NAA: A1, 1919/16251
Gallas, Pauline Mathilde
Digital copy - 38118
| Occupation as written | Keeping a few cows and washing |
| Standardised occupation | AG01: Agriculture - Farming/Land Service |
| Application received | 4 Jan 1918 |
| Application status |
Multiple applications |
| Official | EC |
| Date of approval or denial | 21 Jan 1918 |
| Date of final conclusion | 21 Apr 1920 |
| If rejected, why? | criminal (fraud). approved 1920 |
| Birthplace as written | Neidewitz, Selesia, Germany |
| Modern country | Poland |
| Age on application | 66 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 9 |
| Port of Departure | Germany |
| Port of Arrival | Adelaide |
| Date of arrival | 31 Oct 1857 |
| Name of ship | Peter Godefroy |
| Voyage | Peter Godefroy (1857-09-17) |
| Address in Australia | Springton |
| Address State | South Australia |
| Time at address | 53 years |
| Previous address 1 | Mount Torrens |
| Address State | South Australia |
| Time at address | 7 years |
| Name of reference | William Thompas Vigar |
| Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace (South Australia) |
| Marginalia description | 'Ger' |
| Police report attached | Yes |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | Pension |
| Other information | Memorandum below: 'applicant is crippled with rheumatism and needs the old age pension. She will eventually become a charge upon the Commonwealth Government.’ |
Foenander Memorandum, 20/11/19, p.9: quotes Police Report that she was once drunk and accidently left her candle burning when went to collect her cows – house burned. On another occasion, she applied for Old Age Pension and claimed to have been born in S Austral, and applied again with Germany as place of birth. ‘As Miss Gallas refused to register as an alien she was fined 1-/- by the magistrate. Miss Gallas is a stubborn and illiterate woman… Applicant is crippled with rheumatism and needs the old age pension. She will eventually become a charge upon the Commonwealth Government.’ Full police report, p.13-14, 22/10/1919. Originally refused in Jan 1918.
Police Report, p.13-14 - about her fraud and refusal to declair herself as an alien. Some leniency shown because a local J.P., Peter Miller, and Miss Jenner, Public School Teacher, told her to deny being an alien or she's lose the right to a pension.