NAA: A1, 1918/2467
Beebar, Mary
Digital copy - 36595
| Occupation as written | draper |
| Standardised occupation | MF14: Manufacturing - Furniture |
| Application received | 1 Oct 1917 |
| Application status |
Denied |
| Official | A.H. |
| Date of approval or denial | 22 Feb 1918 |
| If rejected, why? | illiterate |
| Birthplace as written | Cypres, Greece |
| Modern country | Cyprus |
| Age on application | 55 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 38 |
| Port of Departure | Greece |
| Port of Arrival | Melbourne |
| Date of arrival | 11 Apr 1900 |
| Name of ship | Mary |
| Voyage | Mary (1900-04-11) |
| Address in Australia | Edith Street, Innisfail |
| Address State | Queensland |
| Time at address | 5 years |
| Previous address 1 | Townsville |
| Address State | Queensland |
| Time at address | 12 years |
| Previous address 2 | Herbert River |
| Address State | Queensland |
| Time at address | |
| Married | Yes |
| Children | Yes |
4: 2 males and 2 females |
| Name of reference | George Frederick Bromhall |
| Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace (Queensland) |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | N/A |
| Other information | |
Rejected because illiterate – Hunt, 22 Feb 1918. Letter from daughter (May Beebar), 12 Feb 1918: ‘in my mother’s days it was not thought very wise to educate a girl… P.S. Mother said if she had known when she was a little girl that she wanted to be naturalised when she got old she would have went to school’. Had actually applied in 1917, before the requirement to be literate was law, but Hunt had mistakenly thought husband still alive so told her she wasn’t eligible.
Mary Beebar to Home & Territories Dept, 21 Nov 1917: she complains that ‘my husband was of Greek nationality but born at Cyprus… he therefore is a British subject. The Military Authorities did not hesitate to accept my nephew (who is of Greek nationality born at Cyprus) for Active Service with the Australian Imperial Forces in France. I would be glad to know why my application for naturalization has been refused under the above circumstances.’