Summary
Food ration card issued to Amelia Lynch. Shows her address to be at a Women's Hostel in Eltham, England. Amelia migrated to Australia from England between in 1924. She married Frederick Roberts in 1926, later settling in Seymour, Victoria.
Ration cards were introduced by the British government during and after World War I to ensure there was a fair and even division of goods.
Physical Description
Brown card with green/blue printed background. Blue printed text, black ink inscriptions and black date stamps.
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
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Collecting Areas
Migration & Cultural Diversity, Politics & Society, Home & Community
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Issued To
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Inscriptions
"Holder's Surname Lynch / Christian Name / Amelia / Address D. Block Women's Hostel / Eltham / RATIONING ORDER, / 1918 / N. 86." Stamped: "WOOLWICH FOOD OFFICE"
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Overall Dimensions
140 mm (Width), 120 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Rationing, World War I, 1914-1918, Rural Life, Rural Victoria, English Immigration, British Immigration, Immigration