NAA: A1, 1912/11806
Scarra, Rosetta
Digital copy - 13511
| Occupation as written | Cook |
| Standardised occupation | MF25: Manufacturing - Food preparation |
| Application received | 8 Mar 1907 |
| Application status |
Approved |
| Official | |
| Date of approval or denial | 20 Mar 1907 |
| If rejected, why? | |
| Birthplace as written | Trino, Province of Piedmont, Italy |
| Modern country | Italy |
| Age on application | 30 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 22 |
| Port of Departure | Genoa, Italy |
| Port of Arrival | Melbourne |
| Date of arrival | 1 Dec 1899 |
| Name of ship | SS Bremen |
| Voyage | Bremen (1899-10-28) |
| Address in Australia | Melbourne |
| Address State | Victoria |
| Time at address | 7 years, 3 months |
| Married | Yes |
| Children | Yes |
One girl, resident with me. |
| Name of reference | A.E. Hughes |
| Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace (Victoria) |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | N/A |
| Other information | |
The SS Bremen was built by F. Schichau of Danzig, her maiden voyage was 5 June 1897 from Bremen to New York,. She also sailed from Bremen to Australia via the Suez Canal.
Note: Attached to this original application of 1907, in 1912, are copies of letters to and from the Prime Minister of Australia - the local police "in the course of their duty of collecting particulars for the State Rolls of the Electoral District of King...have reported a case in which a native of Italy produced a naturalization paper which was posted to her by the Department of External Affairs on 26th March, 1907, addressed to Mrs Rosetta Scarra....at which time she was, and is now, the wife of an Italian, not naturalised." They ask to know if this certificate is valid
Also attached is the copy of a letter from the Premier to say, "there is nohing to prevent the issue of a certificate of naturalization to a woman who is the wife of an alien."