Summary
Certificate of Identity issued to Amelia Lynch by the Migration and Settlement Office, Australia House, London on 13 March 1924. This certificate allowed the holder to migrate to Australia and acted in place of a Passport. Amelia left England bound for Australia on 22 April 1924 aboard the S.S. Esperance Bay. She married Frederick Roberts in 1926 and they later settled in Seymour, Victoria.
Physical Description
Cream sheet of paper, landscape orientation, with black printed text, type written text, hand written inscriptions in black ink and blue date stamps. Photograph attached bottom left hand corner.
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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"No. 24947 / COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. / MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT OFFICE, AUSTRALIA HOUSE, STRAND, LONDON. / Certificate of Identity. / Date 13 MAR 1924 / This is to Certify that Amelia Lynch / (whose photograph is attached hereto) and - children specified on the back / hereof, is proceeding to Australia as an approved migrant per the S.S. ESPERANCE BAY" / due to sail from TILBURY, LONDON, on 22 April, 1924 / STATE Victoria / File No. 347/y/13/ HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR AUSTRALIA. / DESCRIPTIONS. / MIGRANT WIFE (if any) / Age 29 / Height 5 ' 4 1/2 / Colour of Eyes / Special peculiarities / This Certificate takes the place of a Passport and must be produced at the gangway on embarkation. It is valid only for the single journey to Australia and must be surrendered to Authorities at the Port of Disembarkation in Australia." Stamped: "SEEN BY CUSTOMS / 23 MAY 1924 / FREMANTLE W.A."
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Overall Dimensions
233 mm (Width), 199 mm (Height)
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Keywords
English Immigration, Immigration Selection, Identifications, Immigration Policies, British Immigration, Rural Life, Rural Victoria, Immigration, Immigrant Shipping
