Summary

Radio licence belonging to Frederick and Amelia Roberts of Seymour valid for one year ending 30 March 1952. Frederick and Amelia came out separately to Australia from England between 1924-25 and married in 1926, later settling in Seymour, Victoria.

A Radio Broadcasting Licence was required under law to own and use a radio until the 1970s, the fees from which went to funding public radio stations.

Physical Description

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

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.

More Information

  • Collecting Areas

    Leisure, Information & Communication, Home & Community, Migration & Cultural Diversity

  • Past Owner

    Mrs Amelia Roberts, Australia, 22 March 1951

  • Past Owner

    Mr Frederick Roberts, Australia, 22 March 1951

  • Inscriptions

    "ORIGINAL / COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - POSTMASTER GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT / V No. 420439 / The Australian Broadcasting Act, 1942-46 / BROADCAST LISTENER'S LICENCE- RENEWAL.* / IN PURSUANCE of section 102 of the Australian Broadcasting Act, 1942-48, a licence / is hereby granted to and accepted by: LICENCE NO. 3/26560 / Surname (BLOCK LETTERS) | Christian Name | Address (No. of house to be shown) / ROBERTS | F | 86 Avenel Rd Seymour / to erect, maintain, possess or use, at the above address, or in a motor vehicle, or as a portable unit, one radio receiver / which is capable of being used for the reception of broadcast programmes, FOR A PERIOD OF TWELVE MONTHS / ENDING 30/3/1952 / subject to the provisions of the said Act, and Regulations in force thereunder from time / to time. / Payment of the fee of 20/-, for the following class of licence / is hereby acknowledged, For and behalf of the Postmaster-General, / ..... Issuing Officer. DATE STAMP. / Time of issue 3.30 p.m. / IMPORTANT / The LICENCE NUMBER in respect of a new licence will be advised to the holder thereof, when the notification regarding expiry of the / licence is forwarded. / ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS must be notified within fourteen days of such a change, to the Superintendent, Wireless Branch P.M.G.'s / Department, Melbourne, C.1, Telephone No. Cent 132. / LICENCES ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE from one person to another and must be produced, on demand, to an authorised officer. / PENALTY FOR CONTRAVENTION OF THE ACT OR REGULATIONS.- Not exceeding £50 or imprisonment for 6 months. / 33269/1/50---*20/44"

  • Classification

    Communications, Radio, Licences

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    History

  • Type of item

    Document

  • Overall Dimensions

    182 mm (Width), 132 mm (Height)

  • Keywords

    Radio Broadcasting, Radio, English Immigration, British Immigration, Rural Life, Rural Victoria