Summary
British passport dated 1881, issued to Elizabeth Garbett.
The passport allows the holder, a British subject, to travel on 'the Continent'.
Physical Description
A4 page document with printed black text, with some spaces filled in black ink.
Significance
The passports provide an insight into the processes required for movement around Europe and, more significantly, represent the type of documents required by people wishing to travel in or migrate to Australia. These passports acted as identity documents, and illustrate how the requirement to provide proof of identity to government authorities in order to migrate has been a constant throughout Australian immigration history.
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Issued To
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Issued By
United Kingdom: Government, London, England, Great Britain, 1881
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Inscriptions
Printed: We Granville George Earl Granville Viscount / Granville Baron Levson, a Peer of the United Kingdom of Great / Britain and Ireland a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most / Honourable Privy Council, Knight of the Most Nobel Order of the Garter, / Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ec. Ec. Ec. / Request and require in the Name of Her Majesty, all those whom it may concern to allow / Mrs Elizabeth Garbett (British Subject) travelling / on the Continent / to pass freely without let or hindrance, and to afford her every / assistance and protection of which she may stand in need. / Given at the Foreign Office London the 6 day of January 1881
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Classification
Migration, Processing - planning & departure, Identification
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
38 cm (Length), 28.5 cm (Width)
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Dimensions
28.5 cm (Width), 38 cm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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Keywords
British Immigration, Identifications, Immigration, Immigration Policies, Immigration Selection, Travel