Summary
Unused Guarantee of Accommodation form, issued by the Department of Immigration, circa 1949. It is probably part of the materials received by the Condurateanu's as they prepared to depart Europe for Australia.
Barbara Condurateanu was a Romanian refugee who spent World War II in a Russian POW camp and being repatriated back to Romania, when she caught the wrong train and ended up in a German Displaced Persons camp. In the camp she met fellow Romanian refugee Nicolae Condurateanu, who had spent World War II in a German POW camp. The couple married in 1948 at the A1 Heetre Camp and immigrated to Australia in 1950, where Nicolae worked in a Tea factory and Barbara at the Four and Twenty Pie factory. They had no family in Australia and had to rely on each other for support eventually purchasing a house and establishing a life in their new country.
Physical Description
Unused form with extensive typed black text. The form states that a person can guarantee accommodation for an immigrant for a period of 12 months upon their arrival in Australia.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Ms Carla Lolicato, 15 Nov 2001
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Issued By
Commonwealth Department of Immigration, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, circa 1949
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User
Barbara Condurateanu, Braunsehueig, British Zone, Germany, circa 1949
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User
Nicolae Condurateanu, Braunsehueig, British Zone, Germany, circa 1949
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Inscriptions
Text: GUARANTEE OF ACCOMMODATION [extensive text]
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Overall Dimensions
20.7 cm (Length), 33.6 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Displaced Persons, Immigration, Migrant Camps, Migrant Hostels, Migrant Reception Centres, Romanian Communities, Romanian Immigration