NAA: A1, 1918/13094
Melita, Venera
Digital copy - 37154
| Occupation as written | house wife |
| Standardised occupation | DS00: Domestic service - Domestic duties |
| Application received | 21 Oct 1918 |
| Application status |
Denied |
| Official | A.H. |
| Date of approval or denial | None |
| If rejected, why? | illiterate |
| Birthplace as written | Riposto, Sicily, Italy |
| Modern country | Italy |
| Age on application | 66 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 29 |
| Port of Departure | Italy |
| Port of Arrival | Brisbane |
| Date of arrival | 10 Dec 1892 |
| Name of ship | India |
| Voyage | India (1892-07-17) |
| Address in Australia | 168 Trafalger Street, Annandale |
| Address State | New South Wales |
| Time at address | |
| Previous address 1 | Sandgate Rd., Brisbane |
| Address State | Queensland |
| Time at address | |
| Name of reference | Henry Crouch |
| Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace (Queensland) |
| Marginalia description | 'F' p.1 |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | N/A |
| Other information | |
Refused as unable to read and write English. ‘This is a matter in which the Department has no discretion as the law, Act No.25 of 1917, Section 4, Subsection 3( c ) requires that an applicant must be able to read and write English… I see no means of overcoming this difficulty. The provision was inserted in our law so as to make it conform with that which prevails throughout the Empire and it seems reasonable that when a person is to be given a vote he or she should be able to understand the issues on Which that vote will be cast.’ Hunt to Senator J Grant, 3 Feb 1919, p.2.
Can read and write Italian, just not the rest