Looking for ‘Aliens’ Down Under: A Guide to Australian Naturalisation Records
Kristy Love, PhD
Content
Introduction
2m 18s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 18s
Introduction
1m 14s
Territorial Evolution
1m 39s
Terminology
3m 8s
Key Legislation
8m 54s
What You Can Find
2m 56s
Starting Your Search
7m 45s
Where to Find
28m 2s
Announcements / prizes
5m 50s
About this webinar
Following the founding of the colony of Australia, individuals born in the British Empire were considered British subjects, irrespective of the nationality of their parents. Residents of Australia whose native place was outside of the British Empire were not afforded the same rights and privileges as British subjects. These rights, in particular the right to buy land and vote, could be conferred to an individual by a process known as naturalisation. This bureaucratic process generated multiple sets of records that contain a wealth of genealogical information. This talk will outline the complex history of naturalisation in Australia, the changing terminology used, how, when and why naturalisation records were created, and discuss the likely availability of records and for whom they may have been created.
About the speaker
Kristy Love (formerly Davidson), Ph.D., is a professional family historian and founder of Family History Agency in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. In her former working life, she gained several decades of...
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Comments (12)
Hi from Australia. Great lecture Kristy:). I have found photos of my Ancestors in these files so they are definitely worth searching for. Theresa
Thank you everyone for your kind comments and for your patience while I worked through my first-time nerves! \n\nI also need to include an attribution for a quote I used in the talk, as I did not give it at the time. The quote "Women feature among those of Chinese nationality who were granted naturalisation from the 1930s, when an amendment to the Act allowed women whose nationality had changed to that of their husband at the time of their marriage to apply to reclaim their British nationality" is from Paul Jones (2005). 'Chinese–Australian Journeys: Records on Travel, Migration, and Settlement, 1860–1975', Canberra: National Archives of Australia, p. 119. \nIt is an excellent resource for those with Chinese Australian ancestry and is freely available online at: http://www.naa.gov.au/naaresources/publications/research_guides/pdf/Chinese_guide_21.pdf
A wonderful set of resources presented. Thank you
I have a Chinese ancestor who came to Australia so was very interested to hear all the aspects covered. Thanks Kristy!!!
Very informative - I now have clear direction on where and how to search for Naturalisation records in Australia.
Great information from Kristy!!
Lots of relevant information and sources
Very good information, and helpful. Thanks.