Summary
Naturalization Certificate issued to Nicolae Condurateanu by the Commonwealth of Australia on 8 Feb 1965. The certificate was printed by A.J. Arthurs, Commonwealth Government Printer. It states that Nicolae is an Australian citizen.
Nicolae Condurateanu was a Romanian who was placed in a POW camp during World War II in Germany. He met his wife Barbara, also a Romanian, when she caught the wrong train and ended up in a German Displaced Persons camp, where Nicolae was Barbara had spent World War II in a Russian POW camp and was meant to have been on a train back to Romania. 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
Large cardboard certificate with image of Queen Elizabeth at top of Certificate, followed by text. Certificate stamped, signed and dated at base. Reverse side contains Nicolae Condorateanu's details.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Ms Carla Lolicato, 16 May 2002
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Printer
A.J. Arthurs, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra, Greater Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, circa 1965
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Issued By
Commonwealth of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 Feb 1965
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Issued To
Nicolae Condurateanu, Moonee Ponds, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 Feb 1965
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Inscriptions
Front:COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA/Nationality and Citizenship Act./ CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION/AS AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN [Extensive Text] Reverse: PARTICULARS RELATING TO PARTICIPANT [Extensive Text]
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Overall Dimensions
31.1 cm (Length), 45.6 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
311 mm (Length), 456 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Displaced Persons, Immigration, Migrant Camps, Migrant Hostels, Migrant Reception Centres, Naturalisation, Romanian Communities, Romanian Immigration