Item HT 14881 Leaflet - Appointment with the Commonwealth Service, Commonwealth Public Service Board, circa 1950

Summary

Leaflet titled 'Appointment with the Commonwealth Service' issued to Katarina Pimenowa by the Commonwealth Public Service Board in 1950. The leaflet outlines various public service requirements relating to nationality, the oath of allegiance, birth certificate, medical checks, commencement, and expenses.

Kateryna Caurs (nee Pimenow) was born in 1915 in Luzk, Poland. A mechanical engineer, from 1946-49, she worked with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and later for the International Refugee Organisation (IRO). In 1950 Kateryna and her mother migrated to Australia. She married Alexander Caurs who was born in Latvia in 1926, and who migrated to Australia in 1948.

Description of Content

Leaflet issued by the Commonwealth Public Service Board detailing 'appointment with the Commonwealth Service'. Includes: first things first, your nationality, your oath, your birth certificate, your medical check, commencing duty, your expenses etc.

Physical Description

Blue card with photocopied black print

Significance

Statement of Historical Significance:
The Caurs collection represents the experiences of wartime dislocation and post-war immigration of a family from three cultural backgrounds, Polish, Latvian and Ukrainian. The principle story represented in the collection is that of Kateryna Caurs (nee Pimenow) and is one not often told, that of a professional educated woman, a mechanical engineer, whose qualifications were recognised in Australia.