Summary

Amelia Lynch's Sacrament Card for a Church of England parish in the London Diocese. It records her sacraments, her Confirmation being on the 1st December 1908 and her First Communion on the 1st January 1909. The handwritten inscription is difficult to read, but has possibly been issued from St Aldhelm's Church, Upper Edmonton in the Diocese of London. Such cards were a record of one's sacraments, as well as a sentimental memento featuring prayers.

Amelia migrated from England to Australia in 1924 on the S.S. Esperance Bay, registered as a domestic worker. She married Frederick Roberts in 1926 and the couple later settled in Seymour, Victoria.

Physical Description

Rectangular white card folded like a booklet. Printed black text with red headers and decorative borders, with inscriptions in black ink.

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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