Summary

Loan repayment receipt from the Department of Lands and Survey for four pounds. Paid by F. Roberts on 5 June 1925 for the cost of his boat fare on the Osterley. He migrated from England to Australia in 1924. Frederick married Amelia Lynch in 1926 and the couple later settled in Seymour, Victoria.

Physical Description

Cream sheet of paper with black printed text and hand written inscriptions.

Significance

This collection of documents relates to the migration and settlement experiences of two English migrants, Amelia Lynch and Frederick Roberts. They migrated separately to Victoria during the 1920s, and subsequently married, worked and lived in Seymour, Victoria. Amelia left England in April 1924 aged 29, and Frederick Roberts in the December of 1924 aged 22. The couple married in 1926.
The collection includes documents brought from England, as well as items collated whilst in Australia.
Of particular interest are the set of receipts for ship fare repayment, indicating a loans system during the 1920s for unassisted British migrants. A set of broadcast listener's licences from the 1940s and 1950s are also of note for how they reflect a time when domestic communications were highly regulated.

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