Summary
Final Rate Notice issued by the City of Essendon to Nicolae Condurateanu for council rates, dated 11 July 1952.
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
Pink coloured printed paper document with some handwriting and stamps. Rate notice No 593. Number on Rate book 16379.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Ms Carla Lolicato, 15 Nov 2001
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Issued By
Essendon City Council, Essendon, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 Jul 1952
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Issued To
Nicolae Condurateanu, Essendon, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 Jul 1952
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Inscriptions
Text: FINAL RATE NOTICE/ CITY OF ESSENDON/ TOWN HALL, MOONEE PONDS [extensive text]
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Classification
Migration, Settlement - first home & family, Financial records
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Overall Dimensions
13.8 cm (Length), 21.9 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Displaced Persons, Immigration, Migrant Camps, Migrant Hostels, Migrant Reception Centres, Romanian Communities, Romanian Immigration