NAA: A1, 1922/12703
De Righi, Eleanor Frances Rigo
Digital copy - 42253
| Occupation as written | domestic duties |
| Standardised occupation | DS00: Domestic service - Domestic duties |
| Application received | 12 Jun 1920 |
| Application status |
Denied |
| Official | A.H. |
| Date of approval or denial | 21 Jun 1920 |
| Date of final conclusion | 22 Jul 1922 |
| If rejected, why? | residency requirement |
| Birthplace as written | Gordon near Warialda |
| Modern country | Australia |
| Age on application | 43 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | None |
| Port of Departure | None |
| Port of Arrival | None |
| Date of arrival | None |
| Name of ship | None |
| Address in Australia | Dovedale, Sutherland Crescent, Darling Point |
| Address State | New South Wales |
| Time at address | |
| Name of reference | George Miller |
| Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace (New South Wales) |
| Marginalia description | 'widow' (p.6). The section for wife and children's details has been crossed out. |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | Recently widowed |
| Other information | Vindin & Littlejohn, Solicitors, to H&T D, 10 June 1920, p.5: 'The applicant on returning to Australia recently found herself in the false position of an alien, and [the rest is underlined by a pencil, not the original writer's pen] she naturally desires to rectify her status as soon as possible.' |
p.8 application: 'Italin (by marriage only)' with both parents 'British born'. 'I have resideed in India up to January last and arrived back in Australia in February 1920 where I have since lived.'
Vindin & Littlejohn, Solicitors, to H&T D, 10 June 1920, p.5: above her not having resided for the previous 2 years, they explain that she was born and resident in Australia for 34 years before marrying an Italian, and they went to live in India, 'where he received British nationality' and he died there. 'The applicant on returning to Australia recently found herself in the false position of an alien, and [the rest is underlined by a pencil, not the original writer's pen] she naturally desires to rectify her status as soon as possible.'
They write again, 20 July 1922, p.3 - however, admit not in Australia but 'is now on her way from India to England where it is her intention to remain for some time.' They point out that her husband was naturalised in India on 10 Sept. 1914, according to the Indian Naturalisation Act of 1853.