findmypast - index ($) | *'''1849-1903''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/south-australia-naturalisations-1849-1903 South Australia Naturalisations] at Findmypast - index ($) | ||
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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: {{ | 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 FamilySearch Library: {{ | 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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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]. | 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 FamilySearch Library: {{ | 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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AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN] - NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP | AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN] - NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP | ||
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[[Category:Australia]] | [[Category:Australia]] | ||
[[Category:Naturalization_and_Citizenship Records by Country]] | [[Category:Naturalization_and_Citizenship Records by Country]] | ||
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