Occupation as written | Journalist |
Standardised occupation | PP11: Public services and Professionals - Literature |
Application received | 1 Jan 1915 |
Application status | Denied |
Official | A.H. |
Date of approval or denial | 30 Aug 1915 |
Date of final conclusion | 30 May 1917 |
If rejected, why? | enemy alien. suspicion of spying |
Birthplace as written | Wasylaw, Galicia, Austria-Hungary |
Modern country | Poland |
Age on application | 28 |
Age on arrival in Australia | 23 |
Port of Departure | Manila, Philippines |
Port of Arrival | Sydney |
Date of arrival | 1 Jun 1910 |
Name of ship | Nikko Maru |
Voyage | Nikko Maru (1910-11-13) |
Address in Australia | 'Finbar', Kirribilli Point, Sydney |
Address State | New South Wales |
Time at address | 5 years |
Married | No |
Children | No |
Name of reference | Isaac Henry Pouder |
Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace (New South Wales) |
Marginalia description | Austrian |
Police report attached | Yes |
Link to other applicant | |
Literate | Yes |
Reason | other |
Other information | Economic need: she had been offered work in local public library in Sydney if naturalised. |
p.42: She writes on application about address: 'during this period I have been absent from Australia on thrree short trips to New Zealand, South Sea Islands and Java. The last trip occupieed from July 15.1914. to Oct.1.1914.'
Originally applied 1915. 28 in 1915, resident for 5 years. Single. ‘The lady is a journalist.’ Rejected in 1915 because periodically travelled to NZ and around Pacific islands. NSW premiere’s secretary and other officials write on her behalf as publicly supporting Poland and working with needy Polish people – se DEA Memorandum, Momander, 16/3/17, p.18-29
See letter from minister, 3 May 1917, explaining refusal (p.15). Mentions her short residence. Secret reason on p.16, Hunt to Glynn, 1 May 1917: ‘authorities strongly suspect her, though they have no evidence such as might be taken into Court and they cannot tell me of any particular facts, but there is no doubt they have strong and perfectly bona fide suspicion that the lady is playing the double game. She is attractive and can make herself extremely agreeable and useful, hence the excellent reports that one gets regarding her but all the same they cannot rid themselves of their very deep-rooted suspicion.’
See also NAA: B543, W216/1/2098, barcode 412777. Miss Czaykowska - Polish Relief