NAA: A1, 1912/20621

Rudovsky, Mary

Digital copy - 14489

Details

Occupation as writtenDomestic duties
Standardised occupationDS00: Domestic service - Domestic duties
Application received31 Oct 1912
Application status Approved
OfficialCSS
Date of approval or denial6 Nov 1912
If rejected, why?
Birthplace as writtenKief, Russia
Modern countryRussia
Age on application28
Age on arrival in Australia26
Port of DepartureRussia
Port of ArrivalBrisbane
Date of arrival18 Sep 1910
Name of shipRumano Naru
VoyageRumano Naru (1910-09-18)

Addresses

Address in AustraliaWynnum South
Address StateQueensland
Time at address
Previous address 1Laidley
Address StateQueensland
Time at address6 months
Previous address 2Dalby
Address StateQueensland
Time at address3 months

Family

MarriedYes
ChildrenNo

References

Name of referenceGeorge Bell-Booth
Occupation of referenceJustice of the Peace (Queensland)
Marginalia description

Police report attachedYes
Link to other applicant
LiterateNo

Why are they applying?

ReasonBuying land or mortgage
Other information

7. She needs naturalisation because she has purchased, by deposit, 5 acres of land near the station.
8. She wants to have the deeds in her name.

Further comments

Long letter attached from the Police to Department of External Affairs saying:
1. She has a good character.
2. Is not a coloured woman.
3. Lives in a tent next to the Wynnum Railway Station.
4. Lives with Henry Rudovsky, who says he is her husband, but has no marriage certificate.
5. She cannot speak English.
7. She needs naturalisation because she has purchased, by deposit, 5 acres of land near the station.
8. She wants to have the deeds in her name.
9. She cannot produced evidence of her birth in Kiev.
10. She has a passport issued by the police in Kharbin, Manchuria.