NAA: A1, 1904/9341
Joseph, Mary
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| Occupation as written | Domestic servant |
| Standardised occupation | DS01: Domestic service - Indoor service |
| Application received | 1 Jan 1905 |
| Application status |
Approved |
| Official | |
| Date of approval or denial | 16 Feb 1905 |
| If rejected, why? | |
| Birthplace as written | Italian |
| Modern country | Italy |
| Age on application | 34 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 19 |
| Port of Departure | Alexandria, Egypt, Africa |
| Port of Arrival | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Date of arrival | 24 Dec 1889 |
| Name of ship | None |
| Address in Australia | Golden Gate, Croydon. |
| Address State | Queensland |
| Time at address | 10 years |
| Previous address 1 | Burketown |
| Address State | Queensland |
| Time at address | 1 years, 8 months |
| Previous address 2 | Cloncurry |
| Address State | Queensland |
| Time at address | -1 years, 6 months |
| Previous address 3 | Winton |
| Address State | Queensland |
| Time at address | 3 years |
| Name of reference | William Tait Russell |
| Occupation of reference | J.P. |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | No |
| Reason | N/A |
| Other information | |
Letters to Mary Joseph and the Secretary for External Affairs are sent via the referee.
She is requested to produce information on her husband's original nationality and whether naturalised, also on the nationality of her parents.
She answers that her husband was born in Malta, but she is unable to say whether he has been naturalised
She believes her parents (who died when she was a child) were Italian.