Summary

Radio licence belonging to Frederick and Amelia Roberts of Seymour valid for one year ending 30 March 1943. 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 1942

  • Past Owner

    Mr Frederick Roberts, Australia, 31 March 1942

  • Inscriptions

    "W.5. ORIGINAL. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - POSTMASTER GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. / Present this Licence when paying Renewal Fee / Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905-1936 / V No. 452160 / BROADCAST LISTENER'S LICENCE.- RENEWAL.* 1442 / IN PURSUANCE and exercise of the powers and authority conferred upon the Postmaster-General by Section 5 of the / Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905-1936, and by the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations, a licence to erect and operate a Wireless Receiving equipment is hereby granted to and accepted by- / Surname (Block Letters) | Christian Name | Address (No. of house to be shown) / ROBERTS | Frederick | ? / Seymour / FOR A PERIOD OF TWELVE MONTHS ENDING 30-3-43 / subject to the provisions of the said regulations and any such amendments as are made from time to time. / The receipt of 20/-, the fee for this licence, is hereby acknowledged, / By direction of the Postmaster-General, DATE STAMP/ ..... Issuing Officer. / CHANGE OF ADDRESS for period of more than three months must be promptly notified to the Radio Inspector, whose address is/ Wireless Branch. G.P.O., Melbourne, C.1. Telephone No. Central 132, MU.3340. The number of the licence should be quoted. Change of address for less than three months is permissible without notification. / Apparatus under this licence must not cause interference by means of regeneration with neighbouring receivers. / NOTE.- Interference is taking place if a continuous "note" or "whistle" is heard. If this "note or "whistle changes when the wave length of the receiver is altered the cause of interference is in the receiver and reaction must be reduced until no "note" or "whistle" is audible. If the "note" or "whistle" does not change, the interference is due to some external source. / This licence must be renewed on or before the above date if a receiver is still installed. / PENALTY FOR CONTRAVENTION OF REGULATIONS, £20."

  • Classification

    Communications, Radio, Licences

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    History

  • Type of item

    Document

  • Overall Dimensions

    182 mm (Width), 124 mm (Height)

  • Keywords

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