Summary

Radio licence belonging to Frederick and Amelia Roberts of Seymour valid for one year ending 30 March 1953. 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, 31 March 1943

  • Past Owner

    Mr Frederick Roberts, Australia, 31 March 1943

  • Inscriptions

    "ORIGINAL/ COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - POSTMASTER GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT / Form W.5. / / The Australian Broadcasting Act, 1942 / V NO. 831393 / BROADCAST LISTENER'S LICENCE.- RENEWAL.* 452160 / IN PURSUANCE of section 102 of the Australian Broadcasting Act, 1942, a licence is hereby granted to and accepted by- / Surname (BLOCK LETTERS) | Christian Name | Address (No. of house to be shown) / ROBERTS | Fredk | Avenel Rd / Seymour / to erect, maintain, have in *his/*her possession, and use, at the above address, one appliance which is capable of being used for / the reception of broadcast programmes FOR A PERIOD OF TWELVE MONTHS ENDING 31/3/1944, / subject to the provisions of the said Act, and Regulations in force thereunder from time / to time. / The receipt of 20/-, the fee for this licence, is hereby acknowledged, / For and behalf of the Minister, / ..... Issuing Officer. DATE STAMP. / Time of issue 4.50 p.m. / IMPORTANT / ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS must, within fourteen days of the change , be notified to the Senior Radio Inspector, whose address is / Wireless Branch (Licence Recording Section), 581 Bourke-street, Melbourne, C.1. Telephone Nos. Central 132, M.U.3340. The number of the / licence should be quoted / Licences are not transferable from one person to another. Licences must be produced, on demand, to an authorised officer. / PENALTY FOR CONTRAVENTION OF THE ACT OR REGULATIONS.- Not exceeding £50 or imprisonment for six months. / P.947/7.42--2878."

  • Classification

    Communications, Radio, Licences

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    History

  • Type of item

    Document

  • Overall Dimensions

    182 mm (Width), 122 mm (Height)

  • Keywords

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